The garden has begun producing an abundance of yellow squash, and that means it's time to find creative ways to prepare it. The official taste-testers (my Sweet Lady Wife and my son) both approve of this recipe. It works well…
A few days ago in this post I announced that I'm going to cooking school: Classic Cooking Academy I've been cooking for about 10 years. I really want to push my abilities to the next level. I have no intentions…
We're expecting a bumper crop of zucchini from the garden soon. There is only one problem: Sweet Lady Wife is not fond of zucchini. My challenge then is to prepare zucchini so that she likes it. This dish is one…
Well I've gone and done it: I've enrolled in cooking school. Classic Cooking Academy is just across town from me. I've discovered that they have a cirriculum for passionate amateurs like me: Classic Cooking Academy Practical Series it's one night…
Yesterday I was reading an article by a British author who was describing kitchen tools he considered useless. One of then was the potato ricer. Even if the potato ricer did nothing more than help me prepare my Parmesan Mashed…
I've recently discovered how easy and inexpensive it is to make great pizza on the grill, and I'm going to show you how. The Dough My original thought was to make the dough in large batches and freeze it in…
I was thumbing through Impossible to Easy by Robert Ervine and saw a recipe for Lobster and Brie Quesadila. It became the springoard for my Salmon and Brie Quesadilla. Other than the brie and the tortilas, there isn't much in…
There are a few spices that that I tend to use a lot of - minced garlic, minced onion, salt, pepper, paprika - to name a few. I've discovered a great source of most spices at prices significantly less that…
I put my new deep fryer to use making beer-battered deep-fried catfish. My motivation for getting a deep fryer is that I want to make donuts but I also started looking into al the other things I can make with this…
When my wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I pointed to this deep fryer. (Coming soon: Beer-Battered Deep fried Catfish.) This is a Cuisinart CDF-100 deep fryer. I've been wanting on because I have this overpowering urge…