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Category: Cooking

Cauliflower Soup

courtesy of Ree Drummond, A Pioneer Woman Cooks
prep time: 30 Minutes
cook time: 30 Minutes
difficulty: Easy
servings: 6

1 stick Butter
½ whole Onion, Finely Diced
1 whole Carrot Finely Diced
1 stalk Celery, Finely Diced
1 whole (to 2 Whole) Cauliflower Heads (roughly Chopped)
2 Tablespoons Fresh Or Dried Parsley (chopped)
2 quarts Low-sodium Chicken Broth Or Stock
6 Tablespoons All-purpose Flour
2 cups Whole [...]

Do Me A Favor: Never Ever Order A Steak ‘Well-Done’

To order a steak ‘well-done’, culinarily speaking, is the equivalent to ask for your red meat to be burnt. Chemically, this makes sense but in the restaurant kitchen, the results are even worse:
1. Since you’ve just ordered your steak to be burnt, there is no way you care whether or not you get a [...]

Italian Cream Cake

courtesy of Lulu Bell Johnson

2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
½ cup cooking oil
5 egg yolks
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup coconut
5 egg whites
1 cup pecans, chopped fine

Preheat oven at 325°F
Prepare 3 cake pans (grease and flour).
Blend sugar with butter and oil. Add egg yolks.  Mix.  Combine flour with the [...]

Warm Pancetta, Goat Cheese and Spinach Salad

courtesy of Michael Chiarello
Note from the chef: This salad was on the Tra Vigne menu for many years. When all was said and done, I must have eaten a hundred pounds of it, because each time I made it, I couldn’t resist taking a bite. Entertaining Notes: To make this ahead of time, cook right [...]