Amateur Food Photography

Food Photography, Instructions 101

I had lunch yesterday with about 10 local food blogers yesterday (future post to come) and one topic that came up was taking pictures of our food and the frustration that comes from it. Now we do not have food stylist folowing us in tow with a food photographer....

The Holy Trinity

Exotic World Recipes, Instructions 101

As I was writing my guest blog for another site I was traveling down memory lane of foods I have eaten on my travels. While reviewing my tasty adventures in New Orleans I came across the holy trinity. No, no, I am not getting religious on you. I am talking about the...

How to Make Pasta Dough

Exotic World Recipes, Instructions 101

Back to Italian basics today. Nothing is better then freshly made pasta and its well worth the effort.  I remember the last time I made it we had a girl’s dinner and made it all together. We used a broom handle (clean) across her counters to dry the...

Roux what, roux who, roux you!

Exotic World Recipes, Instructions 101, Sauce and Condiment Recipes, Traditions

As I was writing my guest blog for another site (will be published Aug 28th) I was traveling down memory lane of foods I have eaten on my travels. While reviewing my tasty adventures in New Orleans I came across a text on Roux. No I am not talking about some hot...

Kitchen and dining room staff

Instructions 101, Traditions

Here is a fun article I found on Wikipedia…if you want to brush up on your restaurant staff trivia: Larger restaurants and hotels in France employ extensive staff and are commonly referred to as either the kitchen brigade for the kitchen staff or dining room...

Rose Water Ice Milk

Ice Cream and Frozen Recipes, Instructions 101

When I was in Toronto one of my friends gave me a small kitchen appliance she no longer needed that I have been DREAMING OFF for years!: an ice cream machine. Did I mention I LOVE ice cream! …I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream… So I have...