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My favorite pasta dish is penne with half and half cream and homemade farmers cheese with a sprinkle of sugar on top. A typical Polish peasant meal after a hard day of work!
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Cook the Book: 'What's a Cook To Do?' Giveaway
To cut a circle of wax or parchment paper to line a cake pan, fold the paper in half and fold it again, not in the same direction. Continue folding so the paper a few more times till the shape is a long narrow wedge. Place the point in the center of the pan (eyeball it) and cut the wider end at the radius of the pan (where the side meets the bottom. Unfold and you have an approximate circle.
Cook the Book: 'What's a Cook To Do?' Giveaway
"keep things clean!" my mother used to yell at me when i was busy making a mess of her kitchen. things are easier to find, and in general less stressful when you make a small effort to keep the kitchen clean while cooking.
Cook the Book: 'What's a Cook To Do?' Giveaway
Always measure your ingredients before beginning to cook...doing so makes cooking much more enjoyable!
Cook the Book: 'What's a Cook To Do?' Giveaway
Indeed to keep your knives sharp -- but I find the biggest benefit from that is that if your knives are sharp, chopping an onion or two, or three, should not make you cry. Unless of course your knife skills are horrible and your brunoise isn't up to par. :)
Cook the Book: 'What's a Cook To Do?' Giveaway
If you only need a ltitle lemon juice, use a fork, poke a hole, move it around a bit and then squeeze the juice out of the little holes. Now you don't have to cut a lemon.
Cook the Book: 'What's a Cook To Do?' Giveaway
Don't become a chef unless you love cooking 80 hours a week and reading about food on you free time.
Cook the Book: 'What's a Cook To Do?' Giveaway
Definitely the best tip is to leave the stem on when dicing onions. And I don't find in necessary to slice in anymore than two directions--up and down, then perpendicular to your original cuts.
Cook the Book: 'What's a Cook To Do?' Giveaway
Use a serrated knife to cut tomatoes!
Cook the Book: 'What's a Cook To Do?' Giveaway
Oh, and another: There is almost no kind of sauce that won't benefit from a squirt or two of lemon juice just before taking off the heat.
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