While visiting our friend, Rosalie, in Cleveland this week, we decided to make the homemade biscuits on the cover of the Jan 2008 Gourmet Magazine. Rosalie had been saving the magazine to try these beautiful biscuits that were [...]
This Cook the Part video teaches you how to slowly stir in the ingredients for homemade pasta dough. Ingredients needed: 3 cups flour 4 large eggs 1 tsp. salt 1 1/2 T olive oil To start, find a clean space [...]
Last night we tested the latest chapter of Cook the Part. Ten professional women demonstrated that cooking is not a lost art. We made cheese and Sausage/veal ravioli with two sauces, pesto and marinara fresca. The main course was accompanied [...]
I purchased a 5 lb. bag of lemons at Costco yesterday so that I could replenish my one cup bags of lemon juice. I keep these ready in the freezer to quickly make a pitcher of lemonade with this recipe. Today [...]
We continued our travel adventures with our neighbors, Bob and Gloria, leaving Park City and heading to Telluride, where we were meeting up with their friends, Doug and Nanci, to share a 3 bedroom condo at the River Club. The [...]
Yesterday morning in Park City, I made omelettes for breakfast. Gloria asked me to share my secrets for making a perfect omelette. 1. Don't add milk or water. Keep it pure -eggs with salt and pepper, cooked in butter with [...]
My cousin, Helen, recently taught me to clean mushrooms in a very effective way. My method was to use a mushroom brush, a very specialized tool. Her method for cleaning mushroom is to use a wet paper towel to wipe off [...]
Pasta dough in a ball Rolling out the dough using the pasta maker Filling the raviolis in the press Finished Raviolis read to be cooked Egg Pasta Dough (From the "Handmade Pasta [...]
Next weekend is the opening of the 200-year anniversary celebration of Oktoberfest. Gary, my husband, and Eric, our son, are traveling to Munich to participate in the festivities. For those of us who are staying in San Diego, [...]
In just 1 hour and 40 minutes of waiting time and 5 minutes of working time, you can create the best pizza dough at home for pennies. I don't often hear my friends talking about using their bread machines [...]