Le Creuset Dutch Ovens – the mainstay of the French cook. (That’s why the are also known as French Ovens, I guess.) After Julia Child started showing hers off on television, they became the mainstay of the American kitchen, too. Incredibly adaptable for different styles of cooking, you can use these things for soups, stews, > read more
Considering the prices of Le Creuset and other good quality enamel on cast iron cookware, figuring out what size dutch oven to buy is an important question. Purchasing a piece that is too large is going to cost you extra money and extra effort to use – these things are heavy. But getting one too > read more
Yesterday’s discussion about stockpots got me thinking about chili. Not the hatch green chile that we’ve talked about before, but good old American Texas red chili. Which was ironic, because I just finished the last pack of a chili mix that my brother bought me for my birthday last November called Carroll Shelby’s Original Texas > read more