Wednesday, August 06, 2008 8:00 AM
Even if you’re the kind of cook who just throws things together, without a recipe, there are cookbooks, magazines and online recipe indexes you can’t live
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:31 PM
If you’ve spent most of the summer eating barbecue with your bare hands off of paper plates like I have, it’s easy to get rusty on place setting basics.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:33 PM
I set the broiler on fire…three times. Once, I sliced a finger nearly to the bone, and I’ve nipped tips and knuckles more times than I can count. And burns.
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:19 AM
Lots of us have questions about the safety of nonstick skillets, and searing is the one cooking method that should raise the most concerns. By definition,
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Monday, February 11, 2008 6:37 PM
You’re thinking: boiled eggs… meh . Not much to get excited about. But a perfect boiled egg is the perfect food. Whether you like your yolk hard-boiled
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Monday, February 04, 2008 7:56 PM
Clean. Oil. Heat. That's all it takes to “season” bare cast iron to protect it from rusting. The heating/cooling process also bonds the oil to the metal
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:00 PM
I cracked up reading Melany928’s post on the twin curl cutter (“Just bought the most unnecessary kitchen gadget…”), although I’m also kinda curious to
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Filed under: Kitchen gear
Posted by Nest Colleen
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 1:49 PM
Set the fruit or vegetable you want to ripen in a sunny window, or nuke it on low for 10-15 seconds in the microwave to warm it up. Then, drop the warmed,
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