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Cooking Utensils – Very Basic – Item 1 – Chef’s Knife

12/05/2009

Assuming you already have a fork, spoon, knife, plates, some kind of frying pan and a basic pot of some sort, there are only 3 things that  a real cook needs.   This is the first.  See other posts for items 2 (cutting board) and 3 (knife sharpener).

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Basic Italian tomato sauce – marinara

11/29/2009

 Basic tomato sauce marinara

Simple, fast, inexpensive and tastes better than just about anything that can be purchased.  A thick rich flavorful tomato sauce that forms the basis of other things Italian.  Once you’ve made the sauce here’s a great use for it, lasagna.  Although the sauce itself is so good by itself, you’ll need to stop yourself from eating it straight out of the pot.

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