How I managed to live without a crock-pot, I will never know…but that is a digression into life before cooking.
Winter days are for hibernating, contemplating, and in general slowing down. Seasonally this is the time to eat warming, grounding, slow-cooked foods. The crock-pot was made for winter, and it truly makes winter dining [...]
Yes, it’s quite possible to become excited about kitchen appliances. One of my essential appliances is a fuzzy-logic, rice cooker with a manual button for rice porridge.
For one thing, the rice cooker ‘thinks’ for itself. So if I’ve added too much water or not enough, it will adjust temperature and heating time to create rice [...]
Winter soups are one of my favorite foods, this recipe in particular can be made with vegetables that need to get used now or thrown-out tomorrow. Winter foods are slow cooked and include vegetables that are traditionally stored to survive winter (think root vegetables, potatoes, and squashes). When you eat winter foods, notice how it [...]
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