Archive for the ‘Cooking & Recipes’ Category

what is the best olive oil to use as everyday cooking item that is not sooooooooo expensive?

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
sweet peaches asked:


I enjoy cooking gourmet cooking whever i can afford it .Its just that i cant find one that is satfied to plate yet. I have tried different ones but not to my satisfactions.Whenever i am watching the cooking shows they never tell you always what olive oil they or evooil they uses because i want my food to taste good also.I have tried several dishes so far and everyone that i have tried them on say they were good(the usually eat everything i make but in opinion my taste is a little different. my next question is why I can’t find sherry wine vinrgar? I have tried sooooo many local stores but unable to find the item.of coarse i can go on line but that can be expensive to. now don”t get me wrong I have paid for expensive items but i just have to buy more than 1 or two before I can get right. I have a computer (HP) appro 3 yrs this is my 5th modern and prehaps i will be receiving my 6th on after tommorrow.why? do I have so many modern? I thought when I purchase my computer a one time is.

How do I cook well on a crappy stove?

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
seahawk2006 asked:


I live in an apartment so I have no control over the appliances in my kitchen. The stove is a cruddy electric range abomination with slanted, uneven, gunky burners (yes, I do clean them but there’s alway something on the left one that makes it smoke) that don’t respond exactly to the heating controls. I love cooking and am so jealous watching the Food Network stars creating food masterpieces with their expensive cookware, kooky gadgets, and amazing appliances. I suppose the cookware is part of the problem, but I just don’t have the money for the gourmet quality stuff. How do I adjust my cooking practices on my crappy stove with my hand-me-down pots and pans to replicate their perfectly clarified butter, precisely medium pan-seared filet minion, flawless balsamic-wine glaze reduction, and pristine not-curdled hollandaise?

What is the difference between roasted red peppers and pimientos?

Saturday, March 29th, 2008
lynnrd asked:


I always watch the cooks on Food Network and they always talk about using roasted red peppers in a variety of dishes. I bought a jar of those and they tasted just like the much less expensive pimientos. The only difference I could taste was in the price.