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1: The History of Thai Food

Thai food is famous all over the world. Whether chilli-hot or comparatively bland, harmony and contrast are the guiding principles behind each dish. Thai cuisine is essentially a marriage of centur...

By: Andrew Hall

2: Chinese Cooking Technique: Deep Fry

There are usually 2 ways of deep frying in Chinese cooking: Deep frying the ingredients directly Deep frying the ingredients with batter The latter...

By: Helen Fan

3: A Beginners Guide to Chinese Cookery

When I first ate Chinese food in the UK in the 1970s, it was really quite unappealing. Everything came in a gloopy sauce and seemed to taste the same, due to the overuse of monosodium glutamate, su...

By: Liz Canham

4: Basic Terms on Chinese Restaurant Menus

In today’s modern Chinese restaurants even a more traditional menu will come with English translations for many of the more common Chinese food terms. It is, however, always handy to have kno...

By: Shauna Hanus

5: How to Make a Cajun Roux

The process of preparing Cajun food is in no way hurried and involves a layering of flavors which allows each ingredient to maintain its own identity. The foundation of preparing authentic ...

By: Janice Duplantis

6: Chinese Cooking Techniques

The variety of Chinese food dishes and Chinese food recipes available today is wider than in any previous decade. One can easily find Chinese food recipes for Chop Suey, which is not an authentic C...

By: Shauna Hanus

7: Holiday Cookies From Around the World

The holidays are all about traditions and in every corner of the world, the people mark the season with delectable cookies. Here are just a few of the traditional holiday cookies from around the wo...

By: William Smith

DoCs Baked Acorn Squash

Ingredients: 1 Acorn Squash (also called Danish Squash), cut in half2 tablespoons of butter 2 teaspoons of honey or maple syrup 2 tablespoons of brown sugar Salt & pepper Prepar...

By: Gord DoC Routley

DoC's Corn Fritters

Ingredients Serves 12 (4 fritters each) 2 large eggs 1/4 cup milk + 1/4 liquid from the corn can (= 1/2 cup) 1 Tbs. butter, melted 1 (16 oz) can whole kernel corn, drained 2 cups al...

By: Gord DoC Routley

Freezing and Thawing Meat

Why would we care about thawing and freezing meat? Have you ever wondered why your frozen cuts do not turn out as juicy as you would expect? You would expect cooking and baking tips. Would it surprise you to know the answe...

By: Hugo Felix

Calling all chefs, cooks and supporters of U.S. troops. A Juneau woman wants your recipes for a cookbook so that the proceeds can benefit injured Alaskan service members and their families.

Wanna know what to do with lemons besides making lemonade? Food editor Russ Parsons is here to help: I'm writing this column having just spent an hour with our local fruit gleaner picking tangelos...

About.com has expanded its mobile presence with the launch of Real Recipes, a free app for iPhone and iPod Touch that delivers the recipes and expertise of About.co

Spark your game day bash with a menu built around a 3-way chili battle You've got a television, some football-loving friends and a plan to watch the Super Bowl together. Now all you need is great ...