I grew up before there was such a thing as boxed mixes and "convenience" foods. Okay, maybe there were a few... but not many. I don't remember Mom every buying any. Everything we ate was made from scratch and that's how I learned to cook, so I do that most of the time today. I will...

Image courtesy of Amazon J and I recently purchased a juicer. Not just any juicer, mind you. No, we bought the Breville 800JEXL Juice Fountain Elite 1000-Watt Juice Extractor. (Don't ask how much this bad boy set us back.) (It was $285.) (I know.) We became juicers in the only way that I've ever...

Image courtesy of David R. Tribble Passover begins tonight. It is absolutely my favorite holiday on the calendar, partially because of the food. Matza ball soup! Matza brie! (It's like French Toast, but with matza). Charoset ! Gefilte fish! Manischewitz brand kosher-for-Passover macaroons! Chocolate...

Image courtesy of Ericd J and I do not really go in big for Valentine's Day. Case in point: tonight's dinner. We will not be going out to a restaurant, partially because that sounds like our version of Hades on earth. Instead, we're going to finally use the ground beef that I bought sometime...

I love to cook. (I do admit to having the local Chinese restaurant on speed dial, however). One of the big benefits of cooking at home is how much money you save over either convenience foods or said Chinese delivery. While I've never calculated the cost-per-serving of any of my favorite recipes...

Photographic proof of the worldwide bean conspiracy courtesy of cookbookman17 About once every two or three years, I'll find myself in the bean aisle of the supermarket. Looking from the canned beans to the dried ones, I'll once again conclude that the lower price and sodium content in the dried...

Image courtesy of Fagles , because it didn't occur to me to take any pictures of the 30,487 cookies I personally baked. This happens every year . The holidays somehow manage to sneak up on me, and I find myself the week after Chanukah putting together our yearly holiday card, wrapping and shipping...

Pictured: what an enormous turkey looks like when it goes into witness protection. You may recall that last year, J's company provided us with our giant Thanksgiving turkey . It's a nice, old-school gesture on J's company's part. This year, J and I will be traveling for Thanksgiving....

Nearly every week, I sit down on the weekend with a pile of cookbooks, a calendar for the week, and a pad of paper for my grocery list. The result generally looks like this: Monday: Chicken Tortilla Soup from Fix It and Forget It Lightly Tuesday: Citrus Pan Fried Tilapia from Mediterranean Cookbook Wednesday...

I know some drying method by air only but cindy use to dry fish make venision jery smoked fish and saucages to preserve the meat also the salt pork to keep it around abit I don't know how much she remembers that is what she did. Im interested in new ways that is alittle easier and nothing spoils...