Salsas include various cooked or raw sauces inspired by the basic tomato, chile pepper and spice concoctions known to have existed since the ancient civilizations of South and Central America. Europeans stumbled upon the lively sauces of the New World in the early 16th century. Tomatoes, chili peppers and the various dishes and condiments based…
Today’s FamilyFirst pick made me scratch my chin and go “Hmmmm…” I must confess that I’d never heard of gourmet salt before. But the fact is that the culinary world is blessed with many exotic salts, and today’s FamilyFirst pick explores them. For instance, there is fleur de sel, or flower of salt. Here is…
What foods go well with what foods? Have you ever pondered that question? The fact is that some foods simply go better with certain other foods. I’m not talking about obvious ones, like meat and potatoes. I’m talking more subtle combinations, like, say, salmon and cauliflower. Sounds good, doesn’t it? That’s because the two flavors…
I hope I don’t sound like a broken record. But today’s site is cooking-related once again. The fact is that once you decide to become a serious (or at least semi-serious) cook, you need to familiarize yourself to the world of spices. The idea is that you shouldn’t be enslaved to recipes. You should feel…
As a passionate cook, I have heard lots of things about cooking that I long took for granted. Big mistake. The fact is that a lot of what you have heard about food in general and cooking in particular is good old fashioned hooey. That’s what today’s FamilyFirst site concentrates on. It’s called Kitchen Myths.
Attention, world: Linux is ready for prime time. Linux has been around since Linus Torvalds created a UNIX-like operating system for personal computers back in 1991. Linux practically runs the internet. Where once large UNIX servers hosted most websites, they have been largely supplanted by powerful PC’s running various flavors of Torvalds’ creation. However, Linux…
Is it just me, or has there been a whole bunch of stuff on TV lately about pyramids? My staple of channels on the Ron list on my remote, which include History, History International, the various flavors of Discovery, and National Geographic have all had fascinating stories about pyramids in Egypt lately. And now PBS…
�Would . . .you . . . like . . . to . . . play . . . a . . . game?� The famous line from the 80�s classic film War Games said a lot about human nature. Twenty-something years later, what do we do with our computers? Play games, of course! Today�s…