The Cook’s Kitchen

After a long Easter binge of milk chocolate rabbits, the family that was looking for something different, delicious, and a little more healthy. Now I said a little more healthy, so don’t confuse this with text book diet food. We’ve got some green stuff there and turkey instead of red meat for a […]

I love gadgets. It used to be that I wanted the coolest computer related gadgets I could get my hands on. These days it’s cool kitchen gadgets that get me going.
I saw the Zak Designs multi-color measuring spoons in Gourmet magazine and thought they would be fun to have in the kitchen. […]

My four year old son has been seeing the many TV infomercials running on the cartoon channels for pancake puffs. “Dad we need to get some of those!” I hear it every time. Doing some quick research (thanks to Google) I learned that they are a traditional Danish snack. Having a […]

I love testing my vocabulary. Even during my grammar and junior high years long ago, I actually looked forward to spelling and vocabulary tests. Math, however, was another story altogether. These days, I still take random ones I find online, just to make sure Momnesia hasn’t set in too deep.
But a vocabulary […]

I found fresh fava beans at a local produce market and decided to make a salad with them. While the local weather (25F) does not feel like Spring, I needed something to remind me that the cold will eventually come to an end.
Fresh fava beans are a bit of work to shuck and shell, but […]

March 20 is the spring equinox.  It is one of two days each year where we have equal day and equal night. A strange phenomenon that only occurs on the equinox is that you can balance an egg on end.  Now it is not as easy as it seems, but does work.  It took me […]

I volunteer for a non-profit organization that once a month or so hosts a dinner to ply our invitees with delicious food hoping they will pry open their wallets and fork over their hard earned cash to our worthy cause.  Normally I have a lot of say so as to the menu, however I was […]

This dish was inspired by Rick Stein’s recipe. A co-worker who lives on and operates a small family farm, offered me some fresh ground lamb. The lamb was organic and free range. It was wonderfully fresh, flavorful, and tender. Kefta is known throughout the Middle East as spiced meatballs. The meatballs, tomatoes and onion were […]

I know that this is going to qualify me as a bona fide nerd, but I have to confess it. I enjoy grocery shopping. I do. I really do! I love wandering up and down the aisles, imagining all of the mouthwatering dishes I can make, while loading up my cart […]

BlueStar™, manufacturer of high-performance gas ranges and cooktops for the residential market, introduces the new built-in Gas Wall Oven available in 24”, 30” and 36” sizes and 190 different colors to its line-up of professional cooking equipment for the home.
The 24” features a standard left to right swing door, […]