CURRY CHICKPEA SANTA FIELDS
Chickpeas are a favourite of mine, as you all know. They are versatile, inexpensive, low-calorie, high in fibre, and packed with other goodies. I love chickpea salads! Especially now that it is mid-summer and the temperatures are rising rapidly, they have quickly become one of my favourite easy recipes for chickpeas. Today, I created a […]
OVEN-ROASTED CORN WITH HONEY CHILI BUTTER
Oven roasting is my favourite way of cooking vegetables, including fresh sweet corn. The fresh ears are best roasted in their husks to preserve their sweetness and keep them juicy. It’s also very simple. Although I added honey chilli butter to the roasted corn, it tastes so much better. WHY ROAST IN A HUSK? The […]
Baking Soda and Baking Powder: What’s The Difference?
Baking soda and baking powder are common ingredients for bakers. Why is it that some recipes require one or the other? What is the difference between these two ingredients? All the information you need is available here. Baking Soda and Baking Powder: Similarities Baking soda, baking powder and other leaveners are made from sodium bicarbonate. […]
You can and should make your homemade feta cheese.
Feta cheese is a rewarding and delicious choice, one of the most well-known and easiest-to-make cultured cheddar cheeses. Depending on the cheese culture and your preferences, it can be made firm or crumbly. Feta can be brine-cured, dry-salted or sliced into chunks. You can either leave it in a large block with Kalamata olives and […]
3-Ingredient Bacon Biscuits
NOTES FROM THE AUTHOR These three-ingredient biscuits are so easy to make next time you make bacon. These biscuits are made with rendered, chilled bacon fat. This gives them a tender texture and a smoky, rich flavor. The thickness and fat content of the slices will determine how many you need. Thicker and fattier slices […]
6 Simple Chicken Broth Substitutes that Will Save You Dinner
I wouldn’t say I like canned or cubed broths. They can be too salty, and sometimes it is impossible to make from scratch. This is why I often cook without stock and broth. Sometimes, I run out of store-bought chicken broth and don’t have the time to replenish my stock before I start cooking. Many recipes call […]
How to cook lobster tails perfectly every time
If The Sims were your childhood, you would know what lobster tender is. You know it in the context of the popular RPG (role-playing game). It is the last meal that your simulated character will learn after learning the culinary arts over a few days. The Sims is just like real life. The more you cook and read more cookbooks, the quicker your […]
How the Science of Salt Can Help Your Tomatoes
There is no comparison between the intensely tart-sweet, juicy flavor of an in-season tomato and its bland, meek counterpart from the cold weather. A single ingredient can greatly improve even the best tomatoes. Salt is the key ingredient. It does more than season your food. To be more precise, salting facilitates Osmosis. This is the […]
Salt Mining: What, How, & Why Salt is Amazing
Serious Eats is all about salt. It’s the right thing. Salt is an amazing ingredient and is at the heart of so much of what cooking is all about. We’ll be looking at the vast array of culinary salts that are available to chefs over the next few weeks. We’ll also address some myths and […]
Cocktail Science: Does your cocktail need salt?
Salt isn’t just for margaritas anymore. Since long, bartenders know that adding a few drops to a drink’s bitters can make it more smooth. Now they have discovered that even a small amount of salt can do the same. We’ll be looking at the whys and hows of how tiny grains can enhance the flavor […]