Comfortable Under Pressure

 General, Kitchen Products, Techniques  60 Responses »
Sep 142012
 

Fall is almost here. The days are getting shorter, but now that summer is over, we seem to have more obligations to fit into those shorter days - school schedules, homework, after-school sports and groups, working out, work commitments, and soon we’ll have holiday commitments too. The list can go on and on. Somewhere in there, we also have to put dinner on the table and hope that it makes at least ourselves happy and healthy, if not a whole family. That can be a lot of pressure. What to do?

Actually, pressure just might be the answer.

Last winter I started writing my second cookbook and devoted it to pressure-cooking. Continue reading »

A Rooster in the Kitchen

 General, Kitchen Products, Poultry, Recipes  9 Responses »
Sep 062012
 

A row of all the different colored ceramic casseroles with the rooster design - tan, blue, red and green

Many years ago, a friend of mine gave me a ceramic rooster to keep in my kitchen. I think at first I said “Thank you,” and then I thought “Huh? That’s weird.” She simply told me that every kitchen should have a rooster in it for good luck. I put the little rooster on a shelf and didn’t really think about it for a long time.

Then one day, when I was moving and packing up the kitchen, I wondered about the rooster again. Continue reading »