When someone comes across a gourmet olive oil, or a flavored oil or vinegar they are often turned off for a couple of reasons. One (this is usually the case with gourmet olive oils) is the price. Some people just can’t seem to justify a higher price for an olive oil of better quality. What […]

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For that matter, make as much as you can at home from scratch.  Not only does it save you money, its enjoyable, and you avoid things like this….
Complaint of worms in baby food.
That is just down right disgusting. As it is, baby food bought in stores usually looks, tastes, and smells disgusting. Then there is […]

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The other night I was cooking some nice pepper stuffed chicken breast with a nice wine sauce, and realize just how far I have come on my sauce and gravy making. I wanted to share my techniques for making completely lump free sauces and gravies. There are three different techniques that I use depending on […]

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The maillard reaction is the most underused and often misunderstood part of cooking. The average home cook has never even heard of the term, much less understand it. So what is it? In a nutshell the maillard reaction is the browning of your proteins. Not just your average browning where the color of the meat […]

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