a long, slow covered simmer used mainly with tougher cuts of meat in order to break down muscle and connective tissue in order to achieve that falling off the bone succulence. Braising is one pot cooking, but does require the time.

a movement similar to that of Richard Gere swooping Deborah Winger off her feet and into a life as a wife of a fighter pilot. Although gallant and oozing romanticism, you’ll find that Deborah doesn’t become truly content until her love has retired from the Air Force and taken up a position for American Airlines bringin’ in about $200K per year.

A whisk can also be a cooking utensil used in food preparation to blend ingredients smooth, or to incorporate air into a mixture, in a process known as whisking or whipping.

French for ‘thousand sheets’, is a little slice of heaven, that’s what it is!! This tantalizing pastry made of several layers of puff pastry alternating with a sweet filling, typically pastry cream, but sometimes whipped cream, or jam. It is usually glazed with royal icing or fondant in alternating white and brown (chocolate) strips, and combed.

Every single guy, including Brad, on the AllTell Commercials. Geez I’m sick of those! But seriously, milk toast is a breakfast food consisting mainly, though not entirely, of toasted bread dipped in or covered in hot milk into which a small amount of butter has been melted. Cinnamon and raisins may be added. Milk toast was a popular food throughout the late 19th century and early 20th century, especially for young children and for the ailing, for whom the food was thought to be soothing and easy to digest. Although not as popular today, milk toast is still considered a comfort food.

Milk toast’s soft blandness inspired the timid and ineffectual comic strip character Caspar Milquetoast, drawn by Harold Webster from 1924 to 1952. The term “milquetoast” is still used today to refer to a person of weak character or principles.

Well, this is either a comely young woman with a name like Becky Sue, OR, Southern Comfort is a fruit, spice, and whiskey flavored liqueur produced since 1874. It is made from a secret blend of whiskey, peach brandy, orange, vanilla, sugar, and cinnamon flavors. Trust me, take it straight.

Found in beef, sheep and other animals, suet is the solid white fat found around the kidneys and loins. Many British recipes call for it to lend richness to pastries, puddings, stuffings and mincemeats. I remember it hanging from a tree in winter with bird seeds stuck to it for those winged creatures who don’t vacation in Scottsdale.