Chiara Bradshaw

Great chefs know fat adds flavor. That’s why French cooking is so full of pure, delicious butter. But if you’re like most people, you want to cut down on your "unhealthy" consumption of fat. Here’s what you need to know to make your food…

Many amateur chefs don’t know what they’re missing. Though they have cheap, inefficient pots and pans, they don’t realize it because they’ve never used really good cookware. The right cookware, however, makes a huge difference in how easily…

Many favorite gourmet recipes call for clarified butter (also called “drawn butter”). Especially useful for frying at high temperatures, clarified butter is butter with its water and milk solids removed. This leaves pure butterfat, which…

With the rise in interest in not being wasteful (our grandparents called it being frugal; today we call it being green), cloth napkins are making a huge come back. Not that cloth napkins ever went out of style. High quality linen napkins…

Many medical studies show that people who eat little to no meat are generally healthier and weigh less than those who consume meat daily. So whether you’ve decided to cut down on the amount of meat you’re eating, wish to go entirely…

One of the keys to successful cooking is the use of quality ingredients. And perhaps nowhere is the inadequacy of ready made cooking products more apparent than in canned stock or broth. The French call stock fonds de cuisine, or the…

Are you certain the seafood you buy is as fresh as possible? Anything less than fresh means your finished meal will not only have compromised flavor, but could also be unhealthy. Here’s how to know you’re buying the freshest fish and…

This a cool recipe site, so my thing is to share more cool recipes!  This is an oldie from my past as a child! Servings : 4 Preparation Time : 15 minutes Cooking Time : 10 minutes Difficulty Level : Easy…

My mom made the best pound cakes before she came down with cancer and passed away. Her favorite thing in life was to bake a pound cake and see your eyes light up when you tasted the delicious cake made from scratch. Her recipe for sour…

The World Expo back in 1986 was a special time for me. I visited the pavillions of many different countries. However, my origin of (the former) Yugoslavia was very special. While I had expected to see quite of bit of their culture, I never…