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HERBS AND SPICES AS THICKENERS Some herbs and spices are used to provide the substance of a dish as well as its aromatic essence. A puree of fresh herbs, as in the Italian pesto sauce made from basil, is thick because the herb’s own moisture is already bound up with various cell materials. And thanksContinue reading “Pesto”

PASTA, NOODLES, AND DUMPLINGS One of the simplest preparations of cereal flour gave us one of the most popular foods in the world: pasta. The word is Italian for “paste” or “dough,”and pasta is nothing more than wheat flour and water combined to make a clay-like mass, formed into small pieces, and boiled in waterContinue reading “Fresh Pasta and Easy Pesto”

Portugese Custard tarts. The pastéis de nata were created before the 18th century by Catholic monks at the Hieronymites Monastery (Portuguese: Mosteiro dos Jerónimos) in the civil parish of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, in Lisbon.[2] At the time, convents and monasteries used large quantities of egg-whites for starching clothes, such as friars and nuns’ religious habits. It was quite common for monasteries and convents toContinue reading “Filo/Puff Custard Tarts”

This site will be to provide recipes and links to some of my favorite, easy recipes for kids and adults. The best way to learn to cook is repetition, keep cooking and trying out recipes and very soon you or your child will be comfortable working with kitchen tools calmly and competently, and the countlessContinue reading “Introduction”

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world“. J.R.R Tolkien Hi, I have loved cooking for as long as I can remember. When I became a chef I couldnt believe how lucky I was to be able to do a job that enjoyed soContinue reading “Chef Rowan Lynn”