Cooking Tips

I know that the kitchen usually belongs to us women and we think we know what works best - not always. I stock the kitchen with the food I know my husband likes to eat and I leave him to it. My biggest problem was that he kept spilling cereal in his...

There are so many cookie recipes available, but to make them taste yummy is another thing. Everyone has their individual tastes. For that reason the perfect cookie is not only about a recipe, but also about a technique of how to create the kind of cookie...

Honey is big business throughout the world and in New Zealand, manuka is the honey of choice. It is made from the flowers of the tea tree bush, a plant that also provides tea tree oil. Honeybees find this bush very attractive and they gather nectar from...

I have not met a person yet that does not love the popular French fry. Everyone has a distinct enjoyment for this type of food and it expands from young to old alike. But how do you achieve the very sought after golden and crisp French fry?
Let's explore this for a moment. The ideal French fry is one that is soft and fluffy on the outside yet crispy and golden brown on the outside. When you bite into the French fry you should feel the satisfaction of the crunch and enjoy the softness of...