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30 Jul 2010

Tips from the World’s Top Chefs

Kristina Seleshanko 0 Comments Tags: chef tips

Ever wish you could ask Wolfgang Puck or Gordan Ramsay for help in your kitchen? Lucky for us, these great chefs – and many others – have handed down tips down in books, articles, and in television and radio interviews. Here are some of my favorite top chef cooking tips – ideal for combining with   Read More…

26 Jul 2010

Cooking with Vinegar

Kristina Seleshanko 1 Comment Tags: vinegar

When used correctly, vinegar is an important ingredient that never overpowers food, but only enhances it. Essentially, vinegar is little more than alcoholic fluid that’s been given extra air exposure. This exposure is what gives vinegar a sour taste, but not all vinegars taste the same. Depending upon what alcoholic fluid the vinegar was made   Read More…

23 Jul 2010

Cooking Greens

Kristina Seleshanko 0 Comments

Greens – the leafy part of a wide variety of vegetables, including collards, spinach, beet leaves, kohlrabi leaves, and sorrel – are not only delicious, they are extremely healthy, too. Packed with vitamins A and C, iron, calcium, fiber, and folic acid, they are a great way to make your cooking healthier. Many greens also   Read More…

19 Jul 2010

Grilling Vegetables

Kristina Seleshanko 0 Comments Tags: grilling, vegetables

When summertime grilling comes to mind, most people think of tossing hamburgers, hot dogs, and maybe corn on the cob on the barbecue. But almost any vegetable grills up well, making it easier to create a healthy, delicious meal any day. Best of all, grilling vegetables is easy and quick. What Vegetables to Grill Nearly   Read More…

16 Jul 2010

Cooking with Honey

Kristina Seleshanko 0 Comments Tags: honey, sugar

There is only one food that never spoils: Honey. Unlike sugar, honey contains calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, B6, niacin, thiamin, and several amino acids. Honey also stores better than sugar, enhances browning and crisping, enhances other flavors in the recipe, and retains moisture in baked goods. All in all, this ancient sweetener   Read More…

12 Jul 2010

How to Use a Bouquet Garni

Kristina Seleshanko 1 Comment Tags: herbs, spices

As aspiring cooks explore the world of gourmet food, one of the terms they’re certain to run across is bouquet garni (boh-kay gar-nee). At its simplest, a bouquet garni is a bunch of herbs tied together and used to flavor the liquid of stews, soups, stocks, and other dishes. Unlike other forms of traditional herb   Read More…

09 Jul 2010

Understanding Yeast

Kristina Seleshanko 1 Comment Tags: yeast

Yeast is an essential baking ingredient, but far too many home bakers are afraid of it. Is the yeast active? Will it make the dough rise? many bakers wonder. It’s true that one or two generations back, yeast was a tricky thing to handle. Sometimes home bakers purchased yeast only to have it spoil before   Read More…

06 Jul 2010

Choosing the Right Vanilla

Kristina Seleshanko 0 Comments Tags: vanilla

Vanilla is one ingredient for which there’s no substitute. Real vanilla includes over 250 components, resulting in a complex flavor no artificial vanilla (which includes just 1 component) can ever imitate. Selecting quality vanilla for baking and cooking makes a real difference in the finished dish, which is one reason why vanilla is the second   Read More…

02 Jul 2010

Fun Food Facts You Never Knew

Kristina Seleshanko 0 Comments Tags: food facts

Here in the States, we’re celebrating our independence this weekend. So with that celebratory spirit in mind, here are a few fun food facts to give you a chuckle or make you go “hmmm…” This Independence Day, an estimated 150 million hot dogs will be eaten in the U.S. And there’s a 25 percent chance   Read More…


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