| Tricks of the trade - cooking tips | | Posted Wednesday, January 25, 2006 4:12:04 PM by Kate Grant | If there's one thing I love, it's cooking tips. Yup. Quick and easy to follow, good old cooking tips. If you're a novice in the kitchen, those tips will help you get started. Everything from how to read a recipe, where to find them, how important it is to keep the safety, and how to be creative in the kitchen, they'll help you get over the overwhelming feeling of "where and how do I begin". 
You can get tips for cooking from Magazines, they are always full of them, you'll get them from your mother, your friends, TV shows, and of course, the Internet. And if you regard them as something straight out of the 1950's, think again. Sometimes, they're exactly what you need.
Every year before Christmas the magazines are filled with time tables, advice, tips and hints to help you cook the perfect ham or turkey. Whether you dip the bird in honey and stick it in the microwave or roast it whole in the oven, getting advice from experts will save you some precious minutes, especially if it's the first time you host Christmas dinner, and your mom is not around with some helpful tips of her own. (On second thought, maybe you're better off without her...)
It does look effortless on the pages of the magazines when you know it isn't exactly so, but let me tell you, I did pick up a few pointers and good tips on cooking while flipping through a magazine at my dentist's office...
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| | | Inaugurating Kabler's Cooking Chatter | | Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:49:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | As the author of Mason County's Greatest Recipes, a caterer and co-instructor in the Cline-Kabler Cooking Classes, I hope to share many easy, delicious recipes and cooking tips to make life in the kitchen a pleasure and not a disaster.Tasty foods, easy to prepare and attractively served simply make the cook a big success. I hope to encourage readers to try new items in recipes, since "variety is the spice of life."You will see that I am big on a variety of cheeses and the use of spices. I believe in taking short cuts to make life easier.As I continue to work at the news desk, I will try to entice you to cook more and enjoy what you are cooking. Don't be afraid to learn about new ingredients, that puts style into your cooking.Two famous lovers of food were the two U.S. presidents having birthdays this month -- Abraham Lincoln, Feb.... | |
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| | | Cooking a taste of the ocean | | Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 2:51:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | A mother and daughter from Wimbledon brushed up on their cooking skills after winning a competition to take part in a masterclass held by celebrity chef Simon Rimmer. Bobby Davison, 32, from Martin Way, Wimbledon entered the competition, sponsored by Ocean Spray, to spend a day with the chef after seeing it advertised in OK! Hot Stars magazine in October. Bobby, a legal secretary, said: "I wanted to win the competition because I'm a rubbish cook. I wanted to pick up some tips so I can make nicer food." After discovering she was one of four winners, Bobby decided to take her 48-year-old mother, Jackie, to the Simon Rimmer Masterclass, which took place in December at the Art of Hospitality in Kensington. Bobby, who lives with her mother and grandmother said: "She was as excited as I was." Once they knew they would meet the chef, the pair watched him on his show, BBC2's Something for the Weekend.... | |
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| | | Tips for a Simple, Satisfying and Stress-Free Holiday | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:52:45 AM by Blog57 Team | | (Family Features) - Every year at the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line (1-800-BUTTERBALL), home economists and nutritionists answer thousands of questions - yet invariably the same concerns crop up.To ease the anxiety that Thanksgiving can trigger, this year the experts have created a Thanksgiving "cheat sheet" that will help home cooks have a stress-free holiday."Many of our callers want to prepare a large Thanksgiving 'the way mom did,' but ask how they can make the meal easier," says Mary Clingman, director of the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line. "Our best advice is to plan what needs to be accomplished, buy what you can early and prepare what you can ahead of time."To help first-time cooks and seasoned pros alike create memorable holiday meals, the home economists and experts at the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line will be available starting Nov.... | |
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| | | BYU Students Offer Holiday Cooking Classes | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 6:55:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | To help local residents brush up on their favorite holiday recipes, the Utah State University Extension will provide a free cooking class Friday, Nov. 10, 2006. Four BYU dietetics students will be team-teaching a class called "Cooking on a Budget With Tips to Survive the Holidays." The class will help people realize that even if they are trying to save money, they can still eat delicious meals, said Brittany Jones, a BYU senior from Montana, majoring in dietetics. Jones also said another purpose of this class is to promote homemade cooking rather than eating out in the restaurants during the holidays. The cooking class will cover topics such as how to prepare turkey, stuffing and other holiday favorites. They will also have nutrition tips and taste testing. Trish Cutler of the USU Extension said the extension covers the cost of the food, but participants may purchase a collection of handouts titled "Kitchen Creations" for $2.... | |
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| | | Brothers break Southern cooking out of its old shell | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:55:30 AM by Blog57 Team | | Let's give a bow to Charleston, S.C. After all, that venerable city is largely responsible for its adopted sons' marvelous new regional cooking guide, "The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook: Stories and Recipes for Southerners and Would-Be Southerners" (W.W. Norton, $35, 600 pages, 82 photographs). Here's what happened: When Matt and Ted Lee were kids, their parents relocated the family from Manhattan to the relative wilds of Charleston. Mom was an English teacher, Dad was a gastroenterologist. Matt and Lee found themselves in a wonderland of strange new dishes -- grits and gumbo, butter bean pâté and oyster purloo. As they write in the book's introduction, "There is something about discovering a cuisine at the brink of adolescence that causes you never to take its ingredients for granted." .... | |
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| | | Looking Into the Hispanic Kitchen | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 10:59:29 PM by Blog57 Team | | (Family Features) - Hispanic families are steeped in culture and tradition, and no where is that more evident than in the kitchen. For many Hispanics, cooking is a craft that is learned by watching and doing. For some, it starts in childhood; for others, it begins when they marry. While recipes, cookbooks and ruled measuring are used for baking, they are not always followed for preparing meals. From measuring to mixing, the Hispanic's key kitchen tool is one's hand. Cooking is all about having a "feel" for it, understanding what it takes to make the meal honor its heritage and come out right every time. "Blending" American and Hispanic KitchensWhile traditional commercial cookbooks abound in American households, Hispanics keep recipes that are handed down through generations, according to research conducted by Practica Group LLC for Whirlpool.... | |
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| | | PRAISING THE POWER OF A MEMORABLE MEAL | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 12:58:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | Welcome to First Sunday's Food Issue. Each year, the magazine devotes one month to a true Buffalo Niagara resource: its eating experience. Whether it's the area's surprising array of quality and affordable restaurants, its bounty of supermarkets and small, quirky delis brimming with personality, or its rich home-cooking tradition that gets more diverse with every year, food is something we do very well. This year, we celebrate the Soul of Food, how great food and memorable meals go beyond the simple act of eating. A notable meal creates memories, brings people together and provides common experiences that transcend satisfying an appetite. Food adds an extra dimension to our lives, something the opportunities for great eating on the Niagara Frontier make very clear. The moments of connection often triggered by food, that's the soul.... | |
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| | | National Consumers League Offers Free Brochure to Make Cooking Safer During the Holidays | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 10:56:13 AM by Blog57 Team | | With the holidays just around the corner, the nation's oldest consumer advocacy group is helping consumers be smart in the kitchen with new tips about cooking safely -- and easily -- this year. The National Consumers League (NCL) has created a new brochure to help prevent cooking fires, which are the number one cause of house fires in the United States, according to the National Fire Protection Association. The brochure, along with new tips for consumers, is available online at http://www.nclnet.org. "With all the guests, distractions, and stress of the holiday season, food preparation can be overwhelming -- and potentially dangerous -- for cooks this time of year," said Linda Golodner, NCL President. "Our goal is to make cooking as easy and as safe as possible this holiday season." NCL's new brochure, "Good Cooking Starts with Safe Cooking," offers busy, time-starved cooks tips to prevent accidents in the kitchen.... | |
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| | | Despite job, not a life of convention | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 10:53:58 AM by Blog57 Team | | CANYON COUNTRY - He started out a stagehand, working small cast shows in little theaters on Broadway. Now he's produced the last four Republican National Conventions and says he's ready for anything - as long as it's fun. "I think I have one more convention in me," David Nash said. "I've made each one a little bit better and I think I can do it again. It's not about the politics, he said. "I don't control who's speaking," he said. "I just control how long. My job is to make it look good." An autograph from Babe Ruth encased in glass is just part of a floor-to-ceiling memorabilia wall in his Sand Canyon office. He remembers getting it, albeit second-handedly. "My father was a stagehand in New York and the theater was doing a fundraiser for bonds during the war (World War II)," he said.... | |
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| | | Columbus Cooks | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:59:15 AM by Blog57 Team | | Columbus Cooks! puts the fun back into cooking and brings the family together for a warm meal. We offer cooking classes where you will learn everything from the Basics to Gourmet, as well as tips and techniques to expand your culinary skills. Our store is full of everything that you need to perfect your chef's kitchen. We only use the best; therefore we only carry the best. Let us help you discover what we have all known...that cooking is fun and easy. Visit our new location at The Shoppes at Bradley Park on Rollins Way, the place where your culinary adventures begin. We are open Monday through Saturday from 10 am until 6 pm. Call us today at 706-653-4700 or go to www.columbuscooks.com .... | |
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