WHAT IS COOKING?

A man who loves good food has a way of making it gravitate toward his kitchen. ~Angelo Pellegrini (1904-1991), The Unprejudiced Palate (1948) Cooking is nothing more than preparing food.  What is the best way to do that? Following a recipe you’ve found in a cookbook or picked up from someone Altering a recipe as [...]

WHAT’S IN YOUR FRIDGE?

Cookery is not chemistry.  It is an art.  It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements. ~ Marcel Boulestin (1878-1943) TODAY’S PREPARATION I wandered into the kitchen to see what trouble I could get into, and discovered the forbidden rice I’d cooked yesterday in anticipation of doing something interesting with it.  I knew that [...]

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