Howto: Buy a Knife

Posted on March 28th, 2008 by CommonDialog

A good knife is the most important tool in a cook’s arsenal.  Other than proper use of salt and heat, nothing is more essential than the cook’s ability to break food down.   If food is not trimmed of excess fat, it becomes a stringy mess; if it is not cut down to regular sized […]

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Using Salt

Posted on March 27th, 2008 by CommonDialog

Using salt is one of the three most important skills in cooking, the other two being good knife skills and the proper use of heat.  For many, hearing that salt is a basic cooking skill will come as a surprise.  Given the linkage been salt and high blood pressure and other heart diseases, many home […]

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Test

Posted on March 19th, 2008 by CommonDialog

This is a test

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Tag, We’re It

Posted on March 18th, 2008 by CommonDialog

Sue tagged me.  And since hers is my favoritist blog ever, I decided I should respond in kind.  No matter how long it took me.

Rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 5 facts about yourself
3. Tag 5 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking […]

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