Well, it’s all induction now (#1 bought last December, #2 last week. As reported earlier, these are commercial units by Breville/PolyScience, who call the unit “the Control Freak.” I thought about getting a 30-inch range insert for the kitchen but found only one range with ‘Control Freak’ features, and that is by Wolf for $8200! …
Go Induction?
Induction Burners An induction burner generates energy from an electromagnetic field below a glass cooktop surface to a pot or pan above it. It has one massive advantage for cooks of all ages; it’s safer since it creates heat within the pan itself—no pan, no heat, no burning yourself on the glass top, which during …
Creamed Spinach
This recipe is a takeoff from Morton’s Steakhouse. (Serves four) 2 T unsalted butter 1 shallot or small yellow onion, diced 1 garlic clove 1/2 t fresh ground nutmeg 3 T AP flour 1.5 C half and half 1.5 lbs fresh spinach, or 1/2 lb frozen 2/4 C grated cheese, mozzarella or cheddar 2 oz …
Try it Again for the First Time
Dig out your old best cookbook(s), go to the index and you will find, for sure, an entry for apricot-glazed pork, or ham or something. I haven’t done it in years. Thought of it though and so bought a jar of apricot jam to give it new try. I thawed out a vacuum-sealed piece of …
Never Heard of Black Vinegar, Glad I Know Now
Kenji Lopez-Alt raves about black vinegar in his book The Wok, where he says that black vinegar is “hands down my favorite vinegar . . . because of its long aging process and the flavor from the gradual addition of rice hulls, it achieves a complex, almost balsamic-like flavor. . . it makes a wonderful …
How to Defeat the Electric Stove Top’s Worst Fault
Turn the knob up or down on a gas burner and the flame and temperature changes immediately and you can continue controlled cooking on it. Not so on an electric burner where a knob change has no effect, as the burner stays too hot or cold for a minute or more. That’s why gas is …
Fresh Pineapple Sauce for Fish
Dat’l Do-It mild hot sauce–a favorite One serving left of sword fish but a lot of fresh pineapple chunks lead one to the other. Most pineapple sauces go Asian and call for teriyaki sauce, dark sugar and soy sauce. Instead, I started out with Dat’l Do-It, which is made in Florida with datil peppers. I’ve …
Can One Cookbook Author have Two Magnum Opus’s?
In 2015, Kenji Lopez-Alt published The Food Lab, arguably the best and most comprehensive science-heavy cookbook since the five-volume Modernist Cuisine came out in 2005. I’ve read both tomes cover-to-cover and they have confirmed most but changed some of my cooking techniques. Now Kenji has done it again with The Wok. I love cooking with …
Universal Lids
Save for my popcorn popper and double boiler, these two so called universal lids are all I have, the rest, seven or eight, have been tossed as unneeded. It’s fine if a new pot or pan you’re looking at comes with a matching lid, but don’t pay for one. Buy a universal lid instead. Al …
Electric Cooktops Never Look Clean
Not much experience with glass cooktops other than to notice that they never look clean. This little bottle of cleaner was on the stove when I moved in, so I assumed it was part of the GE Profile stove package, since all the kitchen appliances were newly installed. This stuff really cleans when generously applied …