Everyone knows a picky eater, whether it be your toddler, who isn't as adventurous with vegetables compared to, I don't know, nuggets, and there are those incredibly huge meat lovers who "don't have" an acquired taste for anything green or anything vegetable, like, *cough cough!*, my cousin.
He doesn't eat veggies at all, and he's fifteen. I asked him why and he says they taste bitter. I'm pretty worried about him considering he isn't getting a lot of the nutrition and vitamins you would in veggies, compared to huge amounts of protein and iron in meats. I mean, it may not affect him now, but later when he's in his fifties or maybe even forties, things will start to kick in. Must have a balanced diet, right?
Anyway, any good recipes that sort of hide the fact that it's a vegetable or any techniques that could make him a devote omnivore? Not just a carnivore? It's going to be hard, but it's worth a lot of tries.

With everyday life busy as ever, some people choose "ready made" stuff, which, as an individual going to study the culinary art, I try to avoid. But, I do admit though, there are some foods out there that are better canned/packaged when going to be of use in a recipe. But not all. What are the ingredients you prefer being packaged/canned and what are things that are better made fresh?
For example: puff pastry. yeah, that's a given because not many people can perfect making it. To have a frozen one can be quite convenient. Another example; canned tomato sauce. Now that, I cannot take. I prefer mine cooked fresh.

Okay, this topic is somewhat like Santiago Cardona's topic on the three things you can't give up. Well, what I'm asking is, what food makes you go weak in the knees? That one food you must have and never tired of? It can either be savory or sweet. You can also name one for each if you wish.
Mine is, for savory: sambal (a chili paste that goes with almost anything when cooked), and for sweet: tiramisu.

Just a fun topic to talk about. All of us at one point in life as children had a tough time finishing food or eating veggies. I suppose we had better things to do like play, right? So, as always, parents would give reasons as to why you should finish. My mother used to say that if I finished all my food, I would grow to be a beautiful girl or that I'll be strong as superman or I'll be rich! And other times, she'd say that the food will cry if I don't eat them (which gets me every time.) Haha.
So what did you parents used to say? And if you are a parent, do you find yourself saying the same thing? Because frankly, I find myself saying the same thing to my four year old cousin. :P

There are quite a number of recipes that only require using the egg yolk, and not the egg white. Instead of just trashing the whites, how do I store it and how long will they keep?

Thank you!

I was just looking through my mom's old Food & Wine mags and saw a few columns on "crimes in the kitchen" which includes not to overcook your veggies and not to use the same cutting board for meats and veg, etc. So I'm just wondering, what are your big NO NOs in the kitchen?

Usually when I order take out at a fast food joint, I would always eat my french fries on the go, but on other days, when I'd wait to get home to eat it, the fries become cold and soggy and it really puts me off. And furthermore, I don't like wasting food. So does anyone have any ideas how to re-purpose these? Frying them again is one but is there any other way?

I've read this book in high school and loved it. Has anyone else here read it? And has anyone made dishes from the recipes that were mentioned in the book?

I'm looking for a recipe on Swedish meatballs. I was thinking of making it for my little sister on her birthday for dinner, since she loves them so much. The IKEA meatballs from the frozen foods section is out of the question. I want to make this from scratch!