Cooking techniques
As I’ve already mentioned, I didn’t drink milk until I moved to Germany in 2005. And if there was one thing I disliked more than milk, it was buttermilk. But my Russian partner made me a drink he insisted I try on a hot summer’s day. It was a blender mix of buttermilk...
I like making cabbage rolls because they’re an easy, low-carb meal, but I always found boiling the cabbage to be a pain in the ass. My life got much easier when I realized I could freeze a whole head of cabbage and then defrost the night before I wanted to make cabbage rolls. The freezing...
There’s really nothing easier. 24 hours in a sous-vide bath set to 55C. I usually don’t marinate or season the meat beforehand unless I’m making Chinese roast pork, but if you want to add flavor when you cook, do it with a light hand. (Especially limit the amount of garlic, since...
Mangoes are among my favorite fruits, but they aren’t always available in the market and sometimes I forget how much I like them, so I can go a year or two between binges. When I do discover them on sale in the market, I can’t wait to take them home, peel them and eat them. This used to...