Archive for the ‘Techniques’ Category
By Cindy Sutter Daily Camera Food Editor Under a shelter at Cure Organic Farm picnic tables are laid out with 77 pounds of San Marzano tomatoes. Two outside burners support large enamel-ware pots. Canning jars sit at the ready near an Italian tomato grinder (strainer?) — there’s some question about what the contraption is actually [...]
Article by Debbie Arrington @ Boulder Weekly. The time is ripe to pick up a peck of peppers. As a nation, we eat more peppers than ever, on average about 16 pounds a year. Of that, about 10 pounds will be bell peppers. What to do with all those peppers? Skin, stuff, stir-fry, freeze, roast [...]
Photo Courtesy of ChocaBlog. Happy Hump Day! Today’s focus is on sinfully sweet chocolate and melting techniques. Chocolate is a fairly fragile substance and burns rather easily. So when it comes to those melty chocolate recipes you really don’t want to expose your delicious morsels to direct heat. There are a couple different methods that [...]
This is what happens when you forget your mushrooms on the stove top! Woops!!
Fans of whipped cream know that homemade whipped cream is very different than then stuff that comes from an aerosol can. It tastes better, looks nicer, and it has no preservatives, which is always a plus. The following is a step-by-step guide on how to create your own perfectly light and smooth whipped cream: First [...]
