http://makemecook.com Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:57:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now for something savory and different, yet common at the same time. Are you intrigued? Food ABCs - Letter C Cipollini Another poor culinary term that is often butchered like a piece of prime rib with a butter knife, as SIP-pol-lee-ni or SIP-pol-lee-nee. The correct pronounciation of these little cuties is ... http://makemecook.com/archive/2006/10/food-abcs-cipollini/ Welcome to another Food ABC lesson! Food ABCs - Letter B Blini Commonly mispronounced by even culinary snobs as BLI-nee, the correct pronunciation is BLEE-nee. Blin (prounounced BLEEN) is the singular form of the word, while Blini refers to more than one. Okay, sure now you know how to say it but what the heck ... http://makemecook.com/archive/2006/10/food-abcs-blini/ Have you ever gandered at a word in a recipe of on a fanchy shmancy menu and wondered silently to yourself “What in the hell does that means?!” I like to think that I know my stuff, but every once in a while some weird word rears its ugly head and ... http://makemecook.com/archive/2006/10/food-abcs-assiette/ Have you ever eaten food with so much flavor, so much intensity that you think about it long after it is gone. When you speak of it days later your eyes close tightly and you say things like “Mmm-mmm that was soooo good, I could go for some more ... http://makemecook.com/archive/2006/10/ume-style-chilean-sea-bass/ I’ll need to give you folks a little history behind this recipe posting. I recently started a blog over at this site called VOX. It’s been the place where I’ve been putting my daily ramblings, okay so sometimes not daily but fairly regularly. I wanted ... http://makemecook.com/archive/2006/10/scones-are-good-medicine/