More than any other holiday meal, you know what’s on the menu for the Thanksgiving feast. Turkey. It’s what’s for dinner. For those of you with some experience with this kitchen event, you’ll know that cooking a Thanksgiving turkey is not for the faint of heart. It’s a tough meal to nail, not only from the timing of all of those sides, but for cooking the bird itself, and there are as many ways to cook that holiday fowl as…
I’ve spoken in this blog before about the Kitchen Shoppe, Inc. – a kitchen gadget and equipment store located in Carlisle, PA that also offers great cooking classes and hands-on events for all of us “would-be” chefs and kitchen enthusiasts. I just received their 2017/2018 cooking class schedule. There are some really great ones listed, and many are reasonably priced. They offer everything from “hands-on” demonstrations to multi-course, sit-down dinners where the chefs take you through the steps of successfully…
Not to brag, but I’m often complimented on my cooking. My wife and kids have their favorite dishes that I make, and I warn the young ones that one day they’ll be off at college and pining for some of Dad’s chicken pasta, pork tenderloin, or maple-glaze salmon. It’s gonna happen. My wife (God bless her) gives me free reign in the kitchen (she’s no dummy). Her attitude is that if I love cooking dinner every night, then by all…
It happens every fall all over the four-state area. The kids are back in school and sports and your calendar now looks like a jumbled mass of dates and times. One goes here, one goes there – oh, and don’t forget your church meeting or club gathering. When will you ever find the time to make dinner when everyone is going in ten different directions? Ahhh, but there is hope. A kitchen gadget you no doubt already have in your…