If you watch the popular BBC America series Come Dine With Me, you’d be forgiven for thinking that hosting a dinner party for some close friends is one big drama from start to finish with argumentative guests, deflating soufflés and the fussy vegan guest who refuses to eat anything you put on their plate. Cooking…
Does the idea of a juicy steak, grilled to glistening, sizzling perfection make your mouth water? Luckily for you, you can achieve professional results at home, without a whole lot of effort. Following, you’ll find tips for grilling the perfect steak – no matter how you like it. Cut Matters While it’s true that just…
We rarely do a blog touting our own meals, but I felt it was time. Our meals are great, after all! We’ve had some changes to the menu over the years, as the owners and chefs work out more recipes and refine the menu. And of course we’ve added our MK Special menu for those…
If there’s a hate/love relationship we all as human beings share, it’s our relationship with sugar. Think about it. Sugar is sweet; it tastes good and makes other things taste good. It gives dessert its taste and ultimately appears in so much of our food that we don’t know what we’d do without it. On…
So, it’s your parents’ 25th wedding anniversary, and they’ve talked about it, and decided to do… nothing. The anticipated stress of having to plan a get together or the awkwardness of having to sit through minstrels massacring Mozart at a “romantic” restaurant is just too much. So they’ve chosen the TV instead? When they look…
For some reason, my meatloaf never comes out the same way as my mom’s used to and no matter how hard I try, and how many times she has shown me how to make her vanilla pound cake, it comes out like just a dry pound of cake! I think it is just a rule,…
With the continuing popularity of ‘Dinner Takes All’, dinner parties have never been more fashionable! The program wonderfully demonstrates the fun that can be had when a host gets it right, but it also highlights the multitude of things that can go wrong! But follow the steps below and your guests will score you a…
Kitchen gadgets are the best; some of us are absolutely addicted to collecting them. I remember I had a lemon zester that I loved, until someone bought me a microplane! Now my zester sits unused in a drawer. Microplanes will be my first item then, of Kitchen gadgets you just can’t do without! 1. Microplane:…
Looking for easy meals and activities for the dog days of summer? Then look no further, my friend. We all dread those dog days, but there isn’t too much we can do about it. So, as I figured out a long time ago, you just have to make the best out of the situation. With…
Hold the phone. You mean to tell me I can get a turkey dinner, as in Thanksgiving dinner all year long? This is probably the best thing to come to summer since Holiday movies airing on TV in July. There is no need to wait for November; you can have this stuff any time of…