Category: Technique Technique Technique
Cooking in Season
Apricot Preserves (and how to use them)
This post was more than five days in the making. Ha. I was having a very hard time trying …
Cooking in Season
How to Freeze Summer Fresh Berries
A quick tip on how to best freeze the summer bounty of fresh berries: freeze on a parchment-lined tray in a single layer until firm, and then pour into a zipper-lock bag, label, and freeze.
Baking
The Best Dessert in the World
The world’s best dessert is strawberry shortcake. The inspired flavour combination of luscious cream, ripe berries and toasty biscuit is an absolute dream match.
Cooking in Season
How to Trim and Cut Asparagus
Step by step illustrations of how to trim and cut asparagus. Do it now while the asparagus is still in season!
Cooking in Season
Tips for Strawberry Picking
Getting the best strawberry is not simply a matter of going to a U-pick. You must also know where to pick and how to pick. Let me show you.
Essential Thai
How to Cut and Juice a Lime
How frustrating it is to juice a lime! But I have an awesome trick for you. Quick, easy, with step-by-step illustrations and guaranteed satisfying results.
Essential Thai
Thai Style Stir-Fried Greens
Yesterday, I did some experimenting with a beautfiul bunch of yin choy, otherwise known as Amaranth greens. You …
Cooking in Season
How to Cut a Mango
Many of us are mango-challenged, which is completely understandable. Mangoes hide a huge, hard, flattened pit inside themselves, making it impossible for a …
Essential Thai
Ataulfo Mango: No Floss Needed
Spring is mango season. They are ripe, they are cheap, they are abundant. One of my (many) spring …
My Life in Food
School Day Large-Flake Oatmeal Method
The School Day Oatmeal Method is not really quick or dirty, but it works around a busy weekday morning, so you can still have a yummy, warm, filling, tasty breakfast. Better than cold cereal.
Extreme Foodie
FEATURE INGREDIENT: a very special seaweed
Inspired by a question I received today via email, I have chosen to feature a decidedly un-glamourous ingredient: …
Digital Kitchen/BBQ Thermometer with Magnet and Clock Timer
Asian Ingredients: A Guide
