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There are many ways to make a good covering layer on a cake for cake decorating, but one of the most popular is cake decorating with fondant.
Originally used by British Cake decorators it is quickly becoming the standard for U.S. cake decorators. It is very versatile and fairly easy…
Fighting traffic to pick up the kids just to chauffeur them to soccer or a piano lesson and then making it home just in time for your spouse to stroll in from work and plop down at the table stating he is hungry. Or maybe you are a single parent…
Remember the kitchen's Golden Rule, that when preparing a particular recipe, you should read through it once and then gather all your needed ingredients and place them in your reach as you are putting together the ingredients. In this way you are not surprised half way through preparation that you…
Are you wondering how to become vegetarian? Are you concerned that a vegetarian diet will result in lack of energy? Do you think it’ll be tough to find enough to eat—or that it won’t taste good? Are you concerned –as many are—that without a meat based diet you won’t get…
Copycat recipes are some of my favorite types of recipes. But what are copycat recipes? you may be asking. Well usually copycat recipes are recipes that are quite simply meant to be like the original. Most copycat recipes are imitations of original restaurant recipes that most people are familiar with.…
Other than adding flavor to your food, many people have wondered what are some of the health benefits that olive oil provides. Olive Oil Heath Benefits are many and just to name a few I have covered some of the ways this oil helps in maintaining good health.
Health Benefits…
If you're a meat eater, you may find it daunting to come up with vegetarian meal ideas. However it really is not that difficult to cook easy, tasty and filling meals for vegetarians once you know a few basics of what vegetarians expect and want.
Vegetarian food by definition is…
Pressure cooker food hasn’t exactly been considered gourmet fare for the past few years.
Young gourmands have preferred more sophisticated methods of food preparation—but with a new emphasis on down home dishes and economical ways of cooking, food cooked in pressure cookers is gaining a new, enthusiastic following. Everything old…
If you are a true fan of the "food network" channels then you are already more than aware of all the hoopla centered around extra virgin olive oil, frequently referred to as "EVOO".
How did a liquid which stems from something so small get to be SO big? And what's…
You’ve just been given a pressure cooker as a Christmas gift by your great aunt Beatrice, and you’d much rather have had a check.
You have no idea what the heck this big pot with the strange lid is for, or how to use it. You really don’t cook all…
Cooking for kids is nothing like cooking for adults. Most adults are more open to trying new dishes and flavors. Kids are picky, picky, picky. One sure thing is that if a kids likes a dish, they REALLY like the dish and want it all the time. One battle I…
Over the years table manners have been greatly important. The crème de la crème always had the best of these essential manners while others simply ignored them and ate on. Obviously this sort of cycle has changed. Today, it’s either you have it or you don’t. You can imagine how…
Food is obviously needed by the body to survive and where to get is never a problem unless you happen to be in the middle of a desert and roasted scorpions do not appeal to your appetite. Restaurants can be found in almost every corner of every city and they…
There are a lot of kitchen knife sets out there on the market and so many people fall for the idea that they need a set of about 30 different knives if they want to be able to produce good food in their kitchen. This is completely the wrong idea…
There are many reasons to go out and get a bread maker to make your bread with but I am only going to list five of them for starters.
The first reason and in my opinion the most important for making your own bread is because its much healthier than…
Paring and peeling knives are some of the smallest knives in a knife set. As you may have already thought, small knives help trim, cut and carve small food items. That is a pretty general description of these versatile knives. A larger explanation will help you understand all the uses…
I have used my solar oven for four years now. I first cooked a pork roast in my yard in Minneapolis, MN on a day that the air temperature was minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit. It came out just beautiful.
Folks think you need a warm day to cook with the…
You're in the middle of baking and run out of a key kitchen staple - what to do? Before you run off to the store or give up in the middle of your recipe, learn about the chemical reactions and are key to the baking process. Once you learn the…
This short article talks about processed and fresh food from the average consumer POV and discusses the differences and examples of some of both. Health wise there is constantly a debate on whether processed foods are slowly damaging our bodies and what in them is destructive. The results is almost…
Just started making sushi? Then you are going on a fun journey and hopefully these three making sushi beginners tips, will help you avoid some common mistakes along the way.
Though this isn’t one of the tips, it is exceptionally good advice. The easiest way to make sushi for a…
Cooking at camps has proven impossible for many people. Some tend to overcook/under-cook the food, some simply can't cook without modern cookware while others get really sick after putting their camp cooking skills to test. However, cooking tricks never stop being advanced today, just like these simple but effective camp…
AUGUST 5, 2015 ROGER
What is the difference?
There are so many options out there for buying professional chef knives. One of the more confusing things when researching J. A. HENCKELS or ZWILLING J HENCKELS is which kind of knife or company are you buying from.
The J.A. HENCKELS INTERNATIONAL…
As a young girl growing up in the country, I vaguely remember my grandmother churning butter. The large barrel held a lot of milk. Making butter was a labor of love that took patience and strength. I can still see in my mind the large, golden, soft chunks of butter…
I've spent hours trawling through the supermarkets looking at ingredients on food packaging to see if the end product and hence my meal will be tasty and nutritious. It's so disappointing when you sit down to eat burgers or sausages and the taste just doesn't match up to your expectations.…
One day, I wanted a grilled cheese sandwich. This was a problem since I did not have any sliced bread. However, I had a beautiful loaf of French bread. Therefore, I decided that I was good to go. I started by preheating the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. I am…
Firing up the grill on those warm evenings of summer is a great way to get together with friends and family for a delicious, tasty meal.
Getting your Charcoal grill might seem intimidating at first but really it’s not that hard. By following these easy steps you’ll be enjoy a…
Hello Everyone! I thought a good way to start off on today's topic would be to talk about the paleo diet food list. I guess you probably want to know what kinds of foods more specifically you will be able to eat on the diet. Now as we talked about…
Farmer's markets are a great place to purchase local fresh fruits and vegetables at a reasonable price. If you go prepared with a cooler then you can spend your day doing other errands also and not have to worry about your food going bad. Buying local helps support your community…
Pots and pans have come a long way over the past 50 or so years. It seems like new metals and other materials are being created everyday in order to find that perfect piece of cookware that never burns food, but also retains heat for long enough periods of time.…
It is interesting to note the plethora of uses and benefits that the Himalayan pink salt can offer. This salt’s origins go back to over 200 million years where mineral rich salt deposits are formed and buried under the Himalayan Mountains.
Salt production
The Himalayan pink salt is mined from…
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