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How To Learn Cooking By Watching Professional Chefs

Cooking At Home

Many people are cooking at home to eat healthier meal and save money on eating out costs. Right now, with economy being down, more and more of my friends are cooking at home.

I have a good friend, who works and travels a lot, so she hardly ever cooked and now she wanted to really learn cooking at home to eat more healthy and more importantly impress her new boyfriend with her culinary skills. She knows simple basic cooking steps but nothing beyond it. So, I asked her to come by watch me cook, but her busy travel schedule does not leave much time.

I let her borrow some of cookbooks from my collection but she was not having much success and motivation to follow through. The next best thing to watching and practice cooking, I gave… Continue reading

Cast Iron: Cleaning and Maintaining Part 3

What Is Cast Iron Cookware?

  • This is part 3 or 3 Part series on Cast Iron Cookware.

Kitchen Cookware has so many brands and type of materials, that sometimes it can be difficult to know which cookware to choose for your kitchen. We all want cookware that is long lasting and helps us with quick cooking.

Cast iron is one type of cookware material that is popular in cooking outdoor and indoor. Cast iron cookware are made of cast iron hence the name. It can retain high heat during the cooking process which is great for even cooking and retains the heat longer.

Most of the cast iron can used on stove top as well oven too as they are oven safe. They are not great for searing and sauteing food too. What I like best about using cast iron… Continue reading