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30 Sep 2010

Eating Healthy – the Gourmet Way

Kristina Seleshanko 1 Comment Tags: Eat Healthy, healthy eating, healthy food, healthy recipes

We all know we should eat healthy. What stops us? Sometimes we think we have to give up the best-tasting foods in order to do so. Simple, healthy gourmet food proves that theory wrong. Other times, we feel we don’t have the time or energy to cook our own healthy meals. Simple 30 minutes recipes,   Read More…

27 Sep 2010

Cooking Myths Exposed

Kristina Seleshanko 1 Comment Tags: Cooking, cooking techniques, foodoscope

Do you waste time or energy in the kitchen by adhering to myths? Find out, as I examine some of cooking’s most prevalent urban legends. Searing meat helps keep it juicy. You’ll often hear that searing meat seals in juices, but studies prove otherwise. In one experiment mentioned in Harold McGee’s “On Food and Cooking,”   Read More…

24 Sep 2010

Stock, Broth, Bouillon, or Fond?

Kristina Seleshanko 4 Comments Tags: bouillon, broth, cookbooks, Cooking, cooks, fond, stock

When cooking, you may run across the terms stock, broth, bouillon, and fond. Each is a type of liquid and each typically has a word in front of it describing what the liquid is made from. For example, you might see “chicken stock,” “vegetable broth,” “poultry bouillon,” or “fish fond.” But what is the difference   Read More…

20 Sep 2010

Cooking Cabbage

Kristina Seleshanko 1 Comment Tags: cabbage

Cabbage is at its best during fall and spring’s cool weather. Excellent for long storage, versatile, tasty, and healthy, cabbage is a vegetable that ought to be a regular part of every diet. Try it today! Red vs. Green Cabbage Red cabbage is probably the most flavorful type of cabbage – and the most healthy.   Read More…

17 Sep 2010

Cooking Up a Sweat

Kristina Seleshanko 0 Comments Tags: sweating

Take a peak at many of Gourmandia’s recipes – or recipes in any gourmet cookbook or website – and you may run across directions asking you to sweat. No, this doesn’t mean the chef needs to work up a sweat. “Sweating” is actually a cooking technique. What is Sweating? In cooking, sweating means gently heating   Read More…

13 Sep 2010

10 Ways with Pumpkins

Kristina Seleshanko 0 Comments Tags: pumpkin

Fall is for pumpkins. And I’m not just talking about jack-o-lanterns and pumpkin pie. Pumpkins are excellent for both savory and sweet dishes, and while cooked pumpkin is unfamiliar to most Americans, it’s easy and delicious to prepare. When selecting pumpkins for cooking, steer clear of Halloween jack-o-lanterns. Some chefs think they can cook a   Read More…

09 Sep 2010

Giving Brussels Sprouts a Well-Deserved Try

Kristina Seleshanko 0 Comments Tags: brussel sprouts

Brussels sprouts aren’t exactly a popular vegetable – largely because most people have only tried overcooked, bland, boiled Brussels sprouts. But Brussels sprouts actually have excellent flavor when they’re prepared well; in my family, Brussels sprouts are one of our favorite foods. Even my toddler loves them. They are one of nature’s healthiest foods. They   Read More…

07 Sep 2010

Making Venison Delicious

Kristina Seleshanko 0 Comments Tags: deer, venison

Although deer (also called venison) is frequently served in higher end restaurants, many people only eat it in the autumn, during hunting season. It’s not uncommon to hear complaints that deer meat is tough, hard, or salty, but in truth each of these qualities are the result of poorly cooked meat. Venison is actually easy   Read More…

03 Sep 2010

The Best in Fall Produce

Kristina Seleshanko 0 Comments Tags: apples, beets, berries, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, grapes, parsnips, pears, plums, squash, zucchini

Although we tend to think of spring and summer as the peak time for fresh produce, autumn offers an abundance of fresh food, too. Here are some delicious, easy to use favorites available now at Farmer’s Markets and grocery stores. Fruit One of the most versatile fruits, apples are at their peak in the fall.   Read More…


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