Bubble and Squeak

Bubble and squeak is a British dish composed primarily of pan-fried cabbage and potatoes. Over time, people have varied the ingredients. Regardless, it's great comfort food. Rooted in the peasantry, it's a no waste dish perfect for refrigerator clean up with...

Pressure cooker

After I fell in love with Instant Pot cooking, my old pressure cooker has been in storage. So I brought it to work to put to use. Initially I used it for staff meals. Then it became handy for prep work where time and space was constrained. My staff cooks seemed...

Spices

Do you have coriander seeds, or cumin, mustard, caraway, cardamom in bulk? Are you out of store bought four ounce jar melange that cost too much? Or maybe you received a package in the mail like I did from my scavenger friend Tim , who messaged me about moles. All the...

Skills

The pandemic has taught me a lot about patience, including its importance in the kitchen. During some of my free time, I started a home bakery. The skills I picked up as hobby has allowed me to continue to learn and repeatedly practice repeatedly…. tinkering and...

Jammin

During the pandemic isolation period, I finally found the time to understand how to make jams, without using pectin. With reduction in  sugar I was able to make some fabulous jams, Italian plum, blueberry and even fig. And though I did try the pectin for one of my...