Foods & Cooking
Foods trends, cooking and entertaining tips, and kitchen resources at your fingertips. Check out some of these great ideas and creative suggestions. Below is a list of titles you may find helpful:
Antipasto Platters
Almost every cuisine has a name for a collection of appetizers. The French call them hors d'oeuvre and canapes. Americans generally refer to this as an appetizer tray, while the Spanish refer to tapas and Middle eastern diners call the collective dish mezzo. Italians have antipasto platters. Whatever you call it, the idea is the same.
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Turkey Fryer Instructions
Thanksgiving is the time of the year when most of the turkeys we eat are consumed. It has been a traditional food for as long as any of us can remember, though some try new things once in a while. The turkey that we eat has long been something that has been cooked in the oven, usually for hours on end. Today, however, some like to have their turkey deep fried. If this is something you want to do, you have to read and follow all of your turkey fryer instructions so that you remain safe and sound while making your Thanksgiving dinner.
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Kitchen Knives
You may find standard sets of kitchen knives in any store, and these work for the most part. In these sets, you will find knives in different sizes, a set of scissors, and then four steak knives. These are usually in a block that you can just set on your kitchen counter. These can be good, but it does depend on what you pay for them and what you want to use them for. If you are very serious about your cooking, and you need to know your knives are going to last, these might not be your best option.
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The Farmer's Market
The day that the Portland farmers market opens is always one of the most important times in spring for me. It is tough to go all winter without having the delicious, fresh, locally grown produce that you can only find at a local farmer's market. I used to think that this was a bunch of hype. I would buy all of my food in the grocery store, and assume that I was getting the highest quality. I simply was not. On the contrary, some of the food was of a very low quality compared to what I could find at the farmer's market.
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