Episode 5: Arroz con Pollo, Fennel-Orange Salad and Raspberry Clafoutis

This week, I make a yummy early-spring dinner of Arroz con Pollo–saffron rice with chicken–with a crunchy fennel salad on the side. And there’s time for dessert–an eggy, fruity clafoutis with raspberries.


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Episode 4: Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs with Guest Peter “The Egg Whisperer”

This week: Just in time for Easter, esteemed egg expert Peter (er, my husband) cooks the perfect hard-boiled egg in real time. Use this episode as your own egg timer at home!


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Episode 3: Recipe Decoder: Browning, Caramelizing and Sauteing

This week, I talk about the differences in three overlapping terms used frequently in recipes, and discuss what exactly you should do when a recipe says to brown, saute or caramelize something.


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Episode 2: Pasta with yogurt, caramelized onions and bacon, plus green salad and homemade dressing

This week: a simple dinner of pasta and salad, but with an interesting, Greek-inspired combination of flavors (plus bacon!) in the pasta, and a fresh green salad with easy homemade dressing.


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Episode 1: Why cook in real time?

tvcopyWelcome to Cooking in Real Time! I’m very excited about this new project, and a little daunted–there’s so much information to pass on to all the people who’ve been asking me how to get started cooking.

In this first episode, I just talk briefly about why this format–audio, not flashy video–and what future episodes will hold.

Short answer: Food TV sucks the life out of you, and cheats on time. But smart home cooks have to work efficiently and put together a whole meal at once. With Cooking in Real Time, you can listen along to the podcast and cook dinner at the same time–just press pause if you feel like you might be slipping behind.

So, listen in:


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Then subscribe via feedburner, and send me an email if you have questions, suggestions or comments!

Next week: The first weeknight dinner–simple but surprising pasta, plus homemade salad dressing.