Food Adventures of a Comfort Cook
“If you’re afraid of butter, use cream.”
“The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you gotta have a what-the-hell attitude.” – quotes from the famous master chef, Julia Child
Depending on the recipe, there are often times that cream, whether half n’ half or heavy, can be...
In celebration of young children, teens, and adults returning to school, let’s talk science – the science of brining food. I promise not to go all Thomas Dolby on you, and blind you with science.
What is the science behind brining meat?
Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a semi-permeable...
“Come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga.
I know you can’t control yourself any longer.”
Conga, Miami Sound Machine Featuring Gloria Estefan
Here we are, the end of August and the official start of autumn is less than a month away. Fall Equinox, aka Mabon, will be on September 22, and it will...
Go into any Mexican eatery, whether it’s a fine family-oriented place or fast food joint, and guacamole is on the menu. It’s easily created and it’s a tasty condiment to add to any dish or just snack on with tortilla chips.
The main ingredient in guacamole is of course avocado, which botanically is...
How times flies in the restaurant business. It was only 2015 when we discovered The Dinner Bell in Dove Creek, CO and enjoyed many a breakfast, lunch, or dinner there.
I have to admit that breakfast was my favorite meal. We would get up early on a Saturday or Sunday morning, take a ride up into...
“Strawberries, strawberries, every year...These must be eaten, enjoying here...Even the best cakes allow it when...Made in kitchen, the cook will be then...Baked with love, served with pleasure”
– Ingeborg Bauer
Strawberries are a deliciously unusual fruit – unusual due to their structure.
With the...
Coleslaw is a salad made primarily using shredded cabbage, served cold and frequently as a side dish at picnics and barbeques.
Researching its origin began with dissecting the name and finding out what it actually meant.
At first, I began with Cole’s Law, and wondered who the heck was this Cole guy...
May 2019 was the last time I had written a story about Twin Rocks Café. I was told that Duke Simpson loved that article, and how happy it made him feel. Then, suddenly, the Duke passed on to that great trading post in the sky. While it was a sad event, I was glad, in the knowing, that my story had...
“Just eat it, eat it,
eat it, eat it!
Get yourself an egg
and beat it!”
Weird Al Yankovic
From the moment of birth, our bodies begin to die. It’s just a fact of human life.
However, that doesn’t mean that we simply sit around and wait for that last moment. Instead, we live!
If the Fates allow, we...
“Baking, because murder is bad” is a meme I recently spotted, and shared, on Facebook. Yes, murder is bad, no matter the excuse, grievance or mentally dysfunctional desire. However, I read more into this quote than that. I believe it says, “Practice patience first.”
Personally, I have been doing...
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