cooking skills

<whiskey-fueled post follows> I felt it recently. I was in an Italian restaurant and there were some meatballs (Polpette) and a Lasagne alla Bolognese - both things I've cooked before and to be honest, I think I can make a pretty mean Bolognese sauce and consequently, a Lasagne these days...

Next Saturday, the little fella (ie. my youngest grandson, 1½ yrs old) is getting baptised. 2 of my son's best friends decided to join in the fun, so there are going to be 3 littluns baptised. I knew before I'd even arrived that the food was going to be my responsibility, so no big deal; I was...

I found this on Facebook about half an hour ago. I've included my answers. If you wish to play along, copy and put in your OWN answers as a response. cooking skills questionnaire: Have you ever- 1. Made biscuits from scratch? yes 2. Fried fresh okra? Yes. Love okra! 3.Made sourdough...

I’ve been dealing with a power outage – downed power lines because of extremely high winds - for most of the day here. There were rumors that we would be without power for as long as three days. I was sure they were being overly pessimistic. But, just in case, I decided to go out and buy a...

Name a dish or recipe you haven't ever cooked but that you would like to cook. Why haven't you cooked it?

Do you make your own pastry? Or perhaps you buy ready-made chilled or frozen pastry. When it comes to puff pastry, the ready-made option is a good one for many people and its a great product - but have you ever attempted it yourself? What types of pastry have you made before? Here is a prompt...

I am currently conducting a research about Teaching Kitchen or Food Learning Spaces as part of my thesis in my master program in Food Innovation in Italy. This research is also supported by the Italian food company Barilla that aims to help people make informed food choices, eat well, happily...

I was wondering what people consider to be basic cooking skills? For instance obviously boiling an egg, frying it (without leaving it tasting of grease or overcooked), boiling an egg, poaching an egg? Where does cooking pasta come into it? fresh or dried? What about actually making your own...

This article on MSN tickled me, although it is very true. I know plenty of people who can't/won't cook and seem to live entirely on cereals, junk food, ready meals, and takeaways...

I was reading an interesting article today, about cooking skills that a person should have mastered by the age of 30. Being just over that threshold myself, the list interested me. Here were the list items: How to perfectly grill a steak How to make a vinaigrette How to make tomato sauce How to...