When it comes to food, I've been spoiled all my life by my mother, who's a genius in the kitchen. Growing up, I assumed that cooking was as easy as she made it look, and I took all of her beautifully prepared meals for granted. It wasn't until I left for college that I realized how wrong I'd been. Since then, learning to cook for myself has been an ongoing process - some days, I'm thrilled with what I make; other days, I'm convinced I'll starve. But I'm still learning, and loving the adventure.
Yesterday, as I was browsing some of my favorite food sites, I came across a series of how-to videos on Saveur.com. I'll take any tips I can get, and I loved this one:
Cool, right? Now take what you've learned, and make this!
How to Peel a Head of Garlic in Less Than 10 Seconds from SAVEUR.com on Vimeo.
Amen.
ReplyDeleteMom has a very successful restaurant and passed both the cooking & creative gene onto my sister. At least I got the good looks. Hah!
I kid I kid. But cooking (and photography) fascinates me and I'm going to start trying. Baby Steps.
If you come across easy peasy recipes, please post!
thanks, sho! you made my monday extra special. i am going to try this chicken recipe.
ReplyDeletePlum Girl: I definitely will! And yes, you should start trying - cooking is so much fun, even when it's hard. Let me know how it goes!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I needed that. Nothing better than a short, sweet video to teach you something new.
ReplyDeletei love a good meal! i used to design cook books for williams-sonoma. the photo shoots were torture! all that beautiful yummy food and i couldn't touch it. :) x
ReplyDeleteI was dumbfounded by this. And I can't wait to try it!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you all found this as useful and interesting as I did! Amy - I can't wait to try it, too!
ReplyDeleteoh those videos are so great! thank you! i love home cooking but am always looking for ways to improve.
ReplyDeleteMy brother in law did this at Thanksgiving, and it blew my mind! I kept looking for how he slipped the peeled garlic in without me seeing.
ReplyDeleteJonathan: I still haven't tried this out - I'd love to see someone do it in person! It seems like a great party trick :)
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