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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Nian gao, Year cake or Chinese new year’s cake is a food prepared from glutinous rice and consumed in Chinese cuisine. It is available in Asian supermarkets and from health food stores. While it can be eaten all year round, traditionally it is most popular during Chinese New Year. It is considered good luck to […]
Crock Pot Herbal Chicken
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007I always tell my mother that I am very busy and there is hardly any time to be wasted on food. However, eating the same packed food and food from hawkers is so tiring too. She told me that cooking is not difficult. She always asked me to use the crock pot […]
Cookware Materials
Friday, December 1st, 2006Metal pots are generally made from a narrow range of metals. This is because pots and pans need to conduct heat well, but also need to be chemically unreactive so that they do not alter the flavor of the food. Most materials that are conductive enough to heat evenly are too reactive to use in […]
History Of Cookware & Bakeware
Thursday, November 30th, 2006This tripod vessel with legs in the form of breasts was used for cooking over a fire. These hollow legs were highly functional because their forms provided a large surface area for the pot to contact the fire, distributing the heat evenly as the food cooked. The pot would have served equally well to […]
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