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What’s in your fridge?

Kathleen Flinn · October 7, 2018 · 4 Comments

For The Kitchen Counter Cooking School, my friend Lisa and I spent a lot of time with other people's kitchens. There's something deeply intimate about what's lurks in the fridges, freezers and cupboards of strangers. As the site TrendCentral.com notes, the interiors of fridges … [Read more...] about What’s in your fridge?

Filed Under: Pantry & Supermarket Tips Tagged With: cooking, food waste, healthy food, kitchen voyeurism, return to the kitchen, shopping, what's in my fridge

Paperback goes on sale today!

Kathleen Flinn · September 25, 2012 · 5 Comments

It's official: the paperback of The Kitchen Counter Cooking School went on sale today. I'm pretty psyched about it being made available in paperback as this opens up the message of the book to a wider audience, plus more book clubs are likely to read it. I've had amazing feedback … [Read more...] about Paperback goes on sale today!

Filed Under: Book tour tales Tagged With: Books & Writing, Kitchen Counter Cooking School, return to the kitchen

How to Cut an Onion [video lesson]

Kathleen Flinn · June 4, 2012 · 12 Comments

My book club read The Sharper Your Knife and we all loved it. So I got a copy of The Kitchen Counter Cooking School and I was so inspired, I went ahead and got the chef's knife from block set we received as a wedding gift 11 years ago sharpened for the first time! I've read … [Read more...] about How to Cut an Onion [video lesson]

Filed Under: Basics Tagged With: Kitchen Counter Cooking School, kitchen tips, return to the kitchen

Ratio by Michael Ruhlman

Kathleen Flinn · December 27, 2010 · 1 Comment

The more that I study why and how people cook at home, the more that I understand the importance of a book such as Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (Scribner, 2009). Noted food writer Michael Ruhlman lays out a simple premise: If you understand the … [Read more...] about Ratio by Michael Ruhlman

Filed Under: Cookbooks & Food Lit, Recommended Reading, Updated Tagged With: 25 Food Books 2010, Books & Writing, Cookbooks, cooking, Economy Cooking, Great Books, Intuitive Cooking, return to the kitchen

How to Cook Without a Book

Kathleen Flinn · December 27, 2010 · 2 Comments

Along the same lines of Ratio, there’s How to Cook Without a Book: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart (Broadway, 2000) by Pam Anderson, author of The Perfect Recipe series. Each chapter focuses on a classic technique. Each includes a step-by-step narrative on … [Read more...] about How to Cook Without a Book

Filed Under: Cookbooks & Food Lit, Recommended Reading, Updated Tagged With: 25 Food Books 2010, Books & Writing, Cookbooks, Economy Cooking, Great Books, Intuitive Cooking, return to the kitchen

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