The Cook’s Kitchen

Yesterday I cheated. No, not on my husband or taxes or driver’s test. On my diet. Yep, I am a big fat cheater! Hey, I think I just figured out where that expression came from … people who cheat on their diets and become big and fat. Don’t roll your eyes, it could be true!
I was […]

There’s a great book out called Mastering Barbecue by Michael H. Stines. In this very informative book, he discusses how different parts of the United States have signature barbecue sauces. Funny, he ignores the middle Atlantic states, the west coast and New England completely, but he does include Florida and Oriental. Very interesting, and […]

It is officially Spring! Yeah! I live on the West Coast of Florida and our seasons consist of the hot and humid season, the hotter than hell and so humid you can’t breathe season, hurricane season and those couple of glorious weeks we call Spring. Not too hot, not too humid, just perfect!  And Spring […]

I’ve mentioned before how much I love kitchen gadgets, so a gadget that cooks bacon was right up my alley.
Skeptical only mildly describes my thoughts when I first unwrapped the WowBacon Cooker. It looked like a plastic drink pitcher with snap-on lid. There was just no way this thing was going to produce edible cooked […]

Do you know how to tell if a pineapple is ripe? I learned this little tip from Rachael Ray’s talk show last week. If the “eyes” (the name given to those circles covering the outside of the pineapple) are the same size from the top of the pineapple to the bottom, it’s a […]