National Lemon Meringue Pie Day is almost upon us! The thought of this pie is enough to make anybody feel hungry and starved for the tart and rich lemon filling, the flaky crust and the soft and sweet meringue topping. This pie will have your mouth watering in no time! To celebrate, let’s take a…
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How Thermometers work: Temperature Scales
Thermometers are instrumental in the cooking process. A thermometer is a great way to know if your food is fully cooked, safe and ready to eat! Thermometers contain one very important aspect – a temperature scale. This is the fourth part of the “How Thermometers Work” series. We will breakdown the different temperature scales! Researchers…
How Thermometers Work: Digital Thermometers
Thermometers are instrumental to the cooking process. A thermometer is a great tool to use to determine if your food is fully cooked, safe and ready to eat! This is part 3 of the “How Thermometers Work” series and we will explain how to use a digital thermometer! A digital thermometer has one big…
Part 2: Crafting the Perfect Knife
The Final Outcome To truly test the quality of a piece of chocolate, it is recommended to take a bite and really taste it. A chocolate confection can be very attractive to the eye yet disappoint in its taste and quality. Believe it or not, the same principle applies to knives (just without the tasting)!…
Part 1: Crafting the Perfect Knife
How the Perfect Knife is just like the Best Chocolate You’ve Ever Had Written by Canada Cutlery Inc. (CCI) For CCI, crafting the perfect knife is a lot like the process of making the best chocolate. As one of the main ingredients, it is essential to only get cocoa from the best trees found in…
March Madness Sandwiches
March Madness, the phenomenon that grips the national sports psyche to determine the national champions of college basketball is here! This means you are probably going to be hosting or attending social gatherings to watch some games! Need a delicious snack to impress the guests? Try this smoked turkey, baby spinach and chipotle panini sandwich demonstrated by Chef…
How to: Make a Dahlia Flower from a Butternut Squash
Sculpting fruits and vegetables truly is a work of art. Whether its a lemon garnished on your drink, vegetables on your plate or a fruit sculpture centerpiece, it all takes skill and talent to complete. To help you get started we have provided you with a photo demonstration on how to make a Dahlia Flower…
New Year, New You!
We all know that making a New Year’s resolution is hard and that making one you can actually keep is even harder! If you’ve been having a hard time with some of your resolutions, why not try to simplify things a little? Let’s take it back a step and look at the basics: taking care…
It’s National Soup Month!
Its winter, it’s cold outside and you’re probably catching a cold. These are all good enough reasons to put your sweatpants on, pull up a great recipe and enjoy a nice bowl of soup, right? In the case that those reasons aren’t enough for you…its National Soup Month so you still should try and enjoy…
Sharpen Up for the Holidays
No matter what you’re planning on cooking and serving over the holidays it is important that your quality knife is properly sharpened. A properly sharpened knife makes it easier to cut and makes the whole preparation process smoother and more importantly, safe. A sharpening steel works on a very fundamental principle. Quite simply, it provides…
Quick Facts About Forks
Did you know the difference between pot and roast forks? Here’s a quick breakdown of what you need to know… POT FORKS Pot Forks have short curved tines and are designed to lift a piece of meat (a roast for example) safely out of a pot. ROAST FORK Roast Forks have long straight tines, and…
How well do you know your knife?
A surgeon wouldn’t go into an operating room without knowing every function and detail of the tools he or she would be using to perform delicate surgery, right? Why would someone who needs precision tools in the professional kitchen do any differently? Knives are the most commonly used tool in the kitchen that we often tend to underestimate. We expect…
Tools for The Discriminating Chef 