By now you think I’m one of those one-and-done bloggers who is very excited about his or her project for about a week, but then it flames out only to be lost in cyber space. Nine times out of 10 you would be right — but, I have a very good reason for my recent [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘General’
March 23, 2007
Soups, Sauces, Stocks and Chicago
Next week I will embark on the next chapter of the JOC: Soups, Sauces and Stocks. This should be an especially interesting outing since as far as I am concerned soups, sauces and stocks all come from cans.
The idea of making my own chicken stock is at the same time fascinating and freaky. But, the [...]
March 12, 2007
French Hot Chocolate
After diving head first into the coffee, tea and cocoa chapter of the JOC I came to one clear conclusion: I still love Starbucks. But, in keeping with my personal pledge I forged ahead …
Since St. Patty’s Day is a mere five days away I see Irish coffee (pg. 30) in our future and I [...]
March 5, 2007
The first pages …
Good news! The Foreword and Introduction to the Joy of Cooking – or JOC as I’m now going to refer to it — are not actually intimidating. Quite the contrary, actually. While reading the first few pages of this mammoth book I felt, well, inspired.
The Rombauer/Becker family has passed the responsibility for this book through [...]
March 2, 2007
Kitchen Klutz, No More?
Cooking is an art, baking is a science. Since I was never good at art or science in school it shouldn’t be a surprise that – despite my best efforts – I’m a less-than-stellar performer in the kitchen. No more.
It’s time to learn how to (properly) chop an onion. Time to use that roasting pan I got [...]
