The Cook’s Kitchen

Right out of the bottle, this sauce hits you with spiced up flavor mirrored with a wonderfully rich tasting mouth-feel.  It’s not watered down like store bottled ketchup nor is it as sweet as many familiar brands on the market.  A simple scan of the ingredients shows that the lineup is entirely organic and gluten-free, […]

We eat a lot of salads with our dinner, so I had to jump at the opportunity to try a new line of dressings. I am already a big fan of Wish Bone’s Spritzers because you can put just enough dressing on the salad to get the flavor throughout without drowning the lettuce in a […]

The inlaws were over for a visit this weekend. We wanted to bring them someplace special. We loaded up the Chilemobile and headed to the City. We brought them to “Ferrry Plaza’ in San Francisco, California. The ‘Ferry Plaza’ is a World Class Food Destination. There is a farmers market, food shops, restaurants, and anything […]

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 […]

If there’s one thing that I absolutely cannot stand, it’s wasting vibrant, perky produce. But when a recipe calls for only 1 tbl of fresh, minced herb and the store only sells them in gargantuan bunches, my palms sweat as I begin planning my week’s menu all around this stupid little herb, just so every […]

The Cook’s Kitchen welcomes Larry Gaian, who is also a writer for GetYourGrillOn.net and Larry’s own site, TheBBQGrail.com. –Editor

I love using chipotles in adobo sauce. They provide a nice robust flavor to many different types of dishes, however, because of my families intolerance to “heat,” I don’t get to use them as often as I’d […]

I believe I experienced my very first taste of a lingonberry at the breakfast giant, IHOP. As crazy as it may sound, I was instantly smitten. Those delightful Swedish Pancakes are served up with a dollop of lingonberry butter and a small scattering of lingonberry fruits. Reminiscent of a cranberry, lingonberries are much smaller in size, […]

I’m a reformed Gadget Girl. Once upon a time, our kitchen drawers overfloweth with the latest “As Seen On TV” toy and other things I couldn’t live without. I have since become much, much better, I promise you, and pared down tremendously, but every once in awhile, something new comes along that sorely tempts me. […]

I recently was given the chance to try some Nando’s Peri-Peri Sauce.  There are a variety of sauces available:

Extra Mild Lemon Peri-Peri:  Initial fresh lemon aroma, followed by subtle Peri-Peri flavor that ends with a pleasant lingering mild heat sensation
Medium Peri-Peri:  The original Peri-Peri sauce with perfect balance between lemon, garlic, Peri-Peri flavor & Herbs […]

This time of year tends to bring frenzied weekends and lots of shopping. Just this upcoming weekend, I have a Christmas party to attend Friday night, a company party to attend Saturday night and a friend’s dinner to attend Sunday evening. On top of that, I have a Christmas lunch to prepare this weekend in […]