Many spices are known for their aphrodisiac qualities. So here’s a good occasion for an update to prepare the best Valentine’s Day menu for your love! Many spices are known for their aphrodisiac qualities, so it’s not surprising that we associate love and food when talking about spicy dating. Spices play a fundamental role in the awakening of the senses opened by the cuisine, it is time to make a point about the qualities of the main aphrodisiac
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There is no doubt that herbs enlighten our regular meals. They are essential to complement the dishes and salad dressings. In addition, most of these plants inexpensive. There is a lot of books which can help you to grow the get the most out of aromatic herbs for cooking. It is said that many spring shoots purify and cleanse the blood. They were traditionally consumed in the Christian Easter or Passover according to the beliefs. They are usually bitter herbs that
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Cilantro, also known as coriander, is an herb that everyone knows. But its use in cooking is not always obvious. This herb can be consumed from leaves to the root. So how to cook with fresh coriander, in the form of seeds and leaf? The fresh cilantro is on the shelves of seasonal products. Depending on how it is used, it often lose its flavor, hence the need to know to cook with fresh cilantro. How to prepare with fresh cilantro The cilantro does not cook, it is used raw in the kitchen, just like
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Spices are small ”bombs” of flavors that enhance the simplest dishes. Here are some basic tips to properly select, maintain and use. How to choose spices According to Jill Norman in her book Herbs & Spices: The Cook’s Reference, whole spices are preferred to those already ground. They retain their flavor longer. Some ground spices contain additives (dyes, sulfites, salt) and some unscrupulous manufacturers will extend them with powders, such as flour or toasted rice kernels roasted and powdered. The whole spices are guarantee of quality. We buy spices in small amounts to prevent them fan and lose their flavor. How to use spices
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The typical Western eating habits – high in simple carbohydrates and low in herbs and spices – makes us grow old. During the holidays, change your eating behavior. Among other things, holidays are often a period of poor nutrition and food excess. Poor nutrition may appear even in the most developed countries, where food is plentiful, but where the entire diet is based on a wrong balance of foods. Sounds familiar? The typical Western diet that is
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Nothing makes your meals taste better than the freshest ingredients. Do you have chives, parsley, thyme, coriander and other dried herbs in your kitchen? – read how to grow your herbs – But what about fresh aromatic herbs when you just get them at the market, or someone offer you some fresh sprigs? Here are my tricks to keep their flavor longer: Roll each bouquet of fresh
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Vanilla sugar is an important part of many recipes, this is typically an ingredient that spells troubles: either you buy it organic and it is quite tasty, but it costs a fortune. Either you buy mini-bags in supermarkets, full of chemical products. What to do with… Vanilla? Always have vanilla sugar at hand Homemade vanilla sugar is the solution that allows you to
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Aug 17, 2011 in Food
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We have not said enough: cook with herbs! It is good for you and it makes your recipes better! Still need to know how to cook these different herbs, how to marry them with other foods and prepare them. Jill Norman wrote a very comprehensive book about herbs and spices: Herbs & Spices: The Cook’s Reference. Overuse of Aromatic herbs! This is not a discovery or a new phenomenon: the Herbs have always been successful! But the good news begins to bloom in your minds is that with
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Learn to cook, is mostly learn to shop! To always receive guests without warning or improvise a cake without having to quit home, check out our list of basic ingredients to always have in your kitchen. Spices corner Prefer full spices that are not ground because they keep their flavour longer. To always have on hand: – Curry (yellow or red, depending on your taste) - Cinnamon sticks, for apple compote and tagines, - Nutmeg, essential with mashed potatoes, – Cumin seeds, perfect with all the vegetables, - Paprika or chili Pepper, to heat all the
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Salt is an essential part of cooking: no salt, no flavor. To flavor up even more our compositions, why not make flavored salt by ourself? Mark Bitterman wrote a great book about the various applications and variations around salt: Salted: A Manifesto on the World’s Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes. These salts can pleasantly perfume our sauces or vegetable broth. These salt mixes
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