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Gluten-Free Cooking Utensils

Microplane Cooking Utensil

Gluten-free cooking is very different than regular cooking, therefore, it is important to know which gluten-free cooking utensils to use to make your work easier. Carol Fenster has listed a variety of cooking utensils below, in price ranges for a few dollars to a couple hundred, but concentrates on the lower-end. Whether you’ve been doing gluten-free cooking and baking for several years or are a newbie, you may find her tips may very useful. In addition, these make very good gluten-free gift ideas! Continue reading “Gluten-Free Cooking Utensils”

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Happy Thanksgiving to All!

I wanted to take the time to wish you all a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving! I appreciate all your support.

Every Thanksgiving I think back to 1981 when I cooked my first holiday dinner, all by myself. Well, perhaps not all by myself! I did have two older sisters who were in the kitchen non-stop to make sure I did not mess anything up. I found it a bit difficult to learn when they were doing everything for me, year after year, but what are sisters for? Right?

Finally, one day my mother handed down her Joy of Cooking cookbook to me. She did not like it, as she always depended upon her Betty Crocker cookbook for everyday recipes. Once I had the Joy of Cooking in my hands I was able to branch out on my own. I think the first thing I made from that cookbook were cream puffs. Yum! The puffs came out wonderful, but I wasn’t too fond of the custard. I wanted to duplicate the custard in the cream puffs from Victoria’s Bakery in San Francisco. Unfortunately, no luck there. Continue reading “Happy Thanksgiving to All!”