Kitchen Wisdom

Everything is better with butter, baby.

Like Chef Chosen says — everything is better with butter, baby.

Kitchen Wisdom

No buttermilk? Make it.

For pancakes, lemon and milk can stand in when the carton isn’t in the fridge. Keep buttermilk on hand: half a lemon + a cup of milk, ten minutes.

Kitchen Wisdom

Work with what’s home.

Rice, potatoes, beans, and pasta stay in the rotation — sturdy staples with room for your own flavor.

Kitchen Wisdom

Save that stock.

Chicken today can season red beans tomorrow. Keep the homemade stock and let one meal help the next. Granny Val’s rule of the kitchen: save your chicken stock — it’s better than Better Than.