Recipes
Chunky Chicken Chili
After an unusually warm and spring-like weekend, this week’s cold temperatures and bitter winds seem especially bone-chilling. And there’s no better way to warm up a cold, winter night than a piping hot bowl of […]
Month: February 2011
Tools
Sweet Potatoes vs Yams
News flash: sweet potatoes and yams are not the same thing. They are often referred to and used interchangeably, but there is a difference. They come from two completely different families and what most of […]
Techniques
How to Bake a Potato
A properly baked potato should be light and fluffy on the inside with a crisp skin on the outside. Potatoes cooked in a microwave or wrapped in foil are technically steamed. They have a different […]
Recipes
Spinach & Mixed Greens Salad with Bacon, Tomatoes & Blue Cheese Dressing
Ingredients: For Salad: 4 cups spinach leaves, rinsed and patted dry 4 cups salad greens, rinsed and patted dry 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved lengthwise 5 slices cooked bacon, crumbled 4 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and […]
101
Potato 101
In French, potatoes are pommes de terre or apples of the earth. They’re relatively simple to grow, which makes them inexpensive and widely abundant. Nutritionally, they are high in complex carbohydrates, but contain little or […]
Tips
Mealy vs Waxy Potatoes
Choosing the right type of potato to cook with can make or break a dish. Potatoes fall into one of two categories — mealy vs waxy potatoes. Mealy potatoes (russets, purple) have thick skin and […]
Tools
Candy or Deep Frying Thermometer
A candy or deep frying thermometer is used to measure temperatures of oils (for deep-frying and pan frying) and hot sugars and caramels (for candy). Instant read or meat thermometers typically measure temperatures up to […]