What Makes a Bad Cook?

A bad cook is made not necessarily born. This article is about - Cooking, food, Good Food, Hospitality Recreation, recipe. Bad food and bad eating habits provide an honours course in bad cooking. This article is about - Cooking, food, Good Food, Hospitality Recreation, recipe. Some children will simply not let a vegetable pass their [...] Related Articles: Learning How to Cook Salmon Fillets While most people who cook salmon regularly would suggest grilling... Crock Pot Cooking – Why

Donuts: An American Passion

Unless I’m standing in a donut shop staring into a pastry case, I don’t think all that much about donuts. But some people do. Donuts are not just a brief pitstop of the mind, but a destination. The analogy might seem a bit silly, but companies like Dunkin’ Donuts are extremely popular for a reason and that is because people love their donuts. Donuts: An American Passion is a book that is all about the love of donuts. It’s not a cookbook, although it does contain several donut recipes. It’s a n

Ikea free breakfast this weekend

I’m really tempted to eat at IKEA. Not just because this weekend, Oct. 10-12, 2009, they are giving away free breakfasts , but because IKEA is teaching people how to cook their food. Yes! IKEA thinks their food is such hot stuff they are touring the country this month holding two-hour cooking lessons that are free and open to the public. They are making stops in Seattle (Oct. 20, with guest chef Caprial Pence), Costa Mesa, Calif. (Oct. 22, with Katie Chin), Tempe, Ariz. (Oct. 28, Claudine

Great Depression Cooking With Clara: How to Make Baked Apples (Weekend Video Spotlight)

In an ongoing series of Youtube videos taped by her grandson, Christopher Cannucciari, 94 year old Clara shares recipes and tips that show how people cooked during The Great Depression, in the hope of providing culinary inspiration for those who’ve only read about the time in history books. Like my own late Italian grandmother, Clara is passionate about food and the ways one can use it to bring people closer together. Just in time for fall, below is her new video recipe for Cinnamon Baked A

Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Cooking with Kids and the Farmer’s Market

I am very excited to say that I was one of the 24 people chosen to participate in Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24 . Foodbuzz selected 24 bloggers from around the world and had them write about their unique meals - all within a 24 hour period. My proposal revolved around something I truly believe in: buying local produce at farmer’s markets and making healthy meals for your kids. The Kid has been asking for cooking lessons, but since losing my job , expensive classes just aren’t in the cards right now.

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