My brother sent me a link from his Bloglines the other day on some cool kitchen techniques that I thought were pretty handy. The most useful one was a guide on cutting vegetables, including instructions for southpaws. Check it out here.
Check out a couple of other kitchen tips at Lifehacker.

So, after being pretty tired of cooking quick basic meals and such this semester, I decided to “treat myself” to a slightly gourmet dinner last night. The menu included Pork Orloff Cockaigne, which is basically a slow-roasted pork loin with duxelles. Duxelles is basically a sauce/spread made from mushrooms which are finely chopped (preferably with […]