Pro Tips from years of industry and personal experience
Most of my life I believed grilling a steak was the best way to prepare a steak. However a few years ago I learned to cook steaks in a cast iron skillet and I find myself using this method to make most of my steak dinners. For the sake of this post I will reference […]
Liquid Amino’s are the far better replacement for soy sauce. The Amino’s have 50% less sodium From Bragg site: (Gluten Free) liquid aminos group photo Information: Bragg Liquid Aminos is a non-GMO Project Verified liquid protein concentrate, derived from soybeans. It contains the following naturally-occuring Essential and Non-essential Amino Acids: 16 Amino Acids Alanine Arginine […]
Oxo 4 cup fat separator and Oxo angled view from above measuring cup. I needed a fat separator, I have not used one in forever I usually skim with spoon the old french technique way. But midway through my Dr. Pepper short ribs I knew that was not going to cut it. I googled how […]
Thank you to my niece Aislyn for modeling with one of their chickens for the featured photo! There is a problem with our chickens! If you have not experienced the revolting bite of a woody chicken breast thank your lucky stars. There is a lot of media on how badly we raise chickens and all […]
There is a huge difference in the quality of spices. In my sales position sometimes getting the spice business can be a challenge. There are many “jobber” spice companies selling very inexpensive spices. This is true in many supermarkets as well. The up sell can be a challenge but there are real reasons not to […]
It is perhaps a little known fact that most Extra Virgin Olive oil is not actually Xtra Virgin Olive Oil. The Mafia has gotten into this business. By adulterating cheap oils they make millions of dollars on imports. There are only a few labs in the world that can test Olive oil to make sure […]
I have had a mid life conversion. Not sure why I just recently figured out the joys of cast iron but better late then never. I bought 2x 10″ cast iron skillets to cook huge porterhouses they were $12.00 each at Home Goods. What a joy to use so I needed to explore further. I […]
Always cook with unsalted butter.. I am not a baker and there may be reasons to use salted butter when baking but never when cooking. I have sold food to commercial food operations for over 20 years and I have never, not once sold a case of salted butter. In food distribution butter is sold […]