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Skimming Along
The Japanese make some of the finest skimmers. The mesh surface is so fine that fats and other undesirables are pretty much lifted out exclusively.
11.22.06
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- cooking + technique,
- cookware,
- food prep,
- lillian chou
food + cooking
Taking Stock
I need only a tasting spoon to tell you that Gourmet’s roast turkey will make a wonderful base for gravy and/or soup.
11.13.06
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- ingredients,
- food prep,
- thanksgiving,
- behind the scenes,
- test kitchen
food + cooking
Seasonal Market: Cardoons
Cardoons have arrived at the Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market,
looking, as always, like celery on steroids.
11.03.06
- Keywords
- peggy knickerbocker,
- ingredients,
- seasonal,
- food prep,
- produce
food + cooking
Find an Egg Beater
You could call me a Luddite for preferring my old-fashioned
egg beater at home to high-tech electric versions, but don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.
10.26.06
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- cooking + technique,
- cookware,
- kitchen,
- food prep,
- kemp m. minifie
food + cooking
Tools of the Trade
One commercial appliance is worth the money. Once you use a Vita-Prep, once you feel the full 37,000 RPM at your disposal, you will understand.
10.24.06
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- cooking + technique,
- food prep,
- alan sytsma
food + cooking
Onions: Lower and Slower
Why spend 45 minutes caramelizing onions when you can get it done in 10… with a little help from a Vidalia and some brown sugar?
10.20.06
- Keywords
- cooking + technique,
- vegetable,
- produce,
- food prep,
- ian knauer
food + cooking
Silicone Suggestion
I have become a convert to these brightly colored silicone potholders. If they get messy they can be washed and used again right away.
October 19, 2006
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- cooking + technique,
- cookware,
- kitchen,
- food prep,
- shelley wiseman
food + cooking
High on the(Ground)hog
I shot my first woodchuck as a teenager and felt so awful about killing it that I persuaded my mother to make it for dinner.
10.18.06
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- meat,
- food prep,
- ian knauer
magazine
Smokin’ in the Backyard
Home smoking captures the delicate flavor that store-bought can’t. And all you need is a kettle grill and some hardwood sawdust.
June 2005
- Keywords
- bruce aidells,
- cooking + technique,
- food prep,
- barbecue,
- meat
magazine
Dollars and Sense
Armed with imagination, a couple find that a cost-conscious approach to remodeling their kitchen doesn’t mean cutting corners.
February 2005
- Keywords
- lawrence karol,
- kitchen,
- food prep