Mise en place: that’s French for “everything in its place.” It’s a phrase that’s vital for efficient food preparation. Have you ever watched a cooking…
Date Archives March 2009
Making Rice Pilaf
It’s so darn easy! I had a request the other day from my cousin in San Francisco asking me to teach her how to make…
Handwashing
Wash your hands…PLEASE! I always started the school year teaching my culinary students about safety and sanitation – even before I would instruct them on…
The reluctantly movable feast
In October 1978, as the season’s first frost descended on the Northeast, I announced excitedly that I’d found a great job in South Florida. Robyn…
Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves
If someone asked you when – or what- your first cooking experience was, would you be able to tell them without thinking? I have no…
Mini Paklava
Armenian recipe preparations tend to be time consuming. Never wanting to spend any more time in the kitchen than necessary, short-cuts had to be created…
Two meals, no waiting
Nishan and Sylvia Kalajian entertaining family My mother, Sylvia Kalajian, loved having company for Sunday dinner even though she worked six days a week. She…
That’s what hands are for!
Yeranuhe Nanny Measuring tools? What are they? It occurred to me one day that none of Yeranuhe Nanny’s family-favorite recipes were written down. Unlike me,…