Sabrina 
The morning hasn’t even gotten underway when that familiar thought crosses your mind. COFFEE… NOW! Allow a state-of-the art grind and brew coffeemaker to streamline your morning routine by cutting out the tedious steps of grinding beans and waiting for that first satisfying sip. Hand it over to a machine that will do it for you and you may find the perfect brew can be ready when you are. The …
Paella is considered Spain’s national dish. It is essentially a rice casserole that includes vegetables, meat or fish, and herbs, particularly saffron. Families pass down their recipes over generations. Paella is cooked and often served in a specialized pan, itself called a paella or paellera. It is characterized by its shallow depth, sloped sides and loop handles. If, like me, you don’t have a Spanish grandmother to pass down her …
My love of coffee has evolved over the years from very unsophisticated (instant coffee!) to the point where I’m now considering buying a hand coffee grinder to grind up my coffee beans before they go into my French press! I hadn’t even considered a hand coffee grinder, also known as a coffee mill or burr grinder, until I read the tip in one of my favorite cookbooks, by Curtis Stone. …
It’s only due to a budding interest in smoking and true barbecue that has led me to discover a new kitchen gadget: meat injectors. They may look like something that belongs in the doctor’s office, but I promise they are an nifty little tool for your kitchen. In short, a meat injector, sometimes called a marinade or flavor injector, allows you to inject marinate right into your meat, marinating it …
When I was growing up, the community centre across the street from my house ran an annual chicken barbecue fundraiser. They’d set up shop with charcoal-filled pits dug out in the grass to smoke the chicken to barbecue heaven. Sometimes I dream of replicating that smokey, tender chicken on my own, but I’m not about to dig a pit in my back yard… But luckily, amazing, smokey barbecue doesn’t have …
So you have always had a hard time getting some pepper into your diet? Just stuff it! Stuffed peppers fall into the category of those dishes that are unique, and it has managed to peek up close to many of my tryouts. First because of the simplicity with which it comes in and secondly because of how versatile it can be, although, I must admit I have had some no, …
Are you are a fan of soups? If your answer is no, then I guarantee that you would be after the discussion of today and the soup in focus today is Clam chowder. It is the name given to a variety of soups involving the use of clam and vegetables with other ingredients. Soups are a very traditional and indigenous kind of dish. They are incorporated into any diet, and …
It isn’t always enough to have only your regular pork; ham takes it a bit further with the well salted and smokey taste it adds to it. The invention of ham brought about a lot of food loving and cooking. Think of all the recipes that would have been undiscovered without ham, utterly unimaginable. Even those who are not adept pork eaters have soft spots for ham, they totally forget …