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There is no better cookie in the world than a well-made chocolate cookie. Read on to find out how to make the perfect chocolate cookie.

The Perfect Chocolate Cookie

The best chocolate cookie is the cocoa drop cookie. Not only are they delicious, but they are easy to make as well.

The ingredients required for this recipe are: ¼ cup butter, softened; ¼ cup shortening; 1 cup sugar; 1 egg; ¾ cup buttermilk; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 ¼ cup sifted all-purpose flour; ½ tsp baking soda; ½ tsp salt; ½ cup cocoa powder, unsweetened; and 1 cup of chopped pecans.

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One of the best courses to serve during summer is smoked seafood. For a light yet delicious meal, consider an appetizer of smoked oysters to start. These tasty treats can be bought in most markets as well as chosen farms that specially breed them to sell. If you are lucky enough to live by a port or in a town near the ocean, you will probably find oysters easily. Some may need to venture further away, but the trip will be worth it.

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Dark chocolate seems to be one of the latest products to hit the “health food” product circuit. The Dove dark chocolate bar and Xocai healthy dark chocolate are just two examples. The battle cry is that dark chocolate is bursting with anti-oxidants that help to prevent heart disease and stroke. Sounds great!

What are anti-oxidants and do we really need them?

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PASTA SECRET #1: ATTITUDE

Attitude is the most important aspect. We should give the greatest attention and focus to our cooking and not get distracted by other things.

PASTA SECRET #2: THE WATER, THE POT AND THE SALT

To cook pasta we need only four things: good attitude, good water, good salt and good pasta.

Always use a large and deep pot. No shallow or small pan for boiling pasta. The best ones are those wonderful stainless steel beauties, with a very thick bottom. Puts lots of water to boil. Even if you are going to cook just for yourself a quick “spaghettata”, always use at least 1 quart of water. You need 1 quarter for each 100 gr of pasta.

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Do you realize the intricate and varied history of coffee as you sip on a cup of coffee? There is a long and entertaining story of how coffee was invented, how it migrated to your particular cup and an unending effort to produce the many flavors of coffee that continue to make it such a popular beverage.

Each country has added its taste preference and its own way of brewing as coffee spread around the world. This has resulted in a plethora of coffee drinks for us all to savor and enjoy. The unique customs across cultures has also added to this ritual of drinking coffee.

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Before you begin your cooking adventure with your kids, here are a few tips to get your kids comfortable in the kitchen. These tips can help your kids become safe and responsible cooks. Once they become acclimated with the kitchen they will love to help and be involved.

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Let’s assume that you have gone out and got yourself a good, wholesome, free-range, farm-reared, preferably organic, corn-fed chicken.

What do you do with it?

Well, you’ve got several options…..

You could cut it into joints (or get your friendly neighbourhood butcher to do it for you) and do a sauté or a fricassée.

You could poach it whole with some onions, celery, carrots and a little white wine, and then carve it and serve it with a sauce made from the cooking liquid enriched with cream and some fresh tarragon.

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The Bat Mitzvah is a recent variant of the traditional Bar Mitzvah celebration. This is a celebration of when a young girl in Jewish religion turns 13. She studies the torah and reads part of it in Hebrew to her friends and family, and then there is a big party with lots of food and best of all, gifts! If you are the one putting together this Bat Mitzvah celebration you’ve probably already realized how involved its going to be! However, here are a couple of food courses that may brighten your day and make your other choices a little easier.

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Summertime, with it’s sweltering heat and heavy air, does something to a wine drinker’s palate. We no longer crave a tannic rich Cabernet, for example. They tend to make us warm. During the hot months, wine drinkers tend to crave wines high in acidity. These livlier wines tend to be more cleansing and refreshing. So, put away your Merlots and Cabernets for the Summer, and join us for a tour of some delightful summer substitutes.

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These crockpot chicken recipes are delicious. Just check these out and I’m sure you’ll be amazingly surprised.

So here we go for some crockpot chicken recipes:

>>Crockpot Chicken Basic

~3 lb Chicken Salt and pepper

~2 Cloves garlic, minced

~1/4 ts Powdered marjoram

~1/4 ts Powdered thyme

~1 Bay leaf

~1/2 c Dry white wine (optional)

~1 c Dairy sour cream

~1 c Packaged biscuit mix

~1 tb Chopped parsley

~6 tb Milk

~10 Small white onions

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