Top 10 Kitchen Tools for Home Chefs

1. A Sharp Chef’s Knife A sharp knife is an absolute necessity. The most versatile type of blade is a chef’s knife or a Japanese santoku knife. A blade that has significant length and width will be the best for chopping, dicing, cubing, mincing, shredding, slicing, and scooping/transferring. Chopping is accomplished by leaving the tip…

Mountains, pears, and chai tea. (A visit to The Elliott Homestead)

I’m so thankful for the time we’ve been able to spend with the Elliott’s here in beautiful Wenatchee, WA. It’s been a welcome reprieve to the craziness that has been our life since we moved and re-moved in the Bay Area. I’m thankful for this restful/working vacation with good friends and good food here on…

“From Scratch” – THE traditional foods cookbook of the year, is finally HERE!!!

Words cannot express how excited I am for this cookbook! Months ago, I reserved a place on my shelf for this book, and I fully plan on breaking it in (lovingly, of course) with sauce stains and water droplets. I am going to love this cookbook to pieces, so much so, that I literally want…

How to Perfectly Peel a Hard-Boiled Egg

It’s funny the things your brain chooses to remember. Sometimes it’s even funnier WHEN your brain chooses to remember them. Like last week. I was at Lindsey’s house for Passover Seder on my Blogger Tour, and she asked me to peel the hard-boiled eggs for the Seder plate. And I just STRUGGLED. I mean struggled…