The 'How to Cook' Blog

If you’re looking for a quick meal recipe that’s not only delicious and easy to prepare, but is also fun to eat, then you’ve found the right place. Kebabs look beautiful and they are easy to eat for everyone. Shrimp cook very quickly, so you can have your meal on the table very quickly. In fact, the side dishes may take longer for you to prepare than the main dish  [ Read More ]

There may be times where you see a recipe that calls for toasted seeds or seeds to be toasted, as an ingredient or topping. Seeds are a very healthy part of your diet, even if you’re not a vegetarian or vegan…Seeds can accentuate not only the flavor profile of a dish, but increase the nutrients, and make your dish more aesthetically pleasing. All kinds of seeds can be used such  [ Read More ]

If you were to take a Live, Online Cooking Class with Kimberly Edwards via Skype, whether you are going to or not, what time would be the best time for you to do so? Help us out with casting your vote at what time would be best for you (even if you won’t take a class). Cast your vote below! Yes, that’s right. These classes will be affordable, fun, live  [ Read More ]

This is an ongoing study for me…LOL As a family, we have often been one that eats relatively late, for whatever reason. It was most likely due to all the after-school activities I was in, but no matter, we have always enjoyed eating a tad bit later than most families. Then, there are families that eat like clockwork around 4:30 or whenever parents get home from work. Whatever your dinner  [ Read More ]

Let’s be real… …There are times I crave the flavor of my youth when I would eat cans of Campbell’s tomato soup. Heck, to this day, there are times I use it for different purposes in the kitchen. Today is one of those “lazy lunch” days. The entire key here is to kick it up to a different level than that regular tomato soup, out-of-the-can taste. So, I’ll let you  [ Read More ]

One of my favorite dishes my mother makes is her Honey Garlic Pork Ribs she does not on the BBQ, but she boils them and finishes them in the oven for that perfectly done, fall-off-the-bone meat that you are craving. If you so desire, you may finish the ribs on the BBQ just the same on a medium flame, just to get those great grill marks, and char-grilled flavor. I’m  [ Read More ]

After much consideration of suggestions from family, friends and fans, I will be going ahead with weekly cooking classes on the internet via Skype. If you have never used Skype before, it is a way to use the internet for live video calling. This way, the entire cooking class can ask questions and watch live online while I create meals and teach different techniques of cooking. In fact, you could  [ Read More ]

Well, recently, when I made my New Year’s Seafood Gumbo, I tried a few new beers while I was cooking my roux. My new favorite beer, hands down for the moment, is Young’s Double Chocolate Stout. When I say it tastes like chocolate, I’m not kidding in the least. It tastes like a sweet chocolate bar, without being sweet, if that makes any sense at all. I believe it was  [ Read More ]

Sometimes, you discover something new that was simply sitting right in front of you all along… That’s the case with this spectacular snack that I’ve recently discovered and I simply cannot get enough of it. This can also be served as an appetizer or a dessert tray such as you would with cheese & grapes or apples & dessert wine. It’s so easy… Type: Appetizer Recipe Serve With: sparkling wine  [ Read More ]

If you have never used a food dehydrator before, well you’re missing out. Once you start, you’ll think of a hundred things you’ll want to dehydrate all of a sudden…fruit, vegetables, jerky, even flowers & herbs! For instance, you have a plethora of tomatoes in your garden, but don’t feel like canning them all, dehydrate the slices. If you have an overgrown batch of basil or mint, it’s a great  [ Read More ]

I must admit, even though I’m a serious foodie and love to cook at home, there are those odd times I crave McDonald’s French fries. However, isn’t it such a disappointment and a waste of calories when the fries you’ve been craving turn out to be cold, soggy, or too salty…whatever the case may be. If I’m going to waste those calories, I want to be sure I get exactly  [ Read More ]

If you were to stop a handful of people on the street and ask them what their favorite meal was, the odds are that many of them would say pizza. Pizza is not only a delicious meal, it is convenient, somewhat nutritious, and it is always going to be a treat. Of course, there are some things that can be done different with the pizza that is going to make  [ Read More ]

Escargots, apparently, is not for the faint-hearted… …Either you can get over the fact that they are snails or you can’t. Plain and simple. LOL One word to the wise: These snails aren’t your average garden-variety snail. They are land snails specifically bred for this purpose. I have loved escargots from a very young age. In fact, I remember ordering them in restaurants for myself at 5 years of age  [ Read More ]

It is likely, when you eat watermelon, you don’t eat all the way down to the white rind. It’s not as sweet, and doesn’t taste as good as the pink, juicy flesh you just otherwise consumed. Well, there are a few things you can do with it, so as not to waste it, and to stretch out your family budget, so to speak. Try making watermelon rind pickles, like my  [ Read More ]

So, I had the opportunity to eat at the Feathery Pub in St. Catharines, Ontario tonight for the first time. I knew that it’s a happening place where bands come to play on the weekends, but was unaware that the food was good. Aside from the 20 some-odd beers they have on draft, they have an extensive pub menu with tons to choose from. Feeling like a home-style meal that  [ Read More ]

As much as I love gumbo, it seems I typically only make it once or twice a year. The main gumbo I create is my special Louisiana-Style New Year’s Seafood Gumbo served with dirty rice. * Note: If you’re looking for a quick fix to making a gumbo, this is NOT it. This is definitely one of those dishes that’s a labor of love, if you want to do it  [ Read More ]