Culinary Arts

In this 25 minute DVD Paulette Mitchell, a cookbook author and culinary instructor, offers advice on selecting kitchen appliances and shows how to use them while demonstrating simple, delicious recipes including a banana-berry smoothie, sunshine carrot salad, and a tuna melt. Viewers will learn the importance of reading owner's manuals and properly caring for appliances such as blenders, food processors, toasters and toaster ovens, mixers, slow cookers, electric grills, and more.

Industry-recognized chefs and authors, John Draz and Christopher Doetke share tips and insights as they demonstrate foundational food safety and preparation techniques. Segments include parcooking vegetables, simmering rice, preparing pilaf, preparing risotto, cooking eggs in the shell, poaching eggs, scrambling eggs, preparing american-style omelets, and frying eggs.

What are the ingredients that give Italian cuisine its distinctive flavor? This Telly Award-winning video captures the sights and sounds of Italy as it joins chef and award-winning cookbook author Paulette Mitchell for a tour of Italian food markets. A culinary journey of discovery!
Also in this series:
World food markets [video on demand] : France.
World food markets [video on demand] : China.
World food markets [video on demand] : Spain.