Posts in The Rules of Cooking

It’s A Piece of Pasta ???? ????????

By: James McConnell | 0 Comments | | Category: The Rules of Cooking, Top Food Tips | Tags : , ,

When cooking pasta some simple rules will produce perfect results every time. The biggest problem people have when cooking pasta is that it sticks…So they are tempted to add oil of all things?? Why would this work??? Oil is clearly lighter than water and so settles on the surface and... more

Read more

The Best & Easiest Fool Proof Way To Cook Fish

By: James McConnell | 0 Comments | | Category: Eating Healthily, Randoms, The Rules of Cooking | Tags : , , ,

basic-court-bouillon

As the title suggests this is “The Best & Easiest Fool Proof Way To Cook Fish” (in my humble opinion ???? ). Yes you can grill it, deep or shallow fry it, BBQ, bake it or simply steam it but non of these methods are as effective as poaching. The... more

Read more

The Secret “4P’s” To Great Cooking

By: James McConnell | 0 Comments | | Category: The Rules of Cooking | Tags : , ,

“How or where did you learn to cook?” or, “I wish I could do what you do…I think I’d like to learn, is it easy?” are just two of the more obvious questions I get whenever I cook a meal. And while I admit I do seem to have a... more

Read more

Cooking Rules

By: James McConnell | 0 Comments | | Category: The Rules of Cooking, Tools | Tags : , , , ,

Cooking Rules

Cooking, in my humble opinion, is a simple process that is more than often made in to a complete nightmare for two simple reasons. Poor Ingredients ~ There’s an old saying “C.I.C.O.” that comes from the early days of computer programming. It basically stands for “Crap In Crap Out”. The... more

Read more