Archive for April, 2009

Wine Food Pairing …what goes with Turducken?

What, you ask, is a Turducken….and why would I want or need to do Wine Food Pairing with it? The answer to these questions is not for the faint of heart!About 4 years ago I was watching a Thanksgiving cooking show and perked up my ears when I heard something about stuffing your turkey with [...]

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Basic recipes tasty Chicken fried rice

Fried rice is a common staple in American Chinese cuisine, especially in the westernized form sold at fast-food stands. The most common form is basic fried rice, often with some mixture of eggs, scallions, and vegetables, with chopped meat added at the customer’s discretion. This fried rice dish will become a favourite side dish and [...]

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How Skinny Water Contributes to Good Health

A number of vitamin supplements and healthy drinks are available for health-conscious consumers to choose from, but none are quite like Skinny Water. With a hint of pomegranate for flavor and supplements that appear in no other vitamin drink, Skinny Water can be a major contribution to your plans to get healthy or stay healthy. [...]

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How To Make A Cornish Pasty

How To Make A Cornish Pasty Author: Doug Harvey Being Cornish by birth, I cringe when I walk into a store or shop that supposedly sells the famous Cornish Pasty. More times than not, I pick it up, read the ingredients and toss it down in disgust! Strange things appear within the ingredients such as [...]

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Homemade Beef Jerky

While many people consider Beef Jerky to be an all American snack the root of the word Jerky actually comes from a tribe called Quechua which was indigenous to South America. The word Charqui originated from the local dialect which means Dried Meat. Drying the meat at low temperatures and often salting or seasoning it [...]

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How To Make Beer At Home?

Sanitize your equipment first. Bottles can be left in a bathtub filled with bleach solution to soak overnight; once they’ve done so, remove them from the solution, empty them, and cover the tops with aluminum foil until you plan to use them. Next, prepare your wort. Bring 1-1.5 gallons of water to boil in your [...]

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How Can Choose to Better Cooking Oil?

We all know that most of us eat food that can actually improve our health, but, it is always important to cook the food in the best possible way. There are many oils and other butter products in the market that have the ‘Best’ tag attached to them. One should always know which he must [...]

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Oh no!! What to do if the top of your baked cheesecake has cracked….

There are several reasons why a baked cheesecake may crack. These include over mixing, oven temperature too high, oven door opened during cooking or the cheesecake was removed from the oven before cool. So here are my tips and what to do if your cheesecake has cracked. 1. When mixing your ingredients, don’t overmix. If [...]

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Wolfgang Puck Cookers For Tasty Cooking

Pressure cooker is probably not the last product Wolfgang Puck will make, since this is the company that is still growing and has a big potential. We hope and we feel there will be better cookware made by the Wolfgang Puck in the near future. But since then, we have their pressure cooker. Basic idea [...]

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Barbecue an American Tradition

Barbecue is as American as apple pie. It’s aroma evokes memories of baseball games, swimming and family vacations. Mouths water when the grill is fired up. Preparing meat for the barbecue is just as important as the cooking itself. Marinating infuses flavor into the meat, ensuring a delicious family meal that will not be easily [...]

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