More Common Braising Mistakes & How to Avoid Them Braising is one of the best ways I know to turn a less expensive cut of meat into something sublime. This is the second post on common braising mistakes and how to avoid them. To read my first post go to How NOT to Braise – […]
Common Braising Mistakes & How to Avoid Them Braising is a moist heat cooking method that is very forgiving. Like I always say, “You could braise an old leather baseball glove in beef stock and it would taste good with enough time.” A braise can be done on the stove-top or in the oven. Some […]
More Pan Roasting Mistakes & How to Avoid Them Here are some more Pan Roasting mistakes home cooks sometimes make. You can find Mistakes 1, 2 & 3 here. Mistake #4 The Cold Pan Sometimes, when trying to make a quick and nutritious meal at the end of a long day, we tend to rush […]
Common Mistakes Home Cooks Make When Pan Roasting Now that we having talked about How NOT to Roast your favorite foods, let’s talk about one of my favorite cooking techniques – Pan Roasting. Pan roasting is a chef’s technique that is only starting to come out of the professional kitchen and into the home kitchen. […]
How to Prepare a Simple Sundried Tomato Vinaigrette for Fish A while back we enjoyed a meal by Chef Scott Campbell that included Atlantic salmon over Israeli couscous with sauteed spinach on the side. The salmon had a drizzle of sauce that I wanted to know how it was made. Chef Scott was kind enough […]
Even More Common Roasting Mistakes & How to Avoid Them This is Part 3 of How NOT to Roast. Part 1 gets into the history of roasting and some of the preferences you have when deciding to cook a roast like to sear or not to sear, bone in or bone out, that sort of […]
Common Roasting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them This is Part 2 of common roasting mistakes and how to avoid them. In Part 1, I look at some of the preferences that are not mistakes but variations you can use depending on your own personal cooking style. Mistake #1: Oven too hot or too cold […]
Common Roasting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them Ever since Man discovered fire, they have been roasting meat. Prehistoric man probably didn’t realize why their roasted meat tasted so much better than its raw counterpart, but we know now. Meats that have been properly roasted have a crisp, flavorful, deep brown exterior and a uniformly […]
This is Part 2 of How NOT to Saute. You can read Part 1 here. Mistake #7 Not having the ingredients prepped ahead of time. One of the worst things you can do when you prepare to sauté is to wait to chop your ingredients before you heat your pan. Thinking that you have plenty […]
The Modern Technique for Perfectly Cooked Meals While shopping at Costco this weekend, I was killing some time looking at their cookbooks while my wife was shopping for some clothes for the girls. I came across this cookbook by Lisa Q. Fetterman called Sous Vide at Home, picked it up, thumbed through some pages and […]
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More Common Grilling Mistakes & How to Avoid Them This is Part 2 of How NOT to Grill which is part of my How NOT To Cook Online CookBook. You can read How NOT To Grill – Part 1 here. Mistake #7 – The Second Guesser You are so concerned about overcooking that beautiful steak, […]
Common Grilling Mistakes and How to Avoid Them Although grilling has long been thought of as the “man’s domain,” there are plenty of reasons why both men and women would want to get out in the sunshine, drink a cold, frosty beverage, and do some grilling. Consider the extra energy it takes to cool the […]
How Not To Cook Pasta & Tips for Perfect Pasta Thanks to the great American melting pot, pasta is a staple in the United States. When “spaghetti and meatballs” turns up on children’s menus, you know that what was once brought over by Italian immigrants is now as American as apple pie. I’d be […]
