We’ve put together 10 cooking tips because having a kitchen is just one thing – you also need to develop new skills to be a good cook. If you just follow these few tips, you’ll feel more skilled. Don’t underestimate the importance of salt Use sea salt, or kosher salt if you don’t have any. …
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A key element of Italian cuisine. The first word that comes to mind when you hear Italian cuisine. A true Italian housewife can make a variety of pasta for every day of the year. Could you? The history of Italian pasta Today, there are more than 300 different types of pasta in Italy, that’s for …
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Buying meat is a matter of trust, everyone has a shop they are used to, a butcher they stick to, who always delivers the best cuts and will tell you for sure if the goods are not worth buying. Everyone has their own butcher they always stick to under any circumstances. He is the one …
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How to buy fresh fish? Fresh fish is attractive in appearance, with shiny skin covered in transparent, water-clear mucus. The eyes are clear and firm and the smell is species-specific, but in general freshwater fish have a pleasant lakeside smell, while marine fish have a pleasant seaside smell. Freshness is further indicated by the …
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Cheddar cheese is a staple of English gastronomy and something that islanders can be truly proud of. With a very wide range of full-flavored, very textured cheeses, there is sure to be something to suit everyone. Like the best Italian cheeses and French wines, cheddar is protected by a registered designation of origin. This means …
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In 1867, Emperor Mucuhito came to power and the ‘enlightened rule’ (Meiji) began: the rule of the shoguns ended, modernization began and the country opened its ports to Western goods. The Japanese then began to take an interest in European cuisine, and Japaneseised versions of European dishes were given a special umbrella name (josoku). These …
Conscious people don’t just shop, they look carefully at what exactly food contains. Nowadays, fortunately, all products must have an ingredient list on the back of the label, so we can easily decide whether we really want to take the product home or leave it on the shelf. We can gather a lot of information …
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Every meal starts with a careful choice of ingredients, so it makes a difference which bacon you throw on your barbecue or any meat and vegetable delicacy. We’ll now show you what to look for when buying bacon. When you pick a packet of bacon off the shelf at the grocery store, make sure you …
Whole baked potatoes are one of the best and simplest dishes. It requires practically zero effort if you are creative enough and know how to make it. The easiest way is to salt and pepper them, get a little butter on top and fry them that way. But that’s as imaginative as it gets. Here …
Freshly roasted chestnuts are a real soul-warming treat on cold winter evenings with hot tea, and chestnuts have been roasted in-house for some time. Only it’s not so easy to roast chestnuts. If you don’t roast them properly, the skin doesn’t come off properly, you can scrape off the hairy little bits of skin and …
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