The Cook’s Kitchen

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 […]

Nicky Morse is the chef for Team Jegs. He is labeled “The Racing Chef”. He travels with Jeg Coughlin Jr. (4 time National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) defending champion). Chef Nicky is in his seventh season with the team. You can look for his TV show “The Racing Chef” on Time Warner “On Demand.”When speaking […]

As long as it’s cold and the light comes on when you open the door, if you’re like most people, you probably don’t give your refrigerator a second thought.  You might want to reconsider.  A research team from Tennessee State University and Kansas State University recently surveyed 200 home refrigerators, measuring the temperature in different sections […]

Admittedly, I don’t use my microwave for more than reheating items and making popcorn.  I mean, really, what else is there?  Well, the folks at Real Simple magazine have a list of 14 alternative uses for your microwave.  I’ve included two below, and you can find the complete list right here.  This just may make […]

For the more than 10 million vision impaired folks in North America, working in the kitchen can be a hazzard. The smart folks at Diva de Provence have come up with one handy innovation– Braille symbols to be used as guides with their induction cooktops that enable users to more easily identify the burners and their […]

I’m slowly recovering from the cold that has knocked me out the last few days and I feel just about well enough to get outside. So today, we leave the cook’s kitchen and follow a Buffalo, NY professor who went undercover to explore the sordid underbelly of the fast food world. So this is what […]