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Caring for Kitchen Knives & Using Them Safely
Once you’ve chosen quality knives for your kitchen, take a little time to maintain them properly. Not only will they last longer, but they’ll work better, too.
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Harvesting & Storing Herbs & Spices
Cooking without spices would make life boring, indeed. Spices and herbs, in the hands of the artful cook, can make a dull dish scrumptious – but understanding h
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Types of Kitchen Knives
Knives are a necessity in every kitchen, but the wrong knife will make your job more difficult – sometimes much more difficult. Purchasing decent knives is a mu
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French Ways To Make The Most of Your Chicken
Chicken is a staple in American cooking, but it’s easy to grow tired of the same old dishes. One easy solution to chicken boredom is to try a simple, delicious
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8 Simple Tips for Making Better Cocktails
Cocktails are forever in fashion, although recipe trends may vary. The fun part is, anyone can make a good cocktail as long as they follow a great cocktail reci
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Buying and Folding Napkins
With the rise in interest in not being wasteful (our grandparents called it being frugal; today we call it being green), cloth napkins are making a huge come ba
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Tips for Cooking with Fruits
Cooking with fruits is a great and healthy idea any time of the year, but as fruits begin to come into season, seize the opportunity to add them to your cooking
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10 Tips for Successful Vegetarian Cooking
Many medical studies show that people who eat little to no meat are generally healthier and weigh less than those who consume meat daily. So whether you’ve deci
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What You Need to Know About Baking with Chocolate
Is there anyone who doesn’t love at least one type of chocolate? Surely not! Since ancient times, chocolate has lured bakers and cooks to include it in every me
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Secrets For The Perfect Pie
Pies are so beloved, there’s even a National Pie Day. But you don’t need a holiday to make a pie. Pies are an ideal dessert any time of the year. In some househ
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Vegetables: From Blah to Fabulous
As a rule, Americans tend to eat vegetables because they are healthy, not because they are delicious. But it needn’t be that way. With just a two simple techniq
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How to Make Your Own Stock
One of the keys to successful cooking is the use of quality ingredients. And perhaps nowhere is the inadequacy of ready made cooking products more apparent than
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Outdoor Entertaining Made Easy
It’s summer, and the living is easy. And backyard entertaining, so popular at this time of year, is no exception. At least it shouldn’t be. It’s not difficult t
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Tips for Cooking Lobster
As fine chefs know, a great lobster isn’t difficult to prepare—but cooking lobster is still an excellent way to impress your guests and satisfy their appetites
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Tips for Choosing and Cooking Mushrooms
There are different 250 species of North American mushrooms thought edible; only around half of these have decent enough flavor that anybody cooks with them. Am
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Cooking with Wine and Liqueurs
Wine is an easy way to add flavor to your cooking recipes, but use it incorrectly, and you may end up with an inedible dish. The most important thing to remembe