How to Cook, Lesson 7: Cooking Without Meat (Think Vegetarian)
Meatless dishes need not be boring. I can say that now in all honesty. I would have said things differently a decade ago. Back then, I didn’t even know that vegetarian was not necessarily vegan. Caprese-style salad with goat cheese is a lacto-vegetarian dish.…
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How to Cook, Lesson 6: Intermediate Cooking Methods
By now, you know how to boil and tell the difference between boiling and simmering. You know how to pan fry, shallow fry and deep fry. You can…
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How to Cook, Lesson 5: Basic Cooking Methods
If you’ve been following this series, by this time, you know your ingredients, you have gathered your essential kitchen tools, and you know how to prep meat, seafood…
How to Cook, Lesson 4: Prepping Vegetables
Prepping vegetables for cooking consists of two parts: cleaning (peeling, stringing, deseeding, etcetera) and cutting (dicing, chopping, slicing, and so on). Every vegetable requires a different preparation depending…
How to Cook, Lesson 3: Chicken, Meat and Seafood
If you go to the market or grocery, chicken, pork and beef are often sold by cut. There are cases though when labels are confusing. What are chicken…
How to Cook, Lesson 2: Five Essential Kitchen Tools
To cook successfully, there are five essential kitchen tools that you need. Yes, just five. Not five pieces but five kinds. A stove. A pot and a pan.…
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How to Cook, Lesson 1: Know Your Ingredients
The best way to learn about ingredients is to go to the market and see the various cuts of chicken, pork and beef, and kinds of fish, seafood…
Learn to Cook in 10 Weeks
You own good cookbooks, watch cooking shows and frequent the best recipe blogs. You come across a mouthwatering beef dish, you follow the recipe but your version isn’t…
Beef Tapa Sandwich
Beef tapa sandwich is a spin on a traditional Filipino breakfast called tapsilog. Thinly sliced beef is seasoned and fried, and served with egg and lettuce between bread…
