Kitchen Shears that Travel
I don’t use my kitchen shears for absolutely everything – for that matter, I often don’t even use them for jobs where they would seem the best tool to use. When I truss a chicken,…
I don’t use my kitchen shears for absolutely everything – for that matter, I often don’t even use them for jobs where they would seem the best tool to use. When I truss a chicken,…
Ginger beer isn’t brewed. It doesn’t contain barley, or hops, and this version doesn’t even contain yeast. It’s not alcoholic. It’s not really beer, in any meaningful sense of the word beer. Ginger beer is,…
In my experience, the jalapeno pepper is the most variable of hot pepper varieties. I have bought jalapenos that were almost indistinguishable from bell peppers in heat and taste, and I’ve bought peppers that blew…
Summer is in full swing, and so my thoughts turn to outdoor entertaining, margaritas, and salsa. Actually, that’s not entirely true. My thoughts always turn to salsa. I have a salsa problem. I think of…
The Margarita has almost become America’s national drink. Mexican restaurants serve them by the thousand. BBQ joints serve them. I’ve been in Italian restaurants where the featured drink was a Margarita. And, no backyard cookout…
Over the past several months I’ve purchased a few inexpensive knives to take with me on trips. What has been my selection criteria? Mainly, price and that they come with some sort of sheath or…
A whisk is not the single most essential travel cooking tool. That would be the knife, and I will have much to say about knives. However, a whisk is a very useful tool for everything…
If you have never worked in a bar, this may not have come up yet. If you have, you know what I mean. “Did I say Tanqueray? I wanted Bombay.” “Hey, can you put this…
I can’t believe it’s Whiskey….. A refreshing, summertime drink based on Bourbon? Yep. That’s the Whiskey Smash. It’s easier on the palate than straight whiskey, dryer than a Whiskey Sour, and just plain better than…
I’ve been talking to many people lately about traveling and cooking. Travel cooking. Not traveling [full stop] and cooking [full stop] — but about cooking while traveling (or traveling while cooking, as the case may…