When we first moved to Florida in 1981, I was amazed at the abundance of produce, not to mention all the peculiar fruits and vegetables that were available, even at the regular grocery stores. Carambolas were my first experiment. Key Limes introduced me to Key Lime Pie. We ate so many strawberries that we got ...
Do you remember those family barbecues that Tony Soprano had around his backyard pool? He’d hold court over the grill that was covered with T-bones. But if you looked close, you could see — curled like snakes on the back of the grill, were piles of Italian sausages. They were browning, sizzling and succulent. You ...
Chicken livers are very tender and have just a hint of wild flavor. You can pan fry chicken livers or you can simmer them. How you decide to cook them is determined by the texture you want when the livers are cooked. Below are instructions for both cooking methods. Pan Fried Chicken Livers If you ...
If you spend any amount of time at real (not just some Panda Express/Chop Suey joint) Chinese restaurants, you will probably run into a dish often introduced to English speakers as ‘Chinese Broccoli.’ I have been eating Chinese food, and preparing Chinese food much of my life, and I have since come to love this ...
I did not know how to cook garlic until I was 20 years old. In fact, I didn’t even know you could. The only garlic in my house was garlic salt and garlic powder. And then I went to work in an Italian restaurant. Garlic can be added to just about anything IF you know ...
Think ramen noodles are super delicious but don’t know how to cook them? Sometimes, the ramen noodles you make are either too soggy or not even good enough. If you don’t know how to cook them, then I’ll tell you how to. Where to buy the ramen noodles You can get ramen noodles mostly anywhere. ...
The holidays always bring forth memories of happy times and good food. Almost all of us can just about smell and taste the delicious turkey that is cooked each Thanksgiving and Christmas, when we talk of the holidays. I am going to tell you how to cook a turkey in the oven. Being able to ...
Rice is something many of us cook rather frequently, and the instructions are relatively simple. Typically, instructions for cooking rice consist of placing the desired quantity of rice into a pot of boiling water, and then allowing the rice to simmer until the water is absorbed. Simple, right? So then why does the cooked rice ...
The usual motivation behind every purchase of Nuwave Ovens is to have a healthier, cleaner, and more efficient way to cook food. Nuwave Oven, awarded the American Culinary Institute’s prestigious Gold Medal for six consecutive years, features a power head, transparent dome and a dome holder, 2″ cooking rack, 10″ baking pan, base and a ...
If you want to know how to cook Italian, you’ve come to the right place. I was 18 years old when I went to work in an Italian restaurant. For the last 35 years I’ve been using what I learned there, not only in other restaurants, but at home as well. Here are my 10 ...
