techniques

techniques

How to Make Brown Butter

How to Make Brown Butter Okay, so in yesterday’s post How to Melt Butter, I talked about the fact that for the next several weeks, I am going to concentrate on going over culinary fundamentals.  I really want to cover the basics of cooking, and in doing so, equip all the home cooks out there with […]

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How to Melt Butter

Melting Butter Okay, so it’s been a while since I’ve blogged steadily.  I apologize.  I got wrapped up in a new project that should be really cool and really perfect for local food producers, but it also has eaten into my blogging time.  (It’s sort of pre-alpha right now.) Fortunately, I’ve had a lot of […]

Basics, techniques

Charging a Pan

Charging a Pan “Charging a pan” is another technique and term I throw around on the blog a lot that I wanted to explain further. What is Charging a Pan? In brief, charging a pan is just another name for preheating it.  It’s quite simple, all you have to do is put the pan on […]

Basics, techniques

Three Second Fires

Three Second Fires One of the things you’ve probably seen a few times on the blog is the concept of a three second fire.  I use this technique to gauge if a fire is ready to start cooking.  (Oh, and I wish I could say I invented the method, but I pretty much stole the […]

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When Does the Fish Come In?

I Never Buy Fish Except on Tuesdays We stopped by the grocery store after lunch to pick up some juice.  As trips to the store often go, our quick trip turned into an hour-long buying orgy as we suddently realized how badly we needed asparagus, broccoli, red bell peppers, and chicken.  Oddly, enough, all of these […]

recipes, techniques

Savory Baked Brie

So on yesterday’s inaugural Foodies’ Night In (#fni) Twitter chat sponsored by @cookingwcaitlin, we were talking all things cheese with @AlouetteCheese.  And as things go, we started talking about baked brie because what cheese conversation would be complete without talking about baked brie?  There were lots of suggestions about making it with fruit and jam […]