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how to cook a lobster – it’s easier than you think!
Lobster season is now open and the shop near us, Wayne’s World Lobster, opened its doors last Thursday. Heading there to pick out our lobster was a fond reminder of my childhood. Twice a year (possibly 3) my parents would drive to a lobster pound and choose the ones they would take home. Sometimes my…
Read Morespatchcock cornish hens
Spatchcock you ask? According to the Oxford Companion to Food, “spatchcock is a culinary term found in cookery books of the 18th and 19th centuries, and revived towards the end of the 20th century. It is said to be of Irish origin. The theory is that the word is an abbreviation of ‘dispatch cock’, a…
Read MoreHow To Cut and Peel an Avocado
I was in the kitchen the other day getting ready to use an avocado as one of the ingredients for my portobello burger, when I fondly recalled the conversation I had with my son. He wanted to know if there was an easy way to get the pit out of an avocado. I hadn’t really…
Read MoreHow To Segment An Orange
How do you eat an orange? Do you peel it with your fingers or use a knife? I do both depending on the thickness of the skin but when I want the orange to be the main attraction, segmenting it looks so professional and yet is easy to do. Orange slices in a dish adds…
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