Posts by Vegetable Man

Hello, I'm hoping some here might be able to help with ideas for a baking a cake. I spend most of my time in the kitchen cooking, and not baking, so I'm a little nervous trying to get it right. I have a friends birthday coming up...

hey, I don't check the welcome forum enough, musta missed this post! Welcome to the board, and the area! I'm not a professional cook(unfortunately, I'm in I/T), but I do love to cook, especially when throwing big parties and catering...

Thanks for the great ideas everyone. I will have to play around with a few of them before now and St. Patty's and see what works out best. I was talking to a chef instructor who teaches in my area and she also recommended the idea...

'ello all, I've recently begun having a lot of fun catering to larger groups of people. I'm just a beginning home cook, but I was able to pull off a super bowl party without a hitch. We had 15 homemade margherita pizzas, homemade guac...

I'm a bit new to cooking in general, but I very much enjoy Bon Appetit and Saveur. Bon Appetit packs each issue with a great variety of fantastic recipes, while Saveur just has some very interesting articles interspersed with wonderful...

My apologies for not responding more quickly, I got overwhelmed by work last week and forgot to come here and thank everyone for their suggestions. It's appreciated, I'll be sure to let everyone know how it turns out. On a similar...

I'd like to cook a nice dinner for a friend of mine. I was thinking it would be fun to make the whole homemade ravioli/pasta thing, but I'm just looking for ideas. If someone wouldn't mind, I'd love to hear your ideas for a ravioli...

Suzanne, I'm not sure I've had sweetbreads. Unless I'm over complicating what you mean. Funny story about cow brain. I was visiting my brother up in Allentown, PA and we stopped by the farmers market for a bit. I made a stop by the...

Sorry to bring this up to the top, but what a great thread. Weirdest food for me, while living in Santa Barbara: Cow Tongue(shredded) Burrito(wonderful food) Cow Brain Burrito(which I couldn't keep down)

Hi, I would keep an eye out on Amazon and ebay. Just before I paid full price for my Global knives locally, Amazon had the 3 piece set with the shinkansen sharpener for $129. If you're not in a hurry, it might be a decent way to get...