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COOKING WITH WHAT’S ON HAND
CUISINE BASICS, BEANS/RICE/GRAIN, VEGETABLE/FRUIT WILLIAM STJOHN 4/4/24 CUISINE BASICS, BEANS/RICE/GRAIN, VEGETABLE/FRUIT WILLIAM STJOHN 4/4/24

COOKING WITH WHAT’S ON HAND

You can make dinner from what’s on hand, as meager as that may be. Above all, reframe what a “meal” means.

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COOKING FOR ONE
CUISINE BASICS, MEAT, FISH WILLIAM STJOHN 4/4/24 CUISINE BASICS, MEAT, FISH WILLIAM STJOHN 4/4/24

COOKING FOR ONE

When you are your best company, dinner needn’t be “dinner.”

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FERMENTATION
CUISINE BASICS, VEGETABLE/FRUIT WILLIAM STJOHN 4/4/24 CUISINE BASICS, VEGETABLE/FRUIT WILLIAM STJOHN 4/4/24

FERMENTATION

One of the earlier and more primitive transformations of foods is fermentation, the conversion by yeast, bacteria, or microbe, often in their wild state, of one form of food into another, thus lengthening its useful life. Photo from ELEVATE on pexels.com

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COOKING DIFFERENT CUTS OF BEEF
MEAT, CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 4/4/24 MEAT, CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 4/4/24

COOKING DIFFERENT CUTS OF BEEF

Which cut of beef is best served by cooking by either dry or wet heat?

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THREE WAYS WITH HUEVOS
CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 4/2/24 CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 4/2/24

THREE WAYS WITH HUEVOS

The old marketing slogan still holds: the egg is incredible. Photo from Polina Tankilevitch on pexels.com

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HOW TO COOK FISH
CUISINE BASICS, FISH WILLIAM STJOHN 2/10/24 CUISINE BASICS, FISH WILLIAM STJOHN 2/10/24

HOW TO COOK FISH

I was a chicken when it came to fish. Then I learned the great lesson of cooking fish.

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COOKING BASICS: VIDEOS
CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 1/22/24 CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 1/22/24

COOKING BASICS: VIDEOS

What’s here are kitchen or culinary basics—skills, techniques, trucs—foundations for good cooking, all and each.

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Instant Pot Yogurt
CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 1/14/24 CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 1/14/24

Instant Pot Yogurt

And yogurt, don’t get me rhapsodic about Instant Pot yogurt. I’ll cry. I adore yogurt and eat at least half a quart a day. The Instant Pot lets me batch up a gallon at a time.

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THANKSGIVING DINNER PREP CALENDAR
CUISINE BASICS, PANTRY WILLIAM STJOHN 11/7/23 CUISINE BASICS, PANTRY WILLIAM STJOHN 11/7/23

THANKSGIVING DINNER PREP CALENDAR

When prepping vegetables for Thanksgiving Day dinner, keep back scraps and peelings—even onion skins—for the deep flavors that they can add to stocks or roasts.

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QUICK PICKLES
VEGETABLE/FRUIT, CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 8/22/23 VEGETABLE/FRUIT, CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 8/22/23

QUICK PICKLES

If you’re going to get into a pickle in the kitchen, you’d best go all the way.

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FLAVOR MATCHES
CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 8/22/23 CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 8/22/23

FLAVOR MATCHES

The “marriage” of prosciutto and melon is a classic, not because of the delicious flavors necessarily, but more because of how sweet “gets along with” salt.

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MACERATING FRUIT
VEGETABLE/FRUIT, CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 8/22/23 VEGETABLE/FRUIT, CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 8/22/23

MACERATING FRUIT

Don’t just toss a bunch of chopped fruit together, then add sugar, without reading this first.

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COOKING WITH FRESH CHILES
CUISINE BASICS, MEAT WILLIAM STJOHN 8/15/23 CUISINE BASICS, MEAT WILLIAM STJOHN 8/15/23

COOKING WITH FRESH CHILES

What worlds of flavor and titillation fresh chile peppers can bring us!

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FIND THE FLAVOR
CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 8/15/23 CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 8/15/23

FIND THE FLAVOR

“Finding flavors” and save them, not always for times ahead, but also as you are cooking, for many “right nows.”

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HOW TO COOK  FRESH SAUSAGES
CUISINE BASICS, MEAT WILLIAM STJOHN 8/15/23 CUISINE BASICS, MEAT WILLIAM STJOHN 8/15/23

HOW TO COOK FRESH SAUSAGES

Fresh sausages—as distinct from pre-cooked or pre-smoked sausages—must be cooked through and thoroughly.

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FOOD WASTE
CUISINE BASICS, MEAT, CHICKEN, PANTRY WILLIAM STJOHN 8/15/23 CUISINE BASICS, MEAT, CHICKEN, PANTRY WILLIAM STJOHN 8/15/23

FOOD WASTE

May look like it, but this is not “food waste.”

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DINING OUT ABROAD
VEGETABLE/FRUIT, CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 8/8/23 VEGETABLE/FRUIT, CUISINE BASICS WILLIAM STJOHN 8/8/23

DINING OUT ABROAD

Two recipes here, one for borscht; the other, for success.

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RESTAURANT SUPPLY
CUISINE BASICS, PREP WILLIAM STJOHN 7/26/23 CUISINE BASICS, PREP WILLIAM STJOHN 7/26/23

RESTAURANT SUPPLY

Stock restaurant-grade utensils and cookware for your home kitchen, gotten at a restaurant supply store. Photo from Charles Deluvio at unsplash.

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CLARIFYING BUTTER
CUISINE BASICS, PANTRY WILLIAM STJOHN 6/4/23 CUISINE BASICS, PANTRY WILLIAM STJOHN 6/4/23

CLARIFYING BUTTER

This is a recipe for clarified” butter (what cooks in India, who use it extensively, call “ghee”). Photo from Dan Dennis on unsplash.

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BASICS OF VIETNAMESE COOKING
CUISINE BASICS, PANTRY WILLIAM STJOHN 3/8/23 CUISINE BASICS, PANTRY WILLIAM STJOHN 3/8/23

BASICS OF VIETNAMESE COOKING

Có, bạn cũng có thể nấu đồ ăn Việt Nam! (Yes, you too can cook Vietnamese food!) Just pick up the basics.

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