Oswego County Chamber

It doesn’t seem to matter what time of year it is, we still enjoy making cookies and cakes all year round, even in the heat of the summer. There’s nothing quite like the taste of warm, fresh cookies  or brownies. You can even top them off with some ice cream for a cool dessert on a hot day. If you enjoy making your own desserts then you know what a difference cooking in a quality nonstick baking pan can make for getting great results. If you don’t have a good pan, you’ll very likely end up with the cake sticking to the pan or the flan collapsing before it’s ready. [»]

Pyrex Bakeware has been a standard in almost every kitchen since it became available in 1915. The Pyrex Portables Baking Dish should be considered no less a standard. Available in a wide range of sizes, from three quarts up, this durable piece of glassware will accommodate a countless number of meals, going from the oven to the dining table in one easy step. Now, Pyrex Bakeware has added a modern twist to this nearly century-old kitchen standard. With the addition of a tight-sealing plastic lid and a custom-sized, insulated case with handy carrying straps, you’re now able to take your dish along wherever you are going. To promote the freshness of your transported food, the set also includes a basting spoon, and a hot pack that can be heated up in the microwave and slipped into a pocket on the carrier. [»]

If the idea of a taco meal sounds delicious, but time consuming and messy, a crock pot taco soup may be just what you need.  My family loves tacos.  The flavor combinations and the spicy hot sauce is something we all love.  We don’t often have time to put together tacos for dinnertime, so we really became fans of this Taco Soup as a way to enjoy the flavor without all the work. [»]

December is such a busy month, filled with so much shopping and planning, it’s sometimes hard to know where to start. Then there are the office parties and the neighborhood gatherings. For us it also means a lot of family dinners and celebrations at our home. It also means we do a lot of cooking! Last year I scrambled a lot at the last minute trying to find the right pots and pans to use for some of our bigger meals. I had been meaning to buy a new set of cookware but somehow never managed to get to it. I knew I wasn’t to let that happen again this year, so I went ahead last month and bought myself a much-needed Nonstick Cookware Set. [»]

Julia Child’s kitchen was dismantled from her house and reassembled in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. As I looked at it I noticed how many knives she had. You could easily see at least one hundred. Yet I remember reading in the introduction to one of her cookbooks that she tended to use whatever knife was currently her favorite repeatedly, ignoring all of the other knives she could have chosen. I could relate, not with my knives, but with my pots and pans. I own a cabinet’s worth of pots and pans. I have cast iron, enameled cast iron, non-stick, copper bottomed, stainless steel, and even some old blue speckled aluminum. I have stockpots, woks, skillets, frying pans, double-broilers, and things I don’t even know the name of. Most of it stays in the cabinet because, much like Julia Child, I have found my favorite and use it all the time. It’s a quality chef’s pan made of Tri-Ply stainless steel that has taken the place of most of my cookware. [»]