Category: Cooking

Earlier this week, I received a package from Taco Bell. This package was in chaos. There were Taco Bell branded mini pumpkins, a Taco Bell […]

Conventional culinary wisdom says that the best way to cook a poultry is to divide the turkey into different parts and cook them yourself at […]

As a southern woman, I find it a little nicer than a good casserole, especially at this time of year. ( This is my favorite.) […]

The coronavirus closed the restaurant and broke my heart. I practically gave up on-site food last spring and am not sure when I will feel […]

In case you haven’t noticed, this Thanksgiving won’t be your usual. Pushing a bunch of people into your house is just not an option, but […]

I had a craving last night – a craving for the blue box. It was 10 pm and all of a sudden I needed a […]

I take mashed potatoes very seriously and can’t imagine Thanksgiving without it. Over the years, I have developed several methods – “hackers” if you will […]

Every year people wring their hands over which wine to serve with turkey, potatoes and dressing, although we already know that champagne is the best […]

If you are one of the many home chefs who jumped on the Instant Pot bandwagon (or if you were playing with the idea of […]

As I type those words, I eat a bunch of fries that taste like the last Thursday in November. These are stuffed chips – great […]

Hello cats and kittens, and welcome to another delicious part of the Skillet Chili Cook-Off, a seasonal cooking contest that keeps me (and my freezer) […]

Spiral pre-cooked hams, also known as “city hams,” have always been my favorites as there is no danger of undercooking and we can focus on […]

Thanksgiving is just not Thanksgiving without a pie. It follows that a pie captain is needed every Thanksgiving, and with no travel or face-to-face meetings […]

When I first got my wooden chopping board, I was happy to use it, but I was also confident that I was going to ruin […]

Cranberry sauce is a balance of sweet and tart. The sauce acts as a purifying port in a rush of fat and salt, but the […]

This Thanksgiving Day will be different from anything we’ve ever experienced. There is no “hack” here: we will have to make real, significant changes to […]

One of the great things about eating birds is eating their (hopefully) crunchy (ideally) well-aged skin. But some people, like my mom, don’t appreciate this […]

I’ve always thought cranberry sauce was more important than Thanksgiving . While it plays an important role on turkey day – it prevents salt, fat […]

Thanksgiving dinner isn’t the easiest one, so I’m always looking for ways to reduce both the stress and the effort involved in preparing it. One […]

If you have a habit of preparing delicious meals, you are probably cooking with some kind of fat. And regardless of whether you cook eggs […]

Hello and welcome back to Skillet Chili Cook-Off. After the series started off with a super affordable, honest, seedless, seedless, beanless Texas pepper , we […]

For the past few years, Instant Pot has been the favorite beverage in the single pot cooking world. But before it became a popular commodity […]

Growing up in Jamaica, I never realized how polarized pumpkins were until I went to culinary school in Toronto. During the fall menu planning meeting, […]

I’m not a huge consumer of turkey sandwiches, but Thanksgiving sandwich is a different story altogether. The moment you add the cranberry sauce , I’m […]

When you’re cooking at home – even for Thanksgiving – there are always a few things to do to make you feel like a chef. […]

Today is an important day; exciting day; the day we’ve all been waiting for. That’s right: I’m talking about National Sandwich Day, the most important […]

If you live in the United States of America (or pay attention to and / or care for the people who live), you are probably […]

Every October, my stepfather’s big Italian family gets together and prepares what can be described as “so many damn ravioli.” I only attended a ravioli […]

Roasted herbs can add texture, flavor, and color to mashed potatoes, casseroles and toppings, but deeply frying the little leaves in hot oil is not […]

With the exception of chicken, dumplings, and matzo ball soup, you won’t find many recipes for simple drops of boiled dough. This is a huge […]

Many months, moons, and news cycles ago, one of my (and many others) major problems was the “shortage” of food before the pandemic was “over.” […]

A good marinade is a very nice thing, but avoiding pickles in the refrigerator can seem a little intimidating if you’ve never fermented anything before. […]

Hello friends and welcome to the first part of Skillet Chili Cook-Off . Let me start by saying that this will probably last longer than […]

I live on the west coast, which means that by the time I get up and flicker, most of my colleagues are already several hours […]

Pedantic criticism of technology from dedicated fans is not something that I think is worthwhile. While I understand that it is human nature to want […]

I almost always have a box of Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Brownie cookie mix in my pantry. I have about five pounds of this stuff at […]

Real grits are usually made from dried chopped corn – corn that has been soaked in an alkaline solution to make it more nutritious and […]

If in a recipe you add minced garlic to hot, sizzling oil early in the cooking process, this is probably not a very good recipe. […]

Even if you have not eaten nixtamal (known as “homi” in the southern United States), you have most likely consumed nikstamal in one form or […]

The soup is good. It’s warm, comfortable and easy to eat, both at the start of a hearty meal and as the star of a […]