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Gourmet Food at Home

Meat loaf is dandy, and chicken is nice, but don’t you miss getting a nice gourmet restaurant meal? If so, you can learn to do gourmet at home, without being qualified to appear on Top Chef. Gourmet cooking at home is all in the details. You can adapt one or several of these ideas to boost your regular home cooking into the exotic. Here is how. Practice presentation When preparing a meal, give some thought to the presentation. This can make all of the difference in the world between gobbling a meal and appreciating it. For example, you can grate … Continue reading →

Gourmet Coffee for Less

Don’t you love gourmet coffee? If you are a coffee fan, you’ll want to keep reading this article. That is because the following tips will help you get your gourmet coffee for less. Gourmet coffee can be very expensive, but here are some ways to enjoy your coffee and still be frugal. First of all, stop getting your gourmet coffee out. Buying those fancy cups of mochas and lattes can cost you upwards of $25 a week! Think about how hard you have to work for that $100 a month you could be spending on coffee. It makes a lot … Continue reading →

National Pasta Month: Answers to the Noodle Quiz & Topping Your Noodles

Did you take the quiz the other day? If you didn’t, you have to go back and read the quiz first because it’s not fair to read the answers first. But, if you took the quiz and are checking back to see how you did, here are the answers: #1. Chinese people made the earliest pasta. #2. Noodle comes from the word ‘nudel’ which is a German word. #3. You should use 4-6 quarts to boil one pound of dry noodles. #4. Noodles have eggs in them which make the different from other pastas. #5. Kugel is a dessert made … Continue reading →

A Romantic Dinner for Two

What are some of the best tips for creating a romantic dinner for two for Valentine’s Day or anytime? Well, the first rule should be to schedule time alone. Hire a babysitter or take the kids to Grandma’s if necessary, or plan a midnight supper once the kiddos are tucked into bed. The next step in setting the mood is to get rid of all distractions. Replace that television show with some soft music (or at least a romantic movie). Turn the volume way down, along with the lights. Candlelight is nice too, but dimmed lights will also work. Aroma … Continue reading →

Going Gourmet

A couple of weeks ago, we were in one of those fancy chain gourmet stores looking at some dinnerware. Our current set is a hand-me-down set that is missing many pieces. The pieces are missing mostly thanks to Mrs Butterfingers over here…me. While I was pregnant, my joints would loosen up so much that my husband swears he could hear my bones rattle around as I walked. An average rate of one broken plate/bowl/cup a month times three pregnancies..well, you get the picture. While we were in that gourmet store, we spied a very pretty canister of gourmet chocolate waffle … Continue reading →

Fancy Baby Food

Call it haute baby cuisine or gourmet meals for babies… whatever you call it, it’s not your average jar of strained carrots and green beans. Baby food manufacturers are answering the call for better baby cuisine. And they say the requests aren’t only coming in from celebrity moms and dads. Studies show that parents of all socio-economic classes want fancier fare for their precious bundles of joys. One of the most popular “gourmet” baby foods on the market comes from a company called “Homemade Baby.” The company says it caters to parents who don’t cut corners when it comes to … Continue reading →