Gourmet Culinaire and Cuisine

Making your own homemade bread crumbs is easier than you think! It's a great way to use up left-over slices of bread, bread crusts, hamburger and hot dog rolls, potato rolls, crackers and even thin small pretzels.Supplies Needed:Food Dehydrator (I use one made by Ronco (tm) that has 7 trays) Blender or Food Processor Large Bowl (I use a 32 cup bowl) 2 Large Gallon Size Freezer Bags 1 Large Air Tight Container with SealBread Products Needed:Bread, Rolls, Crackers, PretzelsSpices Needed:Basil, Oregano, Parsley, Rosemary, Dill, Season Salt, Black Pepper, Chopped Dried Green Onion, Garlic Salt or Garlic PowderPre-Preparation:The first thing that you will need to do is get two large one gallon zipper close bags or recycle a few of your bread bags. (I don't normally recommend re-using bread bags, but in this case, they will work just fine).During the next few weeks or months, as you have left-over bread .. more»

Last year, my husband and I took a dream vacation to Hawaii. We got to tour most of the islands and saw all sides of Hawaii, from Honolulu and the glitzy beach resorts to little towns well off the main tourist track.Everywhere we went, we could count on finding an ubiquitous dish called shoyu chicken. Sometimes it came served with exotic garnishes, usually in the fancier restaurants, and sometimes it came straight out of the cooker and served on paper plates from some roadside stand, but it was always delicious.When we got home, I knew I had to try cooking some shoyu in my own kitchen.There must be thousands of different recipes for this dish. The differences are mainly in the ingredients for the sauce, but even the chicken itself can be cooked any way you like, from boiling in a pot to baking in the oven to grilling on .. more»

Since ancient times, large gardens have been used for growing vegetables, flowers, fruits and medicines. These gardens are called herb gardens. Some common plants grown are rosemary, parsley, sage, marjoram, thyme, mint, rue, angelica, bay and basil. Herb garden designs can be useful or ornamental depending on the kind of plants grown in them.Herb garden designs of medieval and Renaissance Europe period are a big influence for herb gardeners today. Practical as well as ornamental, formal herb gardens laid out in simple beds date back to medieval Europe and continue to be popular today. It is very easy and inexpensive to maintain a herb garden. By practice the herb gardener can be an expert. Keeping in mind the modern times, herbs used can be differentiated as:o Culinary herbso Medicinal herbso Ornamental herbs.Culinary herbs are the most popular herbs like rosemary, parsley that are very easily grown and contains both annual and perennial varieties. .. more»

Molds consist of all kinds of microscopic fungi that develop in the form of multicellular filaments. These multicellular filaments are called hyphae.Molds do not appear in the form of a particular phylogenetic or taxonomic grouping but can be found in the form of Ascomycota, Zygomycota and Deuteromycota. The growth of the mold can be useful in the production of numerous antibiotics, foods, enzymes and beverages. However, they can also be harmful to some other eatables.There are several species of molds such as thermophiles, acquatic species, opportunistic pathogens and saprotrophs. Molds derive the energy to survive from the organic matter on which they live and not from photosynthesis. Molds produce hydrolytic enzymes from the dominant hyphal tips. These enzymes breakdown compound biopolymers like cellulose and starch into simple particles which can enter the hyphae. Mold in this way causes decomposition of organic matter and makes reprocessing of nutrients present in the .. more»