Mediterranean Salad A great salad is the perfect compliment to any meal, and the secret lies in using fresh ingredients – and a homemade salad dressing. Once you learn to make your own salad dressing – which is simple to do – you’ll never buy store-bought again. Continue reading “Mediterranean Salad” →
5 Reasons Why You Should Cook More in 2025 Some of you may be asking this question: Why should I learn to cook? It takes time. It takes money. It means I have to go to the grocery store. It takes practice. I have so little free time in my life – why should I spend time every day, or a few days a week, working in the kitchen? It’s so much easier just to eat out or order take-out. Continue reading “5 Reasons Why You Should Cook More in 2025” →
How To Build The Perfect Charcuterie Board It may be counterintuitive, but the secret to building a great charcutier board lies in choosing ingredients that to some degree actually oppose – rather than compliment – each other. This keeps the experience interesting enough that people will want to keep munching. Continue reading “How To Build The Perfect Charcuterie Board” →
How (and Why) to Roast Garlic Roasted garlic is utterly delicious and has myriad uses: use it to make the best garlic bread of your life; combine it with raw grated garlic in salad dressings to tease out more depth of flavor, add it to an Umami Bomb when making sauces and stews… or just eat it with some Brie cheese or in an olive oil dip. Best part is that it keeps in the freezer, and all you have to do to restore it to it’s pre-frozen glory is nuke it in the microwave on the lowest setting for a couple of minutes. Here’s how to do it: Continue reading “How (and Why) to Roast Garlic” →
Rice Pilaf Sure, you can use Near East or even the Riceroni version – which are surprisingly good – but here’s how to make you own authentic Rice Pilaf. Continue reading “Rice Pilaf” →