Salad
Introduction Looking for a dish that perfectly captures the essence of summer? Look no further than this Chile-Spiced Rockfish with Summer Peach and Jalapeno Quinoa Salad. It’s a vibrant and flavorful combination that will tantalize your taste buds. The delicate
Baccala Salt Cod Salad: A Mediterranean Classic with a Twist Baccala Salt Cod Salad, or salt cod, is a culinary staple steeped in Mediterranean tradition. This preserved fish boasts a unique, salty flavor and a pleasantly firm texture. While often
Years ago, while working as a private chef, I developed a recipe for Shrimp Salad that would become a surprising favorite. One of my clients adored bay shrimp – those sweet, delicate morsels – and challenged me to incorporate them
Cooking Methods
Smoking
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Smoking is a dry heat cooking method used to flavor, color, and preserve food for immediate use. When smoking, heat is transferred to the surface of the food by convection
Boiling
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Boiling is another moist-heat cooking method that uses the process of convection to transfer heat from a water-based liquid to the food. Boiling relies on a large volume of rapidly
Stewing
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Stewing also uses a combination of dry– and moist-heat cooking methods. Stewing is most often associated with smaller pieces of food that are first browned in a small amount of
Braising
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Braising uses a combination of dry and moist heat cooking methods to provide the best aspects of both methods. Braising foods are usually large pieces that are first browned in
Sauteing
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Sautéing is a dry-heat cooking method that uses conduction to transfer heat from a hot sauté pan to the food. The heat then enters the food through conduction. High temperatures
Steaming
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Steaming is a moist heat cooking method that uses the process of convection to transfer heat to the food being steamed. It is often associated with tender, delicately flavored foods,
Fire Pit Cooking
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What is a fire pit cooking? Fire pit cooking is a dry heat cooking method In the most basic sense, a fire pit is just that “A Pit of Fire“.
Deep Frying
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Deep frying is a dry heat cooking method that uses conduction and convection to transfer heat to food immersed in hot fat. Although conceptually similar to boiling, deep frying is
Pan-frying
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Pan-frying shares characteristics with both sautéing and deep-frying. It is a dry heat cooking method in which heat is transferred from the pan to the food by conduction, using a