I usually stick to boneless, skinless chicken breasts when making poultry but I wanted to learn how to roast a chicken. For this you’ll only need a whole chicken, salt, pepper and butter and/or olive oil.

First, preheat the oven 450° F. To achieve faster cooking and even doneness, Pam Anderson recommends butterflying the [...]

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I was feeling adventurous at the grocery store a couple months ago and wanted to try something new. What did I choose? Bok choy of course - also known as Chinese white cabbage. I picked a basic recipe to learn what bok choy tastes like.
Cooking bok choy is easy, although I didn’t [...]

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This recipe, from Pam Anderson’s How to Cook Without A Book, is a tasty, easy recipe that is great for using up the random meat/poultry and vegetables that you have lying around. This version is kind of like stir fry with noodles - which is not necessarily bad, as you can learn one recipe [...]

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I had never eaten a frittata before this recipe, but I always liked the name and wanted to try it. A couple weeks ago I busted out How to Cook Without a Book, a cookbook that does a great job of simplifying recipes for memorization. I also like it because it is liberal [...]

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I ate this salad for the first time a few weeks ago at my girlfriend’s graduation dinner with her roommates. It was a potluck deal, and her mom brought this, in addition to many other culinary delights. While the ingredients are pretty simple, the end product is surprisingly better than the sum of [...]

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Grains are one of those healthy foods that I never think about. I’m not sure what inspired me, but late one night about a month ago I was rummaging through the pantry and found bulgur or cracked wheat - I’m still not sure which I ate. Mark Bittman distinguishes between the two, [...]

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