Recently, the internet seems to be trying to resuscitate some old absurd trends to see if 2022 could give them another chance. On “well-being” TikTok, for example, someone filmed themselves cooking a cursed dish called NyQuil Chicken and people love it, literally and figuratively. Yes, NyQuil as in cough syrup and chicken as in, a […]
A chef once told me to ‘work smart, not hard’, a philosophy I have tried to keep in mind every time I am in the kitchen. I gravitate towards low effort, high reward cooking, and look for meals that can easily be turned into something else. Think roast chicken which can then be added to […]
It can be tempting in January to be a little puritanical about food. It’s natural to want to change things after Christmas – most of us are likely to experience a change in appetite and taste, whether or not we stick to a strict new diet. If I don’t see a sniff of roast meat […]
Not all coconut milk is created equal. Canned coconut milk – both regular and light – is made from finely ground coconut flesh that is recombined with water for a uniform, gooey texture that can easily overwhelm other ingredients. This is one of the reasons why in Colombia they make theirs, and we found out […]
Ah, the holiday hangover slump. So many events to attend, gifts to open, cookies to eat and people to see. Even during these dark times of COVID-19, people seemed to brave the elements – and the virus – to see each other. I watched the news on canceled flights, stranding people in weird cities when […]
Leave enough space between the pieces of meat for them to brown rather than steaming. Photos by Bill St. John, for UCHealth. Praise the embers. This method of cooking meat in a humid environment (rather than roasting it in a dry place called an oven) is the perfect porridge for the winter. The best feature […]
WWith the seemingly endless supply of convenient weeknight chicken recipes, it can be easy to forget that once chicken was considered a delicacy. Flipping through my copy of The Escoffier cookbook, I was struck by the opulence attached to the bird. It has featured in dozens of recipes, coated in puff pastry, topped with cream, […]
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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (WAFB) – Varied greens have always been a southern staple. These greens tend to grow in poor soil and often grow along a road or in a hilly, rocky area where few others grow. Many people complain that these green vegetables are difficult to wash, so they wrap them in a pillowcase […]
In the kitchen, braising is my favorite technique in the kitchen. What’s not to like? No need for a fancy nonstick skillet, in fact, an inexpensive clay pot for under $ 5 at your local Chinese grocer will do. You don’t even need to add any oil – just place all of your ingredients in […]
As with most foods, your idea of pot roast is probably the version you grew up eating. For me, it was a piece of beef surrounded by potatoes and carrots in an oval roasting pan speckled with black. There was no cooking of the meat to develop the flavor, and no liquid was added to […]