Topic: cooking

Curiosity Got the Chef: Cheese Is How We Do It

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Cheese was the main ingredient in the November 28 episode of Curiosity Got the Chef, as Chef Sharwin shows us new ways to use everyone’s second favourite dairy product in cooking. Find out how it’s done: Cheese Steak, Grilled Cheese Sandwich, and Brie Cheese Cake with Caramelized apples.

24/7 Grilled Cheese - Chef Sharwin Tee (Photo courtesy of Curiosity Got the Chef)

Let’s Party with the Chef (Curiosity Got the Chef Season 2 Episode 4)

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Birthday, that time of year when other people are more excited than you are about the day you were born. With good reason especially if treats are involved. Let’s see what Chef Sharwin has in store to make the celebration something more than the usual.

The Chef is Back: “Curiosity Got the Chef” Season 2

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Are you in the mood for another round of delightful dishes? The new season of Curiosity Got The Chef premieres this week on the Lifestyle Network and offers several treats for bacon lovers everywhere.

Delicious Seoul Story Cooking Contest: Win a South Korean gourmet food trip

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Are you a non-Korean living outside South Korea who loves to cook? The Seoul Metropolitan Government is hosting a contest called “Delicious Seoul Story Cooking Contest”. Five winning teams will get a free trip to South Korea for a five-day gourmet food tour, which includes visits to gourmet restaurants and traditional markets in Seoul, and classes with Korean master chefs.

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Very few can have the expansive kitchens featured in mansions on TV, so with the limited space, which pans are your must-haves? Once you have these four, you may not need more.

Video: Muesli with dried and fresh fruits (Curiosity Got the Chef)

Watch Chef Sharwin Tee whip up something healthy and yummy on his show, Curiosity Got the Chef.

Curiosity Got The Chef from Charissa Pammit on Vimeo.

Shiny Pointy Things

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With food becoming more and more significant in people’s lives, kitchen gadgets are falling out of the sky. From garlic presses to silicone tea bags, kitchen gadgets are now a dime a dozen. Even the most basic of gadgets, the kitchen knifes, are getting glam makeovers as well, but how many kitchen knives do you really need? “Only four,” is the answer and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Crowd Pleasers: Big food for big groups (Chef Theo’s Cookbooks) Release date: 11 July 2012 Hungry horde at your door waiting to be fed? Don’t fret! This second volume of Chef Theo’s cookbooks will take you through the basics of cooking delicious, easy and hearty meals that will surely make you the star of your

Surviving (Cooking for) the Holidays

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The holidays are approaching and as they bring in joy, warmth and love, they also bring in the pressure of cooking and entertaining. Here are some tips for doing all the work — and still having enough cheer and energy left over to enjoy the event.

Tip # 1: Train!

Think of cooking as a sport. The more you train, the better you will get at it. The best thing to do when cooking for your family or entertaining friends is to cook something you’ve cooked before. Love that new recipe you got from the TV show or the internet? Shelve that for less stressful times. The holidays call for your specialties, the mechado you’ve cooked dozens of times and the no-fail lasagne your mom taught you. If you must have a new recipe on the table, then take the recipe on a test run or two in the weeks running up to the big day.

Bulletproof: Pasta Puttanesca

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Not to be all Debbie Downer about this, but if you buy puttanesca at a restaurant on a regular basis, you’re getting ripped off, my friend. The thing is that puttanesca sauce is pretty much the easiest pasta sauce there is to make, and for the price of two puttanesca meals in a restaurant, you can feed five to six hungry, average-size people.