"Himalayan salt block? Excuse me?" Yes, I know, that's what I was thinking. So let me start by telling you what it is: A solid block of salt carved out of a mine in Pakistan. And you can cook on it. … [Read more...]
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Rinaldo’s Organic Garlic Gold Review
July 22, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by
I cook from scratch because the food is better that way. But when someone comes up with a product that’s as good as I would make, but more convenient? Sounds like a winner. So when the fine folks at Rinaldo's Organic asked if I wanted to try their Garlic Gold nuggets, I couldn't wait to give them a try. The Garlic Gold nuggets all start as the same thing: toasted garlic bits. Then they get mixed with Parmesan cheese, sea salt, an Italian herb blend, or left plain. And they’re all 100% … [Read more...]
What’s your favorite fad recipe
July 21, 2010 (Updated March 28, 2014) by
Last week was crazy with all the comments on the World's Easiest Ice Cream Recipe. One of the emails I got had a really interesting idea in it: People love nutty novel cooking ideas ... (recipes) that are easy. I am thinking back over the years ... the impossible pie craze ... the dump cake craze ... that recipe where chopped broccoli was combined with cracker crumbs and you got this weird casserole ... the sau-sea shrimp cocktail dumped on the brick of cream cheese ... you get my drift. How … [Read more...]
How To Make Shrimp Scampi
July 20, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by
Shrimp scampi is a really popular dish, which means it has more variations than you can shake a bamboo skewer at. About the only thing that's in pretty much all the recipes I've checked out is butter and garlic. And really, how can you go wrong when you start there? Interesting note: "Scampi" is actually a type of lobster. The preparation I'm showing here was a popular way of making it, so in the U.S. we now use the word "scampi" to refer to the style more often than the ingredient. … [Read more...]
Dinner at Blackrock
July 19, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by
People in my parents' generation -- and frankly most of the people in my generation -- can't understand the idea that people can meet online and collaborate on projects without ever meeting. But that's how I made my second book, Starting From Scratch. I hadn't met any of my co-authors in real life before we worked together. Now, it's 1-for-6. We went to meet Kristin at Blackrock, her husband's family home for eight generations. I could easily write several posts about the visit: going out … [Read more...]
