TIP OF THE DAY: Freezing Cheeses

Buy eat, eat it, freeze the leftovers. Photo courtesy iGourmet.com. Common belief is that you shouldn’t freeze cheese. Freezing can change the texture, making many cheeses grainy or crumbly. That’s because of the water content of cheese. It turns to ice and breaks apart the curds. But you definitely can freeze cheese. If the choice…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Check If Fish Is Cooked

Yesterday we suggested that you roast fish more often and included an easy recipe. The only difficult part of roasting fish is determining when it’s done. A key reason some people don’t like fish is because they grew up with overcooked, dry, “fishy” fish. While each recipe has time guidelines, it requires some experimentation with…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try A Roasted Fish Recipe—It’s Easy!

Roast salmon atop sauteed spinach and mushrooms in a lemon butter caper sauce. Photo courtesy Restaurant i at the Charles Hotel, New York City. Too many people shy away from cooking fish because they feel it’s difficult. That’s a myth: It’s easy to cook healthy and delicious fish fillets, steaks and even whole fish. (Whether…
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