Category: Cooking

If Deep Frying Is Cool, Then I’m Miles Davis

Yesterday was the Georgia Tech vs. Clemson football game, a Thursday night game, which I think is one of the best attractions in all of Atlanta. The weather was cool and wonderful, and the backdrop of the Atlanta skyline can’t be beat. In addition, Georgia Tech and Clemson have had a heated and well-matched series for the last ten year, with most games being decided by just a few points. The actual game is great, but a well planned tailgate might be just as much fun. I got out to our spot roug Read more →

How to Improve Your Cooking

One of the funniest ways to improve your cooking is to adopt the policy in your kitchen of one new recipe a week. I had a colleague that used to do this. Every Sunday, he would take the one, rather hefty cook book down off the shelf, pick a recipe almost at random, and write himself a shopping list. He was married within 6 months, which suggests his cooking skills probably worked in his favor. Read more →

Recipe Secrets – As Seen On Tv – Official Secret Restaurant Recipes – RecipeSecrets

September 11, 2009 at 3:23 amPosted by: admin under Home And FamilyTags:african recipe secrets, and out secret sauce recipe, baked recipe, banana bread recipe, banana cake recipe, barbecue sauce recipe, barbecue sauce recipes, barbeque sauce recipe, bbq sauce recipe, beef jerky recipe, beef recipe, beef stew recipe, beef stew recipes, betty recipe, big mac secret sauce recipe, birthday cake recipe, blender secret recipes, bread recipe, bread recipe secret, burger secret recipes, butter recipe, b Read more →

Chesapeake Bay Cream of Crab Soup

Ingredients: 1 pound fresh lump crabmeat, cleaned 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 envelope hollandaise sauce mix 4 cups half-and-half, divided 1/4 cup butter 3 tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 1/4 teaspoon celery seed 1 cup heavy cream 1 tablespoon cooking sherry Directions: In a medium bowl, blend flour and hollandaise sauce mix with 2 cups half-and-half. Melt butter in a medium, heavy saucepan over medium heat. Slowly add hollandaise mixture, Read more →

Weekend Menu Planning: Celebrate Whole Grains Month by Cooking with Bulgur

Recently I was visiting my father and happened to pick up a small local newspaper that was on his table, only to discover that September is Whole Grains Month ! This was the first I’d heard about it, but I’m a whole grains woman every month of the year, so I’d never pass up a chance to encourage people to eat more whole grains. To get the celebration started, let’s take a look at bulgur, a whole grain that doesn’t even have to be cooked! Bulgur is a type of par-boiled, de-branned, and dri Read more →