Tips for cooking with wine

How many recipes do you have that include wine in the recipe? One of the common concepts is that the alcohol burns off while cooking. According to Robert Wolke in his book “What Einstein Told His Cook

Today's topic is: The Art of Cooking

Cooking was invented in prehistoric times, when a primitive tribe had a lucky accident. The tribe had killed an animal and was going to eat it raw, when a tribe member named Woog tripped and dropped it into the fire. At first, the other tribe members were angry at Woog, but then, as the aroma of burning meat filled the air, they had an idea. So they ate Woog raw.

Marlborough Wine and Food Festival 2012

The entertainment line up for this year’s Marlborough Wine and Food Festival has just got more impressive with a classic mix of entertainment encompassing 30 years of New Zealand music, a renowned celebrity as MC and innovative cooking classes from ...

Fire it Up With Vino

Home cooks fall into some surprisingly common pratfalls when it comes to cooking with wine—and pop an awful lot of questions, too. Do you need to buy special cooking wine? If a recipe calls for a Pinot Noir, but you have a Chianti on hand, must you run out and buy the Pinot?

Cooking Behind Bars

These women may not have an oven, refrigerator, stove, knife, or even the ability to boil water, but they do have plenty of time on their hands. Decades, in fact.