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French Onion Soup

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French onion soup is a bistro classic, the most homey and delicious example of good café cooking. But only a handful of frugal ingredients make up this restaurant favorite. Onions, broth, salt, and butter mingle in a slow magic that transforms them into a wildly luxurious bowl of silky onions and dark broth. If you’ve only eaten French onion soup in restaurants, you’ll be shocked at how easy it is to make in your own kitchen. Here is a step-by-step recipe for making the best French onion soup you’ve ever eaten. It’s one of the simplest yet most satisfying soups, and one to learn by heart. The Magic Ingredient: Time French onion soup is probably the most dramatic example of how time is the magic ingredient in cooking, transforming humble foods into a final dish that is far, far more than the sum of its parts. With French onion soup, the lengthy cooking time has two phases: Caramelizing the onions slowly and deliberately, and then simmering the broth for...
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Minestrone Soup

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Classic Minestrone Soup Finally! It’s about time this blog offered a traditional minestrone soup recipe.  Minestrone is a hearty Italian vegetable soup  made with tomato-y broth and pasta or rice. I’ve been working hard on this recipe and I’m so excited to share it with you. Minestrone was traditionally made to use up leftover vegetables, so feel free to  use any seasonal vegetables and greens you have on hand.  I used potatoes and spinach for the soup you see here, and it was absolutely delicious. I listed some alternatives in the recipe, including yellow squash, zucchini, butternut squash, green beans or peas. That means that you can make seasonal minestrone on cool days from fall through spring! I used canned beans here instead of cooking my own, which cuts the cooking time down to a reasonable weeknight level. The remaining ingredients are basic pantry items, including canned tomatoes, pasta, basic spices and onions.
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Sou Vide

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Imagine you’re cooking a steak. You probably know exactly the color and texture—the doneness, in other words—you’d like, right? With sous vide (say “sue veed”), you simply set a pot of water to the corresponding,  time and temperature, a you can get that perfect doneness you desire, every time. Sous vide has been gaining popularity recently with home cooks, but professional chefs and restaurants have been relying upon it for decades. It’s a relatively simple method that can easily be used at home to improve your favorite meals, remove unnecessary stress from cooking, or free you from focusing on one aspect of your meal—like getting your steak to the doneness you desire without overcooking it—so you can focus on a creative side dish, sauce, or dessert. Once you’re certifiably obsessed with sous vide, there are tons of amazing things you can make with it, from carnitas to perfect crème brûlée, fried chicken to smoky ribs. So, how do sous vide work? And why ...
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Mayonnaise

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Mayonnaise – a condiment that makes our taste buds ooze, has several interesting facts hidden in its soft buttery form. We just tend to enjoy it without even knowing how good or how bad it is. Most of us don’t even know what is required to make this delicacy! So, if you have those questions hovering in your mind, here are 20 interesting facts about mayonnaise: 1.  The primary ingredients required to make this condiment are vinegar, vegetable oil and egg yolk. Lemon juice and mustard are often used to add flavors. 2.  It is a wild guess that the name ‘mayonnaise’ is derived from a word called moyeu. ‘Moyeu’ is an old French word for egg yolk. 3.  Mayonnaise is actually and emulsion that is produced by vigorous whisking while vegetable oil is slowly added to egg yolk. This whisking actually helps in proper dispersing of the oil. 4.  It is a popular belief that commercial mayonnaise or industrial mayonnaise gets spoiled very quickly if it is not refrig...
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Love For Tacos

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    Ah Tacos! Not only do Americans know them well, according to statistics, we can't get enough of them! Here you'll find fun facts about everything from exactly how many tacos Americans chow down on every year, to some fun tidbits about the origins of the taco and how it found it's way across the border. So get ready to take a bite out of these random fun facts about everyone's favorite tortilla wrapped treat. 1. Americans Consume Over 4 Billion Tacos Each Year 2. October 4th Is National Taco Day In the United States 3. Tacos Predate Europeans In Mexico and Were Eaten By Indigenous Mexicans 4. "Taco" Translates Literally To "Plug" or "Wad" In Spanish It was originally a name that Mexican miners used to describe thin sheets of paper wrapped around gunpowder used in the mines. 5. The First Taco Truck Was Operated In New York By Two Housewives In 1966 6. Traditionally Seafood Tacos Are Considered a Lunch Food 7. Ensenada, Mexico Is Said ...
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Types Of Cooking

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The basic methods of cooking include (1) baking , (2) roasting , (3) broiling and grilling , (4) frying , (5) boiling , (6) simmering , and (7) steaming . Salt, pepper, and other seasonings may be added to improve flavor. Baking . Food is baked by cooking it in an oven. In most cases, the oven temperature ranges from 300 to 450 °F (149 to 232 °C). The word baking usually refers to the cooking of foods made from a batter or dough. Such foods include breads, cakes, cookies, and pastries. However, casseroles, a few vegetables and fruits, and some cuts of meats can also be baked. Roasting is cooking food uncovered in hot air. The term usually refers to the cooking of meat. For example, a turkey or a leg of lamb is roasted. In roasting, the meat is usually placed on a rack in a shallow pan and cooked uncovered in an oven. The temperature usually ranges from 300 to 350 °F (149 to 177 °C). Broiling and grilling are cooking by the application of direct heat. In br...
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BREADS

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Every newbie to a kitchen who has an interest in cooking has to learn how to make breads , and has to master in making breads as it is the most essential part of any cuisine . Essential part doesn't means that the bread would be used in every cuisine but the skills of making bread to be specific will help in making any cuisine easier. If you master breads its easy for you to make anything cause in breads you have to be specific about the quantities of the ingredients , you never , you never ever rely on approximation in making breads or in bakery for the most part. Its a crime if you are doing approximation in making some sort of dish. But yes if  you have used right quantity of ingredients in making bread it would be just perfect , it is all based on proportion , to divide water , yeast , flour in proportion . For example if you have to make burger buns, this would be the amount of quantities to be used while preparing them : Flour 100% Sugar 10% Salt 2% Yeast 3% Mo...
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