Category Archives: Cooking

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

Mike’s Hot Honey

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

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

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

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!

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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Take the white sauce challenge!

The other night I made shish kabob and wanted some white sauce to drizzle on the accompanying pilaf. You know, like the Halal Guys white sauce dished out from their truck in Manhattan. But not exactly. I also wanted it … Continue reading

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Hacking the Salt & Char Ribeye Cap Steak

I have long been fascinated by the Salt & Char ribeye cap, from  the high end steakhouse in downtown Saratoga Springs, NY. When Bobby Flay proclaimed it the “best thing I ever ate” on a recent Cooking Channel show, I … Continue reading

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Frozen pizza taste test

The other day I planned to get take out pizza from DeFazio’s, an excellent source in Troy NY. I somehow overshot the store and decided I would purchase a frozen pizza instead. I should add I had broken my arm … Continue reading

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Have some Election Cake, and please be civil

While most of America takes a year off from politics (just kidding), my quaint hamlet of Saratoga Springs, NY is winding up a particularly divisive election season. Till next Tuesday I’ll be out canvassing for the side I support, but … Continue reading

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Teeny Tiny Spice Company brings big flavor… get some now

Teeny Tiny Spice Company is a semi-local business, right up the road from me in Shelburne, VT. They have not paid me to write this post or given me any free product. I am just here to tell you that … Continue reading

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