Cooking terms (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Al dente: Italian for to the tooth. It describes pasta that is cooked until it offers a slight resistance when bitten into, rather than cooked until soft. Bake: To cook food, covered or uncovered, using the direct, dry heat of an oven. The term is usually used to describe the cooking of cakes, other desserts, casseroles and breads. Baste: To moisten foods during cooking or grilling with ...

Students cooking up health: Grad students host 6-week class to fight obesity (The Adobe Press)

Graduate students at Cal Poly have joined the fight against childhood obesity wielding some unlikely weapons: common household cooking utensils, a stove top and an oven.

Home cooking starts in the pantry (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Stocking your pantry with staples that can be used for a variety of meals will help you avoid pantry meltdown at 5 o'clock each evening. Registered dietitian Maggie Green of Fort Wright, who was an editor of the latest edition of Joy of Cooking , said she has mixed feelings about stocking a pantry. Sometimes the lists we give people for items to stock with are ingredients they may have ...

Chicken Reigns Supreme in Regional Finals of National Chicken Cooking Contest (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Move over, Iron Chef, and make way for ... chicken! Foster Farms will host regional cook-offs for the National Chicken Cooking Contest on Tuesday, January 13, at its professional kitchens.

Thursday's agenda: Healthful cooking, boat show, outdoors show (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Trim and tasty Louis Lambert, chef/owner of Lambert’s restaurant in Fort Worth, is known for his bold flavors. Tonight, he’s teaching a class at the Central Market Fort Worth Cooking School about how you can cook more healthfully without sacrificing taste. Among his dishes will be chicken braised in green curry and vanilla bean panna cotta with fresh berries. From 6:30 to 9 p.m., the ...

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