The holidays have been good to me so far. One of the most exciting things I received this year was an SV1 Sous Vide cooking immersion Circulator. I have been using my VacMaster® PRO380 for a…

I'm always looking for fun, inexpensive ways to entertain my children. Young children absolutely love sensory activities, and there are numerous benefits to sensory play. While my one year old is cont…

The many joys of the holiday season include holiday travel. My family is lucky enough to be scattered all over, this of course means I am either hosting the whole gang, or traveling to see them. In th…

With the holiday season officially upon us, I am spending an awful lot of time in the kitchen; no doubt you are as well. While I am doing all of my cooking and baking, I like to keep my recipe out in…

The Austrians call it Wiener Schnitzel, the Italians Milanesa, the Scotts collops, in South America it goes by, Silpancho and let us not forget the late, great Elvis Presley affectionately called it…

I feel like I have so many important documents to keep track of; not only do I need to be sure not to lose them, but I also need to keep them in good condition. I'm sure I am not the only one occasion…

Whether it was the Native Americans who dried thin strips of Buffalo first or it was the Incas who did the same with Lamas I’m not too sure, but we do know that “Ch'arki" or what we call Jerky ‘rou…

Native to North America the wild turkey unlike its domesticated counterpart can fly as well as run up to 20 miles an hour. In fact Benjamin Franklin lobbied for the native fowl to take its perch as t…

With the whirlwind of the holiday season going full speed ahead, here at VacMaster® we are focusing on each holiday as it comes. We know the first big holiday coming up is Thanksgiving, and that, is w…

I was surprised to learn that pheasant isn't indigenous to the U.S. The earliest known introduction of the pheasant to our shores is said to have been in 1733, when the Old English Blackneck Pheas…

Moving on: Why I ditched my old slow cooker for my sous vide cookerGood: Slow CookerI used to love cooking in my slow cooker; I was even willing to overlook all of its flaws. To the masses that use…

Whether you spell it Mangalitsa, Mangalica or Mangalitza this Hungarian breed of domestic pig is taking the U.S.A by storm. Noted for its unusually thick wooly coat similar to sheep, it's prized fo…