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I made a dish recently where I marinated them, then braised them in the marinade, and then finally browned them in a pan. The reduced braising liquid became a sauce. It was a fillipino style dish which also used chicken thighs. The recipe came from "All about Braising" by Molly Stephens.

I bought two pie pans a year ago in the hope of making quiche in them. The crust for the quiche was a disaster and I have never used the pie pans once.

Very nice story. You tell it so well.

Get the All-Clad, it will be awesome. There is no substitute for a top quality product, and All Clad is top quality.

I heard this stuff was in the works a while ago. When they first started selling it I was a little surprised by the prices. It's nice that they have metal handles.

It's not so much the ingredients that I am looking for as the technique. I want the creamy melt in your mouth quality of the eggplant, and so far have not been able to get it. I have had more luck with the flavors, the main ones being tomato, and herbs.

I have been trying to make an eggplant dish that will be similar to something that I have been buying in the store. It's a product from Sabra Salads and it is called "Spanish eggplant in rich tomato sauce". The eggplant is creamy in texture and melts in your mouth and the sauce is very thick...

Shame on you Andy. You can't throw Le Creuset through the dutch door. You have to throw it out the french windows. By the way, I got the grill too. It sounds like we got the same deal lyndalou.

I just ordered the seven quart round oven for myself the other day. It's my fourth piece of Le Creuset. I also have a 5 quart oval, an eight inch grill pan, and an 8 quart steel stockpot (the stockpot and the oval were gifts). I got the seven quart for dishes where I need more surface area on...

what size is it?

I think you made the right choice. All-Clad is truly top of the line, both by reputation and quality. I don't have any all clad myself, but I've handled them in the store and I have heard enough good things about them.

For Christmas many people would choose the Prime rib. It's almost as tender as the tenderloin, but it has more flavor. The only drawback is that it can be very expensive, but that is less relevant for a holiday dinner. If you don't want to go that route then get a top loin roast. It's the...

I have the microplane and I can tell you a little about that. Basically you just rub the citrus fruit against the surface and fine shavings of zest fall off the back. It leaves a light and fluffy pile of zest. If you pay attention to what you are doing it's very easy to get absolutely all of...

Calphalon pans are NOT dishwasher safe. The aluminum oxide on the exterior reacts with the high ph of dishwashing detergent. Washing in the dishwasher permanently damages the pan, and voids the warranty.

It's the Potassium in potasssium nitrate which can be poisonous. Potassium is crucial in the body for regulating smooth (cardiac) muscle contraction. Taking too much potassium, or taking it too quickly, can cause the heart to stop beating. In the hospital setting potassium is one of the most...

From everything I have heard Le Creuset is super durable and will last forever. When I read the instructions for the cookware it is a different story though. There are all kinds of special care and use instructions. I won't list them all, suffice it to say that they read very similarly to...

I was using an 8" chef knife (henkels) but I switched over to the ten inch (wusthoff) for everyday use a couple of months or so ago. The ten inch was a little awkward at first but now I have it pretty much figured out. It's thinner and doesn't seem to weigh that much more than the henkels, but...

Thanks for the welcome Michael. You are very right about fat being fat when it comes to calories. Fat is the most calorically dense nutrient and it contains nine calories per gram. Compare this to four calories per gram for both carbohydrates, and protien (alcohols have seven calories per...

Butter is a natural product while margarine, etc is manmade and heavily processed. Processed man made foods, as a general rule, tend to be worse for you and lower in quality than natural ones. I don't like the taste or texture of any butter substitute that I have tried and I just prefer...

prime or standing Actually prime does not refer to the grade of the meat in this case. When you say "prime rib" you are refering to the cut where the meat comes from. The cow is divided into large "primal" cuts and standing rib roasts come from the primal rib, so they are all prime rib. Any...

Hi I'm new to the forums and I just thought I would weigh in on this. I have been hearing lately that there are no more cases of trichinosis, and it's just not true. In fact there are a small number (very small) of cases in the United States each year. And there are cases of trichinosis every...