Cook's Illustrated published a beef stew recipe in their January 1996 recipe that I use to this day. Some key ingredients are red wine, chicken (yes, chicken) stock, thyme and bay leaves. A bit o...
Grind an occasional lemon or lime rind, and grind all the shells from eggs I use in cooking (they have a particularly abrasive quality). A handful of baking soda with either of these seems to help...
Calabacitas (zucchini and/or summer squash, cut up) sauteed with onion, then adding roasted/peeled poblano peppers, then fresh corn sliced off the cob (cook for just a minute), and finally a little...
All the umami and salt of an aged blue cheese, without all the foot odor, and it melts without separating. None of these properties call for it to be eaten straight up, but it can add impact to a ...
Fresh cut grass and watermelon, the scent on left on my hands after touching tomato stems, the surprisingly delicious odor of last seasons's drippings burning off the grill, the faintly starchy swe...
I have almost all these sharpening tools, plus a Chef's Choice, and I recently bought an Accusharp 001 Knife Sharpener. It was ~$10 at Amazon. It works very quickly (takes about 1 minute to sharp...
Snap and then use a vegetable peeler on the bottom inch if you are worried that they'll still be tough. If that doesn't work, you got the wrong batch of asparagus!
To caramelize onions without fear of them scorching, I find it helpful to let them first cook a few minutes on medium-low heat, covered. This basically "sweats" the onions, or cooks them in the st...
If you are not doing the overnight cooking method, another convenient way to prepare steel cut oatmeal is in the oven. Use the same 1 cup steel cut oats, 4 cups of boiling water, pinch of salt, an...
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Cook's Illustrated published a beef stew recipe in their January 1996 recipe that I use to this day. Some key ingredients are red wine, chicken (yes, chicken) stock, thyme and bay leaves. A bit o...
Grind an occasional lemon or lime rind, and grind all the shells from eggs I use in cooking (they have a particularly abrasive quality). A handful of baking soda with either of these seems to help...
Maybe try a little graphite powder?
Awesome, awesome, awesome. Well done.
Farro, cooked and cooled, with olive oil, lemon juice, and whatever else you want to put in.
Calabacitas (zucchini and/or summer squash, cut up) sauteed with onion, then adding roasted/peeled poblano peppers, then fresh corn sliced off the cob (cook for just a minute), and finally a little...
All the umami and salt of an aged blue cheese, without all the foot odor, and it melts without separating. None of these properties call for it to be eaten straight up, but it can add impact to a ...
Fresh cut grass and watermelon, the scent on left on my hands after touching tomato stems, the surprisingly delicious odor of last seasons's drippings burning off the grill, the faintly starchy swe...
Queso fundido for two.
All of Andoh's books are great. She real focus on authenticity, but she also writes from the perspective of an American, so it is quite accessible.
Matzoh and Triscuits. What else do you need?
I have almost all these sharpening tools, plus a Chef's Choice, and I recently bought an Accusharp 001 Knife Sharpener. It was ~$10 at Amazon. It works very quickly (takes about 1 minute to sharp...
Snap and then use a vegetable peeler on the bottom inch if you are worried that they'll still be tough. If that doesn't work, you got the wrong batch of asparagus!
To caramelize onions without fear of them scorching, I find it helpful to let them first cook a few minutes on medium-low heat, covered. This basically "sweats" the onions, or cooks them in the st...
If you are not doing the overnight cooking method, another convenient way to prepare steel cut oatmeal is in the oven. Use the same 1 cup steel cut oats, 4 cups of boiling water, pinch of salt, an...