cooking

Cooking is the process by which raw ingredients are combined to produce a finished dish for human consumption. This is typically achieved by the application of heat (such as baking, frying, or roasting), but can include the specialised preparation of raw ingredients, such as raw fish (to produce sashimi).

Cooking can rely on the use of printed recipes but written instructions are not essential: experience and a good knowledge of cooking processes and preparation techniques as well as flavour combinations can render strict adherence to a printed recipe unnecessary.

Many blogs that are about cooking will include recipes and ideas for flavour combinations as well as 'how-to' resources that may include videos and podcasts, and book reviews. Blogs often include stunning photographs of finished dishes, which has led to the use of the term 'food porn'. Many cooking blogs participate in 'blog events' where a group of bloggers will all cook the same dish (or similarly themed dishes) in order to share ideas or extend technical skills. Blogs about cooking may focus on one type of food (such as cupcakes), or recipes from one chef, but it is more common for cooking blogs to cover a wider range of food related topics.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “cooking”

• A Quaker A Day

  
  Plate of Wander — Authority: 116
  “Wow. Weird.” That was the response I got when I told TJ about what I usually eat for breakfast. Actually, I find it to be positively delightful and delicious, so much so that I sometimes eat it for breakfast and lunch in one day. I’ve never really been much of a Chinese breakfast person. I enjoy 粥 zhou ...
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• Lentil Soup

  
  the domestic fringe — Authority: 421
  This soup is good and good for you!  This recipe is also proof that I’ve learned to eat my veggies.  I’m a good girl now. Ingredients: 1 bag dried lentils (rinse) 5 peeled and chopped carrots 1 bag baby spinach 1 large onion (chopped) 6 cloves garlic (pressed or chopped) 1 lb. ground beef 4 large beef ...
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• How to Make a Healthy Garden Fish Chowder (and it’s okay for Diabetics, too!)

  
  Meal Menu Planner — Authority: 143
  Now that the Fall season has arrived and its cooler weather is upon us, we often seem to turn to soups and chowders on cool, dreary days.  Here is a recipe for a hearty and healthy Vegetable Fish Chowder for just such days.  But you don’t have to wait for a cool, dreary day.  It’s perfect for any day, even warm ...
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• Chicken Lemon Soup – A Columbus, OH Greek Food Favorite

  
  Meal Menu Planner — Authority: 143
  As a young boy living back home in Greece, I always remember those rainy winters. Our home did not have heat so we relied on dressing cozy inside the home and eating plenty of soups, one of the most popular being the Chicken Lemon Soup, also known as Avgolemono soup. Coincidentally my godmother, who lived across the ...
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• Hearty Cheese and Broccoli Chowder Soup Recipe

  
  Meal Menu Planner — Authority: 143
  During the Summer, I enjoy making this homemade Cheese and Broccoli Chowder soup recipe after we harvest our fresh broccoli from our garden, however, you can use frozen broccoli too. If you don’t have a can of evaporated milk on hand, you can substitute with fresh milk and you can substitute frozen carrots for the ...
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• Orange Spice Sweet Potato Soup Recipe

  
  Meal Menu Planner — Authority: 143
  If you love sweet potatoes like I do, I think you will enjoy this easy to make soup recipe. What I really like about this soup is the hint of orange flavoring mixed with the sweet taste of the potatoes. If you wanted to save time, you could use canned yams, but I feel it doesn’t taste as delicious…as if you used ...
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• Mouth-watering Chili Recipes

  
  Meal Menu Planner — Authority: 143
  When your day has been difficult and your psyche is yearning for the solaces of home, what best to arrive home to but a yummy bowl of heartwarming chili. The satisfying dish has been a front-runner in this nation for centuries, and has a intense and deep history. Much has been scripted about the roots of chili, but no ...
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• Soups

  
  Meal Menu Planner — Authority: 143
  Cabbage Chicken Soup Cornflour-100 gm Cabbage-100 gm Chicken-100 gm (small pieces) Salt,chilly powder to taste.                   Boil water in a vessel.Add the cornflour.Then add Cabbage,Chicken pieces and boil for 15 mins.Serve hot. Cauliflower Soup Cornflour-100 gm Cauliflower-100 gm ...
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• Mexican Food Traditions

  
  An Easy Recipe — Authority: 130
  Like all countries, there are Mexican food traditions, which are unique to the country. Food, after all, is an important part of any countrys culture and Mexico is certainly no exception. There are Mexican food customs, which are attached to certain holidays and other occasions, with special dishes being cooked on ...
  3 hours ago

• Selling Everything Progress

  
  Money Funk | Personal Finance & Frugal Living — Authority: 420
  Selling everything also has me wanting to minimize or omit the unnecessary components in my life, too. Let me tell you how this ’sell all process’ is going , what else has been taking place, what I am learning, and what I am gaining. Progress this weekend: Going Husband decided he wants to have a garage ...
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• Cooking Light, 1 yr, $5!!

  
  Rebecca's Bargains — Authority: 130
  Amazon is having a GREAT deal off the cover price of Cooking Light! One year for just $5.00!  That’s 90% off!  Woot! This deal is only good until the 14th, so hurry up and order (makes a great Christmas gift too!) I use their recipes pretty frequently in my meal plans, it’s definitely a great magazine to ...
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• #6: Saeco 00385 Nina Bar Traditional Espresso Machine

  
  SuperSave Price.com — Authority: 164
  Saeco 00385 Nina Bar Traditional Espresso Machine Saeco 1 day in the top 100 (6) Buy new: $350.00 $271.30 10 used & new from $234.99 (Ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Bestsellers in Kitchen & Dining list for authoritative information on this product’s current rank.) Here is the original post:  #6: ...
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• Its Kraut!

  
  Cooking Junkies Forums — Authority: 162
  On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:11:06 -0500, "Virginia Tadrzynski" wrote: >I finally checked. Check the blog. > www.ginnysbraincheese.blogspot.com > No pictures? Christine -- http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com
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• Ms. Bics Mejillones a la Vinagreta

  
  Bic's Place — Authority: 433
  Although we call them "Spanish Mussels" at our house. Whatever you call them, they are one of the very best mussel dishes in the world. People who think they dont like mussels often love these.Last night we had some good friends join us for dinner. The main course featured "Leaping Frog Chicken." Its a great grilled ...
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• The Vineyard Cookbook – Anon

  
  BookOffers.com.au — Authority: 145
  With a forward by Aussie chef Toby Puttock, The Vineyard Cookbook is a celebration of food and wine from Australia’s grape growing regions. Nothing compares to the experience of sitting with family and friends to enjoy fabulous food while surrounded by stunning architecture, the hum of conversation, and ...
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• apple grilled pork chops

  
  miscellany — Authority: 112
  i think they looked better than they tasted! fresh-cut rosemary from the garden. stuffed with butter sautéed onions and crisp, tart slices of granny smith rubbed with brown sugar. this should have been delicious. but neither girl-child or i liked them. but they sure were pretty to look at.
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• Apples and nuts cake

  
  Len — Authority: 121
  My neighbor which I occasionally help with PC problems seeing me in the street Friday gave me a bunch of apples saying these are “bio”-apples from his house in the mountains. I should take some since he has just picked up his apple tree and has too many apples and no idea what to do with them. Starting with the ...
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• Oh! Pioneer

  
  Under The BIG blue Sky — Authority: 423
  You read Pioneer Woman already, don’t you?  Tell me you read Pioneer Woman?  I had, but then hadn’t for awhile.  Then I realized her cookbook (drool, swoon) had just come out.  Just a few days before I visited and I wanted it, oh I wanted it, but I’m trying to control my spending and acquiring, and the ...
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• How to Conveniently Create Whipped Cream with Cream Whippers

  
  Product Detectors — Authority: 426
  Whipped cream has sanctioned itself as a primary ingredient in desserts, pastry doughs, beverages and even coffee. Astonishingly, it has today come to attention that it is an effective substitute to ordinary house provisions care hair conditioner, skin moisturizer and shaving cream. You can find a lot of ...
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• Best bit of action youve seen in a resto

  
  Cooking Junkies Forums — Authority: 162
  On Nov 8, 3:11*pm, aem wrote: > On Nov 8, 11:50 am, Kalmia wrote: > > > After the resto - bashing, I feel guilty. *Maybe its time to laud > > something unusual you have witnessed, some bit of beyond the call > > service. *[snip] > > I posted this in 1999: > "..., I remember ...
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