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). Due to the absence of heat, raw food preparation is often considered separate from cooking.

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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Original Technorati articles tagged “cooking”

• in Autos
  Find Your Way Around A Kitchen
  Cooking Planit delivers a GPS cooking tool to those who need direction in the kitchen
  by makingsense / on Mar 5, 2013
• in Family
  Cooking for Kids: Smart Bites for Baby, Mika Shino
  Whether cooking brainfoods for babies or soft foods for adults, SMART BITES FOR BABY offers an international smorgasbord of delights.
  by missbobetier / on Sep 10, 2012
• in Videos
  My Drunk Kitchen: An Informative Trainwreck
  The Joys of Drunk Cooking
  by kdbarclay / on Jun 29, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “cooking”

 

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• Crock Pot Pepper Steak

  
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  This is one of my old stand-by recipes and I was shocked when I realized I had never posted it, here, for you.  Craving the savory, rich, meatiness of this homey dish, I reached for the computer, to just pull up my recipe on the blog, and discovered that it wasn’t here.  It was definitely necessary to immediately ...
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• Only one slice of salami left

  
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  On May 20, 5:27*pm, "Christopher M." wrote: > What would you make...if you only had one slice of salami left? > > Would you make a sandwich? Or a pizza? Or roll it up so tight that you can > pick your teeth with it? > > W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.) Depends if its good salami or not. Where I am ...
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• rec.food.cooking FAQ and conversion file

  
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  Archive-name: cooking/faq Maintained-by: Victor Sack LAST UPDATED 20 March, 2011 - a small change in section 1.6 (Fats) - a small change in section 3 (definition of biscuits) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Copyright © Victor Sack 2003-2013, Copyright © Mary Frye and ...
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• Custard Choc Chip Cookies

  
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• Stout Ice Cream

  
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• The Simple Essentials of Healthy Cooking

  
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• Enjoy 160+ Free Recipes At Your Fingertips With Foodie Recipes For iPad [iOS]

  
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• MacGourmet Deluxe Review

  
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• Motherlode Blog: Best Tool to Fight Childhood Obesity? Your Kitchen

  
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  Preparing food at home means eating better and lighter for most families. That doesn’t make it easy.        
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• Best Tool to Fight Childhood Obesity? Your Kitchen

  
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• Meatless Monday: Summery Spring Vegetable Soup

  
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• OT For You Cat Experts

  
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• Kate Middleton Continues To Seduce Prince William; Takes Cooking Classes To Whip Up Sweet Treats!

  
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• Recipe of the Day~~~

  
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• Karen’s Swiss Steak (Stove Top, Crock Pot or Oven)

  
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• Sunday Day 582 Food Diary

  
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