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It’s cooking class time!

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Fun. Laughter. Eating lots of really good food. Learning new skills. All of those things happen in one of our cooking classes.

Was learning to cook a part of your New Year’s resolutions? Maybe you want to add some new ideas to your everyday dinners. Maybe it is time to plan a fun evening out with your friends and not just say “we should have.” Do you want to turn off the TV, get out and do something new? If your answer was yes to any of these, then a cooking class has got to be on your horizon. [Read more…]

Miso Ginger Glazed Samon

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Time for honesty and true confessions in the kitchen! Do you have a black, cast iron skillet hidden in the basement or back of the cabinet and just cannot bring yourself to use it? Maybe you hesitate because you don’t know how to use it. Well, it’s time to get over that and we can help.

The other scary thing in a kitchen is cooking fish. At least, for those of us who grew up in the land-locked Midwest, cooking fresh fish is a little (or a lot) intimidating. Well, we can help with that, too. [Read more…]

Housewares Show is a Wonderland

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Imagine being a kid in the candy store. Not just any candy store, but one of the largest in the world, with treats from all across the globe. It’s just too much to take in.

That is about the best description we can give for the International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago. Miles and miles of booths, from all over the world, offering everything (and anything) for cooking, for the kitchen, the bath, the table and more.

Only thing is, you can’t buy. Nope. Nothing. It is the annual showcase so that buyers from top department stores and the biggest discount stores to the tiniest gift shop can see what is new. [Read more…]

Cheesy Chicken Tortilla Soup

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Cheesy Chicken Tortilla soup
Winter is definitely not at the top of my “favorite season” list. I’ll admit that I enjoy a great snow day once in a while but the gloomy days can carve away at my generally cheerful outlook. I was always taught to count my blessings and oh my goodness there are many. One of the blessings of winter is that soup is always welcome at the dinner table. Most soups are easy enough to prepare and for some reason they cure winter time blues and warm the soul. I like to use this season to add new soups to the recipe box. That is the beauty of soup……there are literally hundreds to try. [Read more…]