There’s nothing quite like the irresistible sear, smoky flavor, and tantalizing crunch food gets on a grill. But this technique isn’t only for those with outdoor space and high-tech grills. You can also use grilling skillets in a condo or apartment to extract incredibly deep and complex flavors from humble ingredients. The perforated metal skillet allows for high levels of heat to be absorbed, creating char marks and a grilled taste. “There’s evidence that foods our ancestors ate have components of direct flame cooking,” says Biju Thomas, Outside’s resident chef. “Most home cooks tend to avoid this technique for fear of burning food, but it can be a wonderful way to create layered flavors.” Here’s how to do it, along...
To make the most of the food we eat and the money we pay for them, we need to learn the proper way to store them. With these techniques by Sweet Simple Vegan, you will learn how to make produce last longer and reduce waste. I am certain you’ll find all of these tips insightful. Make sure to apply them next time you buy your produce. For a detailed explanation of each item, watch the video below. 1. Don’t store onions and potatoes together Onions produce ethylene gas which will cause the potatoes to spoil faster. Keep the potatoes and onion (separated) in a cool and dark place 2. Tomatoes Store tomatoes on the counter at room temperature, not...
In Learning to Live (Aprendendo a Viver), Clarice Lispector calls for “patience to observe the flowers, imperceptibly and slowly opening.” As plant philosopher Michael Marder points out in his essay, “Lispector and the Seeds of Time,” Lispector calls for a type of patience that would make one still enough to observe a plant’s movement: Patience, tying together the world of plants and the psychic existence of a human, demands the impossible: to accompany a rhythm of being that is radically foreign to me, slowing down to the pace of florescence and dehiscence, of germination and growth. Now, this impossibility is indispensable for life, which vibrates with its nonhuman echoes outside and within me. Marder invites us to find ways within our...
One of the Hogwarts professors used to say in the Harry Potter books that you need to have an innate talent for Potions, and no books can replace its absence. Most likely, he was right - at least, this is absolutely true for those activities that are most akin to Potions, only for Muggles. Yes, we are now talking about cooking.Many people are completely convinced that spoiling food when you do not know how to cook at all is a real kitchen crime. From this point of view, there are petty hooligans, and there are absolute gangsters whose every approach to the stove turns into a natural disaster and a threat to the lives of others. And, unfortunately, there are...
The noodles are low in carbs and calories. Find out if hearts of palm is a nutritious and sustainably sourced vegetable. By Larissa Zimberoff You’ve seen cauliflower transform from ho-hum vegetable into mouthwatering pizza and gnocchi? Today’s newest low-carb darling is hearts of palm pasta. Some say hearts of palm, also known as palmito, tastes like artichoke hearts or white asparagus. Like asparagus, it can be served crunchy or soft, and eaten raw or cooked. This unassuming off-white vegetable is on fire. At Trader Joe’s, which has over 530 stores nationwide, hearts of palm is the number-one selling pasta out of around 30 different kinds made from more traditional ingredients. CR’s experts took a look at the nutrition profile of...
