http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ en-us sbryan@mainetoday.com 2012-05-10T12:30:32-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042288.html I did it. I cooked a fish! And I ate it! My roommate ate it too and we're both still alive today to talk about it, right Nichole? ...Nichole? It was, without a doubt, the best fish I ever... 42288@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ EASY RECIPES: Even a new cook can do it 2012-05-10T12:30:32-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042285.html Holy halibut. I just bought fish. Perhaps that's not earth-shattering news to you - someone who probably eats fish and knows how to cook it - but for me, today was a life-changer. With help from Chris at Browne... 42285@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ Food shopping 2012-05-09T14:39:58-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042278.html Couscous now fills the warm place in my lazy-cook's heart that use to be filled will cereal and deli ham. The stuff is just so darn easy and expeditious. If couscous were a person, it'd be someone you invited... 42278@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ EASY RECIPES: Even a new cook can do it 2012-05-07T16:27:48-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042264.html I haven't grown much in 33 years. I mean, I've grown (taller, louder and more comfortable with a sauce pan). But my experience nurturing a plant from seed to sprawling success is shamefully limited. More bluntly: I can kill... 42264@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ Garden growing experiment 2012-04-30T12:09:22-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042255.html The banana-lime jam went so well, it's a shame the same couldn't be said for the English muffins that went with it. "I burned three English muffins," I said. "Why were you toasting three at a time?" I was... 42255@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ BURN GALLERY: Photos of things I've charred 2012-04-25T10:23:07-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042248.html I'm a squanderer of parsley. A fritterer of chives. A shameful waster of basil. Or I was, until I learned about herb cubes. What, in cilantro's name, is an herb cube? It's a question your roommate might ask after... 42248@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ TIPS: Things I'm glad I've finally learned 2012-04-23T12:41:21-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042242.html Ageism. There's no denying it exists. Even in the banana world. When you're a young banana with a brightly colored and blemish-free peel, everyone wants a piece of you. You fly off store shelves to top a sundae or a... 42242@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ EASY RECIPES: Even a new cook can do it 2012-04-19T11:17:05-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042237.html When it comes to cooking, sometimes you need to see it before you go home, try to make it yourself with a vague recipe you found on the internet, burn the crap out of everything, decide your stove hates... 42237@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ HOW TO: Make risotto 2012-04-17T11:33:25-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042234.html This is a head of cauliflower: You might recall cauliflower as a cerebrum-like vegetable that your mom used to boil into limp submission a few nights a month. Perhaps she covered it in Velveeta in an attempt to hide... 42234@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ MEET Cauliflower 2012-04-12T12:19:15-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042229.html I grew up afraid of salt. It wasn't that I feared the granules would creep out from their cylindrical home, repel down the shaker's sides, spill from the counter top like some salty waterfall, then hunt me down where... 42229@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ TIPS: Things I'm glad I've finally learned 2012-04-10T11:26:14-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042221.html Here's what I know about bourbon: ______________________ . Well, that's what I knew, until I attended one of The Salt Exchange's monthly bourbon tastings. I now know that bourbon, an American whiskey, is made mostly of corn (51%, by... 42221@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ Drinky drinks 2012-04-05T11:30:16-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042213.html Sometimes it's nice to have directions - say, when you're driving alone through unfamiliar territory and the locals look hostile. Or when you're staring at the 1,298 pieces that comprise the seven-tiered DIY cabinet you just bought for the... 42213@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ EASY RECIPES: Even a new cook can do it 2012-04-03T11:46:45-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042197.html Is it inelegant to smother a sandwich? Is it considered crass to press the lid of a pot onto the face of a turkey on rye, pressing it into a hot pan and simultaneously mashing it into toasted submission? I... 42197@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ EASY RECIPES: Even a new cook can do it 2012-03-27T15:10:49-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042190.html I've met nutmeg before. We're both fans of cold-weather cocktails like hot buttered rum and mulled cider. But I'd only ever come face-to-face with the ground-up stuff that's sold in cylinders at the grocery store. But I happened to stumble... 42190@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ MEET nutmeg 2012-03-22T15:10:10-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/042180.html When you're a youngin', people don't tend to give you knives. Mom typically wields one on your behalf (halving grapes so they're less likely to get wedged in your throat, slicing hot dogs because you simply prefer them plated that... 42180@http://www.mainetoday.com/pansonfire/ HOW TO: Chop your food 2012-03-20T13:30:12-05:00