Archives for 2011

How to grill safely

August 8, 2011 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Drew Kime

I got an email last month asking if I'd do a recipe for the Food Safe Families campaign. "What's that?" I asked. They told me: The Ad Council is joining the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, in partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to debut their first joint national multimedia public service campaign to help families prevent food poisoning in the home. Oh, well okay then. I've … [Read more...]

How To Make Crustless Pizza

July 1, 2011 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Drew Kime

Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Technique recipe card

Okay, listen up: THIS. IS. AMAZING. I'm not kidding. I came up with the recipe because I'm eating low carb during the week now, but this is so good I have to try hard to not eat it on the weekend. Good wood-oven pizza gets a lot of flavor from the slightly toasted cheese. This recipe is almost nothing but toasted cheese. It is seriously, amazingly good. … [Read more...]

How To Make Chocolate Citrus Cake

June 27, 2011 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Drew Kime

Dessert recipe card

This recipe proves why I like older cookbooks. All the current recipes -- and mixes (not that I would ever use one of those) -- are designed to be light and fluffy. This one is dense and rich. It would work really well as a petit four. … [Read more...]

How To Make Citrus Buttercream Icing

June 21, 2011 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Drew Kime

Dessert recipe card

Jenn found a Sunkist™ cookbook at a rummage sale last week. I love citrus and chocolate together, so when we saw a recipe for chocolate cake with orange and a citrus frosting, I knew we had a winner. (If you're a regular reader of my other site, let me assure you that this was my splurge day recipe.) … [Read more...]

How To Peel An Orange

June 21, 2011 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Drew Kime

Technique

Peeling an orange for a recipe is different from peeling one to eat. You generally don't want any of the white part left, so it's better to cut the orange out of the skin than to peel the skin off the orange. This works for all citrus. You're going to need this for the citrus-chocolate cake I mentioned yesterday. … [Read more...]