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Onions can add sharp, distinct flavor to your cooking, or a just a mild change to your favorite dish. Choosing the right onion for the job is a matter of understanding the flavor you want to create. Some onions are sweet and mild. Others…

Many amateur chefs are afraid of adding flavor to their food. They worry they will overpower the dish, or make it unhealthy – or they simply don’t know how to add more flavor to the ordinary white rice or chicken breast nobody seems…

If you love meat, then you probably agree there’s nothing quite so delicious as eating a great steak. The trouble is, steak is expensive, and many amateur chefs end up disappointed with the end result, sometimes. Because they don’t know…

Easter is special day, and with it comes not only fluffy bunnies and sunrise church services, but a wide array of traditional foods. Each region of the world has it’s own special Easter dishes, including the Italian "Colomba" (sweet…

The ability to expertly thicken sauces and other foods is one way to separate the casual home chef from the gourmet home chef. Most of us have, at one time or another, been served a lumpy gravy or pie filling. And most of us didn’t…

There are many reasons to avoid eating traditional pasta. It is highly processed, and therefore, not all that nutritious. In a world where many people are trying to get back to whole grains, traditional pasta doesn’t fit in very well. Pasta…

Garlic is an ancient food and medicine, and while it may not protect against vampires or ward off evil spirits as some people once believed, it certainly will take an ordinary meal and make it something special. Garlic is not only…

Glance through any cooking tool catalog for home chefs and you’re sure to find a wide selection of non-knife chopping tools. But the truth is, you really only need a good knife set and a little know-how in order to make cutting up foods…

I have a confession: I’ve long hated cutting boards. I hate hauling them out of the cupboard, finding space for them on an already cluttered counter, finding room on the board for everything I need to prepare, and cleaning them. I…

If you’re feeling sluggish, less energetic, or just plain old, the problem may not be so much your age, but the way you eat. Believe it or not, modern science has pinpointed a number of foods that make you feel old and tired, as well as…