http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog A Culinary Guide for Home Cooks Thu, 08 May 2008 15:38:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's time to get creative again and help get out of any cooking rut you might be in. I have a feeling many home cooks including myself, get into a cooking funk once in a while. (See my blog post here and the Reluctant Gourmet Cooking Community Forum responses). I thought ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/cooking-cartoons/cooking-rut-cartoon/ Melt In Your Mouth Blueberry Cake We spent this weekend in State College, PA celebrating my sister-in-law’s birthday with family members coming in from as far north as Maine and even as far away as Ireland. Saturday night’s meal was a Maine seafood feast with all the ingredients brought down by ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/dessert-recipes/blueberry-cake-recipe/ This Spicy Corn Chowder recipe is from Jeffrey Spear, a “marketing guru…working with manufacturers of food, beverage and other lifestyle products” and was published in the cookbook Yum! Tasty Recipes From Culinary Greats. Yum is collection of over 100 great recipes from chefs, restaurateurs, cookbook writers and culinary marketers sharing some ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/soup-recipes/spicy-corn-chowder/ Here is the last part of the day for Chef Jenni and I hoped you have enjoyed what a day in her life as a pastry chef is like. You can see it is not easy but I can tell you from speaking with Jenni, she loves her work. I ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/culinary-school/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-pastry-chef-part-4/ If you ever thought of working in a restaurant as a professional baker or pastry chef, you will enjoy this third segment of "A Day In The Life of a Pastry Chef" from Chef Jennifer Field. It details just some of the tasks Jenni is involved with in a typical ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/culinary-school/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-pastry-chef-part-3/