It used to be that vacations were all about site seeing and relaxing. Well, not anymore. Today the hottest trend in travel is taking courses to learn new things while on vacation. Nowhere is this more evident than in the cooking classes that have sprung up all over the world specifically for [...]

If you have just started in the cooking industry then there is probably more than enough knowledge for you to get acquainted with. Many people are actually lost when it comes to cookware terms and definitions, but there are some simple pieces of knowledge that you should be familiar with if you are going to [...]

There are two main categories of pasta used in Italian food, dried pasta and fresh pasta. Right now there are over 350 different shapes and varieties of dried pasta being used in Italian food. Some varieties are common and others are specific to a certain regional area. The shapes used in Italian [...]

From as far back as I can remember there have been special church occasions when dinner on the church grounds was the order for the day. Far too many times I watched as person after person walked in with store purchased fried chicken. Whether the reason for this was lack of time, lack of planning, [...]

When it comes to cooking there are few tools that are more versatile in the kitchen than the microwave. This device offers so many functions when it comes to cooking that most people never bother to utilize. It’s sad really. In most homes, the microwave has been relegated to doing duty as a meat defroster, [...]

There are many ways to clean all types of cookware and this is probably an issue that touches a whole lot of people. Cookware can be damaged in a whole range of cooking scenarios and many people not only get frustrated, but often upset when they find out that a food has burnt or been [...]

There are vegetarians all over the world. As a result of this, it is remarkably easy to find vegetarian restaurants no matter where you go. And even if you can’t find a restaurant in particular, it is fairly easy to find vegetarian food (unless you’re in a steakhouse). But even more importantly – restaurants are [...]

If you want an easy way to learn about gourmet food, it helps to visit gourmet restaurants. This is especially valuable if you want to learn how to cook the foods at home. Eating at gourmet restaurants will give you a taste for gourmet food. You need to have those flavours in your mind to [...]

You can’t learn how to cook French food without learning how to make a proper sauce. There are several different kinds of sauces and the French have perfected and refined the technique over the centuries, as far back as the Medieval Era. And, there are hundreds of different varieties, even after you learn the French [...]

Campfire cooking can be as easy or as complicated as you want it to be. The easy method is to take a stick and spear small pieces of meat or even vegetables into it and stick it into the flames until it is cooked. The harder method would be to device a system to cook [...]