2. Cream Whippers (a.k.a. “iSi Whippers”) We’re all familiar with whipped cream in a can. A cream whipper is a reusable version of the can, without the cream, that you fill with cream or whatever else you like. They’re a simple yet clever design: pour your contents into the container, screw on the lid, and … Read more
Use the ripest bananas you can find to give this dessert a really full, sweet banana flavour. Banoffee Cheesecake Hands-on time 25min, plus cooling and chilling. Cooking time 1hr 5min. Serves 8 For the base · 100g (31/2oz) butter, melted, plus extra to grease · 200g (7oz) digestive biscuits, finely crushed For the filling · … Read more
Babies’ necks can prop their heads, so they are very interested in observing the outside world. 4-month-old babies have outstanding development in controlling the moves of their heads and limbs. 1. Babies’ brains have been developed Practical studies show that early experience and awareness in the first stage of their lives will be bricks forming … Read more
Stash this dessert in the freezer for a quick and easy go-to pud. Apple Galette Hands-on time 20min. Cooking time about 35min. Cuts into 8 pieces · Plain flour, to dust · 500g pack puff pastry · 8tbsp apricot jam · 4 Braeburn apples, cored and very thinly sliced 1. Preheat oven to 200oC (180oC … Read more
Do not be so surprised when seeing that babies’ skin has strange color. After 9 months and 10 days of pregnancy, you will burn into tears due to happiness when holding your little babies. Seeing that their blood-red skin with two tightly closed eyes, you will feel to love them so much and your sweet … Read more
One of the highlights of school holidays for me is not having to make school lunches. I find this task one of those repetitive and boring — although essential — ones of parenting: a perfect task for which to create a process! Creating a school lunchbox process School mornings can be stressful if there’s too … Read more
Try to spend some time focusing on the needs of older children too and helping them to adapt to the new arrival. Your baby today If you had a cesarean and your baby is healthy, he’ll likely come home from the hospital with you today, after passing his final in-hospital pediatric exam. Make sure you … Read more
Letting the family cook In the monthly menu-planning template, one evening meal per week is set aside for my husband or the kids to cook. This wasn’t always the case, so having a night off from cooking is a great break for me. The change also didn’t happen overnight. It evolved as my blogging workload … Read more
Edible ecosystems Paradoxically, it may be that reataurants are doing most to, devlop these rules of conduct. The new wild food recipes use very small quantities of their ingredients. The ways in which they are cooked – often using high technology to frost, compress, vacuum-seal or rapid-pickle – are desgned tos highlight flavours and inspire … Read more
Dave Arnold on Industrial Hardware Dave Arnold teaches at the French Culinary Institute in New York City, where he instructs students about modern techniques and equipment. How do you get someone to make the mental leap, to think analytically, and to think outside the box, while in the kitchen? For people who don’t naturally think … Read more
A highbrow hobby To understand these paradoxes, it’s important to remember that ‘foraging’ (as understood today) doesn’t have much connection with subsistence gathering. It has always been hobbyist and slightly highbrow. One of the first accounts was Lilly Wiggs’s Esculent Plants, written in the late 18th century. The author lived in Great Yarmouth and worked … Read more
1.1. Stock, broth, and consommé Stock, broth, consommé—what’s the difference? Stock and broth are both liquids made by simmering vegetable and/or animal matter. Traditionally, stocks are made with bones, which have collagen. Most of this collagen breaks down and converts to gelatin, which gives the stock a lubricious mouth-feel and, at sufficient concentrations, causes the … Read more
Toy can take part in creating psychological base for kids. It can be said that toy is one of elements that help create kids’ characters. It is parents’ inattention to choose toy and manufacturers’ respecting profit that affects characters and behaviors of the next young generation. Implicit danger when kids mimic anti-toy toys When having … Read more
This forager’s bible has sold half a million aopies since it was first published in 1972. Author Richard Mabey reveals why wild flavours tickle our tastebuds still It’s mid-autumn and the colours on the Cumbrian dells are as topsy-turvy as 2011’s weather. Mauve bush-vetch is having a second flowering among the gold-brushed bracken fronds. White-winged … Read more
What goes on behind those two-way swinging doors leading to the commercial kitchen? More and more restaurants are sharing with the public what they’re doing, even going so far as to blog their thoughts and recipes for all the world to see. Why? Well, for one, it serves as great publicity for the restaurants. And … Read more
Is using talcum powder for babies as beneficial as you think? Parents often have a habit of applying a small amount of talcum powder to babies after their bath with a hope that it can desiccate and have flavor attracting babies. Talcum powder brings no advantages but lots of disadvantages Although talcum powder is scented … Read more
Now highly acclaimed for his innovative and colourful food, Yotam Ottolenghi moved to England from his native Isarel in 1997 to train at the Cordon Bleu. Before that he was still pursuing a career in academia and jouralism. After training at a selection of London establishments over the years – including Baker & Spice and … Read more
Bottle-feeding This involves more preparation, but your partner can help and become involved with feeding. You’ll need in advance 4–6 bottles: larger 8 fl oz (250 ml) bottles, and smaller 4 fl oz (125 ml) ones; newborn bottle nipples; a bottle brush; and infant formula. If you have chlorinated tap water, it’s okay to put … Read more
At the age of 1, some babies are able to babble short sentences in lots of tone. Babies from 48 to 52 weeks begin to prove their ‘egos’, become hard-headed and more independent. At the age of 1, some babies are able to babble. Babies want to be independent At the age of 1, babies … Read more
Try adding bacon lardons to these cakes for meat eaters. Veggie Risotto Cakes Hands-on time about 35min. Cooking time about 40min. Makers 8 · 3tbsp olive oil · 1 medium onion, finely chopped · 375g (13oz) risotto rice · 75ml (3fl oz) white wine, optional · litre (2 pints) hot vegetable stock · 125g (4oz) … Read more