Have you ever looked at the bottom of your cookware and noticed a set of numbers? I know I have, but before I started this website I didn’t really think about what they actually meant.
You might see something like 18/10 or 18/8 imprinted on the base or the side of the pot or pan. What […]

Adding spice to food has been done throughout the ages, either to cover up the taste of food that is long past it’s use by date or simply to enhance the flavor of a favorite dish.
Jalapeno
The Jalapeno is probably the most popular chili in the US and it is well known for its warm […]

This weeks ‘Blog of the Week’ is
‘Carrie’s Cooking Adventures’
Now here is a blog with a refreshing approach, Carrie test drives recipes and comments on how they turn out, if it works and how it tastes. and she fully acknowledges where the recipe has come from.
The photos that accompany each recipe show how the dish looks […]

I remember when I was just a little kid and my mother would cook up something in the pressure cooker. In those days, pressure cookers were a dangerous thing. We were warned to keep back at all times while it stood hissing away on the stove almost like some deranged snake ready to pounce.
As I […]

Being half Italian it’s obvious that I would have a love of Italian food. When I was a kid my mother would make a variety of Italian foods but because she also spent a good portion of her life after the war living in England we also had just as many English style meals like my […]

Swissmar® 14.5×11.5-in. Oval Nonstick Raclette with Grill

A short time ago I purchase a Raclette grill, for no other reason than it was on special and looked interesting. Actually to tell the truth I thought I was buying a regular portable grill.
So once I had unwrapped the item and considered the instructions I popped it […]

Hot food warmers come in a range of sizes and styles.
It doesn’t matter if you are only having a few friends over or a large crowd, there is nothing quite so irritating as having the hot food go lukewarm or cold unless that is how it is supposed to be served.
So for the serious entertainer […]

Article by Nia Sowden, author of Cooking with Nia.
I know a super mom…Sshh she doesn’t like to be called that, just mom. My friends call her mom too.
Mom is pretty busy; she is a Day Care Mom. That means she looks after other peoples children while they are at their offices and workplaces during the […]

This weeks fabulous Blog of the Week is
 ’Thyme For Cooking - the blog’
The blog is written by Katie who has spent time in Ireland, Andorra and France and this is reflected in her fabulous array of recipes.
There are some humourous posts such as the time her dog Sedi caught a rabbit, that subsequently died but […]

Tonight the cook in the house made a sage and garlic shrimp recipe which I found over at the marttikaarts blog. I love anything with shrimp in it so this was a must have for me.
I love the taste of sage in this and garlic always goes well with shrimp.
I really would like to try […]