February 3rd, 2010 by divkin
The New York Times reported that the calorie data displayed on restaurant menus or frozen meal packaging is sometimes significantly wrong. Researchers checked data from packets from ten food stores and twenty nine fast-food restaurant menus.
Reference: www. nytimes.com
Tags: food, Ovens, restaurant
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February 2nd, 2010 by divkin
I'm not that bad at cooking but sometimes I need a bit of help. So I looked for a few handy cooking tips and I came across a number here and there around the net. The list is not comprehensive but with a bit of luck it will be of use.
A couple of the tips mention ovens. There are a lot of diverse kinds of oven. For example electric deck ovens are a category of restaurant oven. A particular category might be the deck oven that is commonly used for making food such as bread and pizza. Here below we mean the oven seen in an normal residence kitchen.
I hope you find this helpful!
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Carrots make a good sweetener if you don't have a sauce handy.
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Save the juice from roasting as a base for a gravy.
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Give yourself sufficient of time to organize and you will avoid a lot of stress later on.
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It is very important to bear in mind that broccoli should never be over cooked if they are to be tender and crisp.
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Do you wash mushrooms with running water? Avoid this since the mushrooms will take in the water. Instead rub them with a damp cloth. Make sure you get rid of all the soil.
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The potato ricer is a very helpful tool, particularly if you want to cook the best mash potato
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Add a smidgen of color to a salad with some red.
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Soggy lettuce looks terrible. To avoid this use a salad spinner.
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Steamer platforms that fold and have the ability to sit inside saucepans are the best for steamed veggies.
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If you do not have fresh Rosemary, replace it with dried leaves instead: a teaspoon of dried can substituted for a tablespoon of fresh leaves.
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The oven should be heated before cooking to make it easier for it to sear the meats exterior and to ensure the meat doesn't dry out.
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Always utilize a pan that is large enough – a bit bigger is far better than too small.
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When one purees soup they should make use of a hand blender because it is much easier than taking the ingredients to the food processor.
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Don't use a fork to turn steaks. As an alternative use tongs and a spatula.
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Wine that the cook never drinks should never be use for cooking.
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Reference: Deck Ovens.
Tags: Deck oven, Ovens, restaurant ovens
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February 1st, 2010 by divkin
According to Foodconsumer website the Department of Health Mental Hygiene of New York City wants restaurants and the packaged food indusrty to use less salt in their foodstuffs. This follows discussions with the city's experts from the food trade and health department.

Tags: eating, food, health, salt
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January 29th, 2010 by divkin
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