Category Archives: Cooking

Here you’ll find everything about cooking that isn’t actually a recipe. Tips, techniques, gripes, whatever.

Cure COVID with cabbage?

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

The other day I needed something healthy and crunchy to go with the last of my Instant Pot Thai Roast Pork. So I pulled a half head of cabbage out of the refrigerator, shredded it on the coarsest side of … Continue reading →

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My first porchetta

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

A whole pork belly had been languishing in our downstairs freezer for way too long. With no big gatherings on the horizon, it was time to make my first porchetta. And it proved surprisingly easy and successful. Porchetta is a … Continue reading →

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Let’s have a pupusa party!

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

Looking for something fun to do with your COVID co-confinees? Have a pupusa party! Making a serviceable pupusa turns out to be quite a challenge. But, though your early attempts will be comically inept, you’ll get better with practice and … Continue reading →

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Comfort Classics: Texas potato salad

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

When you run across a bag of potatoes you bought in the early days of the pandemic, and they’re starting to sprout roots, it’s time to make Texas Potato Salad. This is a true comfort classic that goes with any … Continue reading →

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Baking sourdough bread during the pandemic

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

Lots of new folks are finding their way to Burnt My Fingers these days, and many head straight for our post on how to make sourdough bread in your Instant Pot. But it’s a bit of an (intentional) misdirection because … Continue reading →

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Comfort Classics: Better-than-Mounds-Bars

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

Our Cashew Nut Clusters really are better than Mounds Bars! You get the same holy trinity of dark chocolate/coconut/nuts but without the corn syrup and preservatives, and we up the game by using high quality dark chocolate, cashews instead of … Continue reading →

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Let’s make Chinese takeout at home!

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

In upstate New York, almost all Chinese takeout places are currently closed. A local paper surveyed them* and found that most were unable to get standard ingredients, like egg roll wrappers, that are shipped from the NYC area. Hopefully that … Continue reading →

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Thank heaven for corned beef and cabbage

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

In the time of COVID-19, we’ll be switching our focus on simpler meals that can be prepared using ingredients that are already in your home or readily available. Today being St. Patrick’s Day, we can start with a real winner: … Continue reading →

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How to make an Ethiopian combination plate

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

When you go to an Ethiopian restaurant in the U.S., you likely order a vegetarian Ethiopian combination plate and then a meat dish or two (which tends to be much more expensive) on the side. This is a satisfying and … Continue reading →

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Fun with fonio

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

Chef Pierre Thiam sent me home from the Fancy Food Show with a nice supply of fonio. His Yolélé Foods sources the grain from small farms In West Africa, where Thiam was born. Fonio is a tiny seed related to … Continue reading →

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