| If you missed the live cooking webcast last night, | | | | you're able to control the direct, intense heat of a |
| you missed a tremendous evening of fun, food, | | | | stove-top sauté method, you can create moist, |
| entertainment and education in basic cooking | | | | flavorful items that have wonderful color and are |
| methods…a virtual cooking guide. In fact, I showed | | | | appetizing to the eye as well as the palate. |
| everyone watching how basic cooking methods can | | | | I've pulled out one of my 5 chef secrets during the |
| help you make dinner quick every night and still have | | | | live webcast and made a quick pan sauce. Because I |
| endless dinner ideas. | | | | understand the basic principles of thickening agents, I |
| Here's a bit of what went on last night: | | | | can make any liquid into a thickened gravy or pan |
| As always, knife skills were an important part of the | | | | sauce. Talk about a great addition to your dinner idea! |
| evening and the chef's knife made an appearance. | | | | This is a great skill in the kitchen that adds flavor, |
| Being able to cut items consistently assures that they | | | | texture, and color to your plated meals so that your |
| cook consistently. In addition, they have similar | | | | dinners is not only quick, but tasty as well. |
| texture and appearance in the final dish. | | | | Cooking is a wonderful lifelong journey that is very |
| Proper knife skills also assures your safety and | | | | easy to explore and enjoy. Searching for recipes is |
| boosts your confidence in the kitchen. Why? Because | | | | an annoyance that never has you progress. You |
| with the correct knife skills, you know you won't cut | | | | always have to search for a new recipe and relearn a |
| yourself and you will be more aware of a wide | | | | new meal every evening. |
| variety of ways to cut everyday items for attractive | | | | I want to be your cooking guide and eventually help |
| plate appeal. | | | | you to have enough confidence and knowledge that |
| How you use heat is the essence of cooking. And if | | | | you can become your own cooking guide. You can |
| you want dinner quick, then the basic sauté | | | | be full of great dinner ideas and make dinner quick. |
| method is the best way to go. The basic sauté | | | | Last night, I proved to the world that you can cook |
| method can also help to increase the number of | | | | healthier and better tasting meals faster than take |
| dinner ideas that you have, as well as create a great | | | | out and I'll prove it to you as well. |
| meal in your kitchen faster than take-out food. When | | | | |