Showing posts with label Reluctant Gourmet (site). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reluctant Gourmet (site). Show all posts

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

On Cooking: Chef Todd Mohr Videos for the Beginner Cook

As I'd mentioned, formal education has corrupted me enough that I tend to fall back on The Lecture when learning something new. Standing in the kitchen watching an egg cook is fine and all, but the note-taking! The rules/theory/whatever! It's the nerd in me. Give me a sit-down and then bring in the DIYs and Trial and Errors all you want, I'm now Empowered by Information, ha!

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The Reluctant Gourmet (hereafter mostly referred to as RG) has articles upon articles, yes, but let me make a detour:

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

On Cooking: One Wannabe-Home Cook's History Re Cooking So Far

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In a word: patchy.

1. I grew up eating whatever came out of the kitchen, but I'd never actually ventured near it except to lick the fudge batter off the mixing bowl when someone made Brownies. Something like that.

2. One day I decided to learn cooking, because why not?