Category Archives: Cooking

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

Food for Thought: Land of Plenty

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

Land of Plenty by Fuchsia Dunlop has just come back into stock at Amazon after being unavailable for several months and costing as much as $100 on the used market. This is fantastic news and I recommend you grab a … Continue reading →

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The travails and triumphs of a Thermador Professional range owner

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

UPDATE: a little more than two years after this post was written, our Thermador went to the big kitchen in the sky. See this post to meet the replacement. A couple of years ago we moved into a house with … Continue reading →

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How do I know when my steak is done?

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

The other day I had a tour of Trowbridge Farm, a cow-calf operation in the Hudson Valley, courtesy of Yelp and the New York Beef Council. At the end of the tour Beef Council President Jean O’Toole gave us a … Continue reading →

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Taste Test: La San Marzano Marinara Sauce

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

Exhibitors who serve pasta are always a top attraction at the Fancy Food Show. After all the snacking, it’s good to get some real food in your gut. But these booths are not so great for actual product sampling because … Continue reading →

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Taste test: La San Marzano canned tomatoes

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

After the Summer Fancy Food Show, the folks at La Regina di San Marzano sent me some product for testing. First up was this 28-oz can of Diced Tomatoes, which excited me because I hoped to replicate the yearly taste-off … Continue reading →

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Mike’s Hot Honey

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

In the Fancy Food Show’s Front Burner pitch competition, the “expert” judges choose Mike’s Hot Honey over No Evil’s Comrade Cluck. This irked me no end because how hard is it to mix two ingredients, chili and honey? But I … Continue reading →

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Best way to cook and peel a hard boiled egg

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

You’ll get lots of suggestions when you google “best way to peel a hardboiled egg” but this method actually works. Thanks to Laura at the Momables website. To cook, place eggs in a saucepan sufficient to hold them all without … Continue reading →

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Our favorite rotten foods

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

The other night I cooked up a tragic, inedible version of Gluten-Free Paleo Eggplant Parmigiana. I returned from a trip and discovered some eggplants that were clearly past their prime. They smelled okay, but the flesh was grey and had … Continue reading →

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ISO Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco Treat

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

I had disdain for Rice-A-Roni when I lived in San Francisco. How dare they put a cable car on their box and pound our ears with a jingle that called it “the San Francisco Treat”? I equated the packaged mix … Continue reading →

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We now have an official paper towel, and it’s Viva!

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

We use a lot of paper towels at Burnt My Fingers. To mop up spills, handle the general mess around a smoker or outdoor grill, blot the excess fat off the top of a soup stock, and also to substitute … Continue reading →

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