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Book Review ~ “A Treasury of Great Recipes” Mary and Vincent Price
I had picked up a treasury of great recipes and serendipitous found it to be the travels of Mary and Vincent Price. The wanderings are chronicled from Dodger Stadium to London with recipes included. In Vincent’s writings he shared his “appetite for life”. Pages of […]
The Market Place “Quaker Caramel Rice Crisps”
the #freesample from Kroger is a Quaker caramel bag of rice crisps.
They are lovely sweet, buttery and low fat. brought to school to share. Snack time with gluten-free #QuakerRiceCrisps. there are three flavors, cheddar, sweet & spicy chili. What’s my favorite flavor – Caramel.
Let’s see what my friend’s “3 words” are for these caramel rice cakes… See you tmrw!
Book review ~ Chasing Bocuse
Competition sharpens the skills. the compelling read of the American Culinary team in pursuit of international competition. The Story strikes a cord with me as competition is ingrained in out industry.. this is not a challenge on personalities nor heightened situations. With no disrespect to […]
Book Review ~ “The Essential James Beard Cook Book”
Essentially the culinary stories are the strings and the strength of the Essential James Beard Cook Book. A collection of 450 American Cooking recipes. This one of my favorites .
Book Review ~ Larousse Gastronomique
The worlds greatest culinary encyclopedia should be on everyone’s shelf. Culinary tastes have changed since its initial publication – however the basics have not. It is the indispensable source since its initial publication by chef Prosper Montagne’ in 1938.
ISBN 978-0-307-46491-0
Book Review ~ Meringue by Linda Jackson and Jennifer Evans Gardner
The perfect introduction. culinary threads stitching together a pinch of cream of tartar or dash of vinegar..egg whites, sugar and air. the read is easy and the recipes easier. According to Larousse Gastronomique – it could have been the Swiss pastry cook Gasparini or Marie […]
Book review ~ “They Way to Cook” by Julia Child
The Way to Cook by Julia Child. The forward and acknowledgements speak to the title coming from six one-hour videocassettes of the same name. I watched these on You-tube and they are good. I had my Papa explain what videocassette technology. The introduction stated a […]
Kitchen Article ~ Architectural Record 9/13/18
There is a movement to get kids to cook and eat healthily to stay healthy. From a Kids Perspective ….
London school curriculum has kitchens to teach cooking to middle schoolers. Architectural Record continues the article that kid cooks ages 8 to 11, at Brunswick Park Primary School in London, also needed to kitchen for the cooking process that would encourage students to participate. Safety first! the teaching kitchen has tables our size for hands-on involvement. Unfortunately there are only room for eight chefs at the same time.
Here in Colorado we have our own after school enrichment, “Sticky Fingers”. This teaches us recipes and cooking techniques. It would be really cool if this curriculum would be in a permanent location(i Denver) and part of the regular hour lessons.
Architectural Record 2018-09-13
Trivets
Trivets is a simple tool for the home kitchen. It helps keep the kitchen clean and organized. The Trivet for the month of September is a tea pot to follow the blog post Mad Hatter Tea Recipe.