Cake Pans By Nina Romanov

Cake pans….the secret behind every successful cake. My husband tells me that if I am the most luscious cake of his life. Well, who am I to disagr

Flax Seed Will Add A Little Extra Flavor To Your Recipes By Mike Yeager

Flax seed will add a pleasant nutty taste to any recipe. The attractive, round reddish-brown seeds of flax add flavor, extra texture and good nut

Ten Steps to Perfect Pasta By Skip Lombardi

I'm amazed at how often I get e-mail from a disgruntled home cook, lamenting the fact that, once again, a dish of pasta has turned into a culinar

10 Smart Shopping Tips To Protect Your Family From Getting Sick By Terry Nicholls

Prevention of food poisoning starts with your trip to the supermarket. Here's how to start off safely.1. Pick up your packaged and canned

10 Easy Ways To Protect Your Family From Food Poisoning By Terry Nicholls

Do you realize the many ways that bacteria can contaminate the food YOUR FAMILY eats? Do you know how to tell if your food is THOROUGHLY cooked t

Save Time in the Kitchen - Cook Pasta the Way Restaurant Chefs Do By Skip Lombardi

Have you ever wondered how a restaurant can get a dish of pasta to your table in about four minutes when you know it takes ten minutes just to co

6 Steps to Grill the Perfect Steak By Laura Bankston

There's nothing better than a nicely grilled juicy steak.But how come I can't duplicate that restaurant, expensive, juicy, melt-in-your mo

50% Less Cooking By Linda Gray

50% Less Cookingwithout hitting the fast food button! Don't you just cringe when some clever kitchen type tells you what you could be doin

Perfect Picnics - Frugal Food Safety Tips By Cyndi Roberts

Summer is finally here and for a lot of us that means heading out to the lake or to the park for a picnic with friends or family.Unfortuna

Cooking Lobster at Home By Richard Massey

Lobster has always be one of those extravagant meals which few people ever try because of the high cost. With restaurants paying thirty dollars a

Season Your Pans for Non Stick Cooking By Richard Massey

Nothing is more frustrating than trying to cook a delicious meal and having it stick to the bottom of the pan. A well season or cured pan will ma

What’s the Thick on Roux? Thickening Soups and Sauces By Richard Massey

Soups and sauces can be thickened in a variety of ways. A sauce must the thick enough to cling to the food, but not so thick it stands up on its

Bacteria and Food-borne Diseases By Richard Massey

Types of BacteriaBacteria are all around us, in the air, water, ground, on our skin and in our bodies. They are classified in a variety of

Seasoning An Oven By Glea Reno

Untreated cast iron rusts, especially around water. To prevent metal from oxidizing in the presence of moisture, cast iron requires a process ca

What Are Scoville Units? By Nick Lindauer

To understand what a Scoville Unit is, one must understand what they measure. All hot peppers contain capsaicinoids, natural substances that prod

How to Make Homemade Ice Cream (Without an Ice Cream Maker!) By LeAnn R. Ralph

COLFAX, WISCONSIN — June is Dairy Month and what better way to celebrate than with homemade ice cream?When I was growing up on our small f

10 Simple Ways To Safely Store Food By Terry Nicholls

Storing foods can present its own set of problems. And different types of foods have different storage requirements to prevent bacteria from sett

10 Wide Open Tips For Food Safety In The Great Outdoors By Terry Nicholls

Hiking, camping, and boating are good activities for active people and families. However, if the food isn't handled correctly, food-borne illness

10 Convenient Ways To Eliminate Food Poisoning With Your Microwave By Terry Nicholls

Microwave ovens can play an important role at mealtime, but special care must be taken when cooking or reheating meat, poultry, fish, and eggs to

10 Critical Ways To A Perfectly Food-Safe Kitchen By Terry Nicholls

Food poisoning is related to unsafe food, a dirty kitchen, and dirty kitchen appliances. If you follow some safety rules, food poisoning will nev

10 Smoky Tips To BBQ Food Safely By Terry Nicholls

Cooking outdoors was once only a summer activity shared with family and friends. Now more than half of Americans say they are cooking outdoors ye

10 Mind-Easing Ways To Make Sure Your Child's "Bag" Lunch Is Safe By Terry Nicholls

Perishable food must be kept cold while commuting via bus, bicycle, on foot, in a car, or on the subway. After arriving at school or work, perish

10 Deadly Bacteria That Can Get In Your Food (And How To Stop Them From Getting There) By Terry Nicholls

Thousands of types of bacteria are naturally present in our environment. Not all bacteria cause disease in humans (for example, some bacteria are

Peppercorns & Ways To Use Them By Alex Hamilton

New and exciting varieties of peppercorns are becoming available to chefs everywhere. Pre-ground pepper out of the tin no longer provides the com

Cooking Filet Mignon By Daniel Urmann

Filet mignon is French, of course, with filet meaning "thick slice" and mignon meaning "dainty." Filet mignon comes from the small end of the te

Caring For Your Wooden Cutting Board By Daniel Urmann

Researchers have found that bacteria have a tougher time surviving on wood cutting boards. However, plastic cutting boards are less porous than

Cut The Take Out By Lisa Paterson

A long hard day at work. You get home and need dinner. Nothing in the fridge, nothing in the cupboard. Take-out again. The wallet just won’t comp

Dutch Oven Cooking Basics By Robin Shortt

Pioneer CookingWhen you think of a cast iron Dutch oven, what comes to your mind? Pioneer cooking? Stews over the open fire?Of coar

Fruit Cake By Nina Romanov

Are you the fruit cake in your family? Before you raise your eyebrow, I would suggest you read on to know what I mean.The fruit cake has

Two for One Dinners: Beef By Michele Webb

If you find leftovers boring, uninviting or downright "yuck," then here are some ideas to put the "zing" back into mealtime. With a little creat