VALIDATE

Menu du jour cook spices : 14 Recipes


  • Recipe 5 Exotic Must-Have Spices Every Cook Should Have in the Kitchen
    5 Exotic Must-Have Spices Every Cook Should Have in the Kitchen
    5 Exotic Must-Have Spices Every Cook Should Have in the Kitchen Everyone has the ordinary spices like cinnamon, sage, thyme, paprika, nutmeg and bay leaves, but there are so many more possibilities that are much more exotic. These more exotic[...]
  • Recipe {Friday Series} How To: Simplify...Cooking with Spices
    {Friday Series} How To: Simplify...Cooking with Spices
    As a follow up to the last {Friday Series} post, I'm going to cover the other set of ingredients which give food amazing flavor and aroma: spices. A spice is typically a dried seed, fruit, bark or vegetative substance and is added to food to[...]
  • Recipe Top Spices and Herbs to Keep in Your Pantry
    Top Spices and Herbs to Keep in Your Pantry
    There is nothing more frustrating than reading a recipe and realizing that you are missing only one key ingredient. On the flip side though, there is something very satisfying about being a cook and having 11 out of 11 ingredients needed for[...]
  • Recipe January Daring Cook's Challenge: Cassoulet
    January Daring Cook's Challenge: Cassoulet
    Our January 2011 Challenge comes from Jenni of The Gingered Whisk and Lisa from Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives . They have challenged the Daring Cooks to learn how to make a confit and use it within the traditional French dish of[...]
  • Recipe Me? Cook low fat by choice?
    Me? Cook low fat by choice?
    Don't tell anyone, because it seems to herald failure, but I am trying, ever-so-slightly, to improve my diet. Nothing radical, but trying to have less days where I enjoy butter, chicken skin and all things creamy. I know that healthier food can be[...]
  • Recipe Dahi Chicken
    Dahi Chicken
    This has to be the easiest chicken dish I’ve ever made. The thing about this dish is that you can add as much or as little too make it taste as per your preference. Some like it richer, some like it simpler. As for me, I belong to neither[...]
  • Recipe Spice-onomics
    Spice-onomics
    . Those little spice jars will get you. The out-of-season raspberries are outrageous. You register sticker shock when you see the the price for a pound of halibut or a standing rib roast. But ounce for ounce, pound for pound,[...]
  • Recipe Almost Lazy Sunday
    Almost Lazy Sunday
    Saturday afternoon proudly declared that Sunday was going to be even more sleepy and droopy-woozy-gloopy. It was almost six in the evening and I just couldn’t wait to wrap-up all the drawings and samples and rush home to sleep through the[...]
  • Recipe Vegan MOFO DAY 23 Mo-town, Daiya!, and cookies
    Vegan MOFO DAY 23 Mo-town, Daiya!, and cookies
    Well today I decided I was going to Mo-Town and do some shopping.  I decided I was going to go to Mountain peoples market which I hadn't been to in for ever. I used to go there all the time for my organic spices and bulk pantry items. I had[...]
  • Recipe Sunday Suppers (Monday Evening Edition): In Which We Visit Spice Mecca, Pretend We?re Back in College, and Make Some Curry
    Sunday Suppers (Monday Evening Edition): In Which We Visit Spice Mecca, Pretend We?re Back in College, and Make Some Curry
    I just barely restrained myself from pressing my nose against the window. Besides, it was open, so we just walked right in. Hello, friends!  It has been quite the Whirlwind the past couple of days.  Do you guys remember Cindy?  You know,[...]