Please Stop Doing This When Cooking – Drizzling Oil

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Roasted Cajun Okra

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Everyday Chef – Spicy Cucumbers

The poor cucumber. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride! This versatile veggie seems to always get stuck being put into a salad of some kind. Not this time! The cucumber takes center stage with this Asian-inspired spicy appetizer.
Every Day Chef – Carrot Halwa Dessert
I’ve been teaching culinary arts at a local college for almost 9 years. Each year a few enterprising students will look at leftover ingredients and challenge me to help them find a creative way to use them. It just so happens that in a culinary school there is never a shortage of carrots.
Every Day Chef – Savory Argentinian sweet potato recipe

This month a South American influence is seen in my rendition of an Argentinian sweet potato recipe. This recipe is extremely easy and shows off some useful kitchen skills that can be reused often.
Every Day Chef – Protein Packed Grape Salad

On Thanksgiving my mother-in-law makes a grape salad (grapes in cream cheese, sour cream, and brown sugar). It’s amazing, but I needed a healthy version…
EveryDay Chef – Beef Wrapped Aspragus +3 Essential Cooking Techniques

Beef Wrapped Asparagus +3 Essential Culinary Techniques
Taste Your Food – Culinary Rule #2

I know, you’re asking yourself right now, “Who doesn’t taste their food when they’re cooking?” Tasting what you make is such a fundamental principal in preparing lip-smackingly good food it boggles my mind that the easiest of all cooking steps is overlooked so frequently. Whether it’s my culinary students, friends, acquaintances, or the wait staff […]