Reluctant Gourmet http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog You Have To Eat, So Learn To Cook & Eat Well Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:04:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Soy-Glazed Mahi Mahi with Cilantro Pesto Shrimp The 2009 Winner of the LG Electronics / Bon Appetit's Life Tastes Good Competition Kristine Snyder Interview featuring her winning Mahi Mahi recipe. I have been following this cooking contest and am thrilled to have been able to interview the winner, Kristine Snyder, who will be traveling to Thailand to compete ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/seafood-recipes/mahi-mahi-with-pesto-shrimp/ How Do You Know When The Chicken Is Done You've all seen those directions in your roast chicken recipes:  "Roast until Done."  Gee, thanks for all the help. The same directions can be found in recipes for grilled chicken, sauteed, pan fried or any other way there is to cook this favorite bird. Intuitively, we know what "done" looks like ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/chicken-recipes/perfectly-cooked-chicken/ Roasted Wild Striped Bass Recipe [caption id="attachment_1539" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Fishmonger Andy with Wild Striped Bass"][/caption] While at the farmers market, I asked my friend Andy the fishmonger from Ardmore Seafood Market what was really fresh, and he pointed me to the whole wild striped sea bass. You could see with one glance the fish was really ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/seafood-recipes/roasted-wild-striped-bass-recipe/ Baking or Roasting - You Decide Baking Versus Roasting Your recipe for roast loin of pork says to roast in a 350 degree F. oven. Your recipe for yellow butter cake says to bake in a 350 degree F. oven. For either recipe, you open the oven and put your food in. So, is there a ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/cooking-techniques/baking-or-roasting/ Taste of Something Better I started this website over a decade with this concept in mind, "You have to eat, so why not learn to cook and eat well?" I have really lived by that ever since, so when the wonderful people from LG contacted me about their "Taste of Something Better" cooking competition, where ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/all-about-cooking/taste-of-something-better/