My writings about Food and Cooking
A little about me: I cook a lot, mostly dinner at home for my family and friends but sometimes for massive parties of upwards of 200 people. I’ve been doing sous vide cooking since 2010. I run a food blog called Unselling Convenience (also @unsellingconvenience on Instagram if you’d rather follow along there), which is mostly an inspiration board and memory database of things I’ve enjoyed cooking and probably want to cook again. I believe that shortcuts are great, but not at the expense of quality. I administer the Everyday Sous Vide and Instant Pot Love groups on Facebook. I enjoy inspiring other people to cook and giving advice. The following is an index of some of the good stuff of what I’ve written about food and cooking.
BIG UPDATE!
This page is no longer being updated, I’ve moved my index page to https://counter.kitchen
Go check it out there!
My Cooking Kit
- My Cooking Kit, Part 1 — Cookware & Bakeware
- My Cooking Kit, Part 2 — Knives
- My Cooking Kit, Part 3 — Basic General Tools (new!)
- My Cooking Kit, Part 4 — More Specialized and Obscure Tools (new!)
- My Cooking Kit, Part 5 — Devices & Electrics (new!)
Equipment & Techniques
- Getting started with Sous Vide Cooking
- A summary of Sous Vide safety issues
- In praise of the Sous Vide Supreme
- Some Instant Pot tips
- In praise of the chamber vacuum
- A brief introduction to self-servicing your Kitchenaid Stand Mixer
- Kitchen cycles for less waste and better building blocks (new!)
- Timing for an hour
On Food and Eating
- Cooking at home is different
- Why I eat what I eat
- Scoring and labeling whole foods, the landmines of healthy eating, and the frustration of pleasure
About Some Specific Foods
- Some thoughts on salad
- Sous Vide French Toast
- My method for crunchy fermented pickles
- Why I don’t eat High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
I love to geek out about this stuff, and feedback is welcomed! Leave a comment here, or find me @fields on twitter or @unsellingconvenience on instagram.