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Food Prep 101: A final exam for my readers

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:49:45 EDT

For sixteen weeks, I have been covering the basics of how to get around the kitchen, as I see it.I hope you have been enlightened or at least entertained.

Food Prep 101: Getting savvy about sauces

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:47:11 EDT

Well, this is it. I have run briefly through the basic categories of food, and today concludes the "Food Prep 101" series with information on making sauces. Know what that means? You guessed it: Next week will be test time.

Food Prep 101: The art of making stocks, sauces

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:45:21 EDT

We have finished an overview of cooking proteins and touched on quick breads, so now we will move on to stocks and sauces.

I'm not sure how I can fit making stocks into one column, but I've said that about nearly every topic so fa.

Food Prep 101: Delightful dairy

Mon, 8 Apr 2013 07:10:54 EDT

When we talk of dairy, we are referring to anything that is made from the milk of mammals, most often cow.

Food Prep 101: Eggs are exactly what we need

Mon, 8 Apr 2013 07:08:18 EDT

This week's lesson is going to be about eggs.Eggs? You ask. Why a whole category all by themselves? Well, eggs are unique, with properties different from those of any other food. And it's Easter.