Last weekend my girlfriend brought back two pieces of pumpkin pie from home, so Tuesday night we feasted.  Of course we needed whipped cream, and seeing as I’d never made it before, we walked to the nearby IGA and picked up a half pint of heavy whipping cream.
First, let me just say that cream is [...]

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This creamy pumpkin soup recipe is supposed to be easy, and for most of you, it will be. It’s actually a very tasty soup - much better than the list of ingredients makes it appear. My struggle simply came in getting the pumpkin open - it had a rock hard shell around the [...]

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This is an easy recipe that’s great for using up any leftover vegetables or meats at the end of a week. You may notice that it’s quite similar to the lo mein and fried rice recipes I posted, and that’s because it’s from the same book (Pam Anderson’s How to Cook Without a Book). [...]

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This post is part of a series called Cooking 101, which introduces the basics of cooking. The series follows the book Culinary Fundamentals, with supplements from The Professional Chef by the Culinary Institute of America. Check out the previous posts here.
Unit 13: Basic Mise en Place
Part 2: Clarified Butter
I covered the definition [...]

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I am submitting this to Ben’s I Love Baking Monthly Event.  I encourage everyone to enter (you just have to bake something), or don’t enter and vote for me!
The longest title for a loaf of bread? Perhaps. Lately I’ve been experimenting with Jim Lahey’s recipe for no-knead bread. Previously I tried Jeff [...]

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I am trying a new style here for the recipes, where I narrate what I did instead telling you how to make it. I always felt it was a bit redundant to have the recipe explained and then have the printable recipe below, so maybe this will differentiate it a little and allow my [...]

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