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I grew up with a mom who couldn’t pass up a new kitchen gadget. Our house was filled with ice cream makers, pressure cookers, panini presses, pasta makers and more…all which ended up being merely counter decorations. So in my culinary quest, I vowed to not be lured into similar contraptions that ultimately serve little [...]
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Butternut squash are like the pineapples of winter; they are tasty and satisfying, but require some serious arm work to prepare! The first time I tried to dice one of these beasts for a risotto recipe left me wondering if all the work would pay off. But I can tell you, butternut squash is worth the [...]
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Now that I’ve got you all excited for beets with my previous posts (I’m sure my mom is laughing as she reads about her once-beet-hating daughter enthusiastically pushing my passion for beets onto everyone else), I thought I’d give you you the down and dirty on how to roast the little guys. Roasting is a [...]
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A Microplane is a very sharp grater intended to “create zest”. Jillian had been telling me for months about her love for the tool and all of it’s handy uses, yet when my boyfriend’s grandmother gave me one it sat in my top drawer untouched. I always thought, why would you ever need to “create [...]
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Sometimes there’s nothing more frustrating than having to chop a bunch of vegetables for a recipe – especially when they are of the tear-inducing variety (ehem, onions). I love this technique because it makes chopping, dicing or mincing onions a lot less painless. It takes a bit of practice, but once you’ve got it down, [...]
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Blanching, in my humble opinion, has a terrible name that conjures up anything but delicious tasting food. But fear not, it’s a quick and easy technique. It’s great for bringing the vibrant green color out of your green beans, releasing the bitter acids stored in broccoli, loosening tomato, peach or almond skins and killing bacteria [...]
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Don’t let the simple design of this trusty little lemon reamer fool you. Even though it looks like a something a 1950’s housewife would have stowed away in her kitchen, it does a pretty amazing job of draining every last bit of juice out of a lemon, lime or orange. To get the most out [...]
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