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Serious Heat: 10 Homemade Spicy Food Gifts
Taking into account a person's food likes and crafting a homemade gift for them can be a thoughtful, touching gift for the holidays. The joy is not just in giving the gift, but also in making it. For the spice-savvy person in your life, here are 10 homemade spicy gift ideas from harissa to honey-chile butter. Do you have any zesty homemade gifts you make?Serious Entertaining: How to Turn Office Supplies Into Dinner Party Accessories
Since most of us work during the day, inviting guests for dinner is the most effort we think we can muster. But I have a whole lunch hour on the day before that dinner party—and I have access to office supplies to make the guests at my dinner feel a little more special. Using common office supplies like staples, index cards, legal paper and name badges, you can make that dinner party place setting more personal. Guests appreciate these touches more than they'll ever let on. Here are five ways to turn office supplies into dinner party accessories.How to Make Chile Infusions
Infused vinegars were all the rage at last week's Fancy Food Show in New York City. But why buy chile-infused products, when it's just as easy to make them at home and control how much heat you want from the chiles? Take the smokiness from anchos, the fire of Thai chiles or the sweetness from red bell peppers. Other spices or seasonings can be added as you please, and the overall price will be considerably less. And why stop with just vinegar? Infuse oil, honey or alcohol too. Here are the basics for chile infusions.Photo of the Day: Hard Boiled Egg Chicken Family
There's nothing weird about reshaping hard boiled eggs to look like cuter version of their unrealized selves. Just look at the baby chicks. Aw! Learn how to make your own chicken family out of hard boiled eggs at Eye Candy.How to Make a Take-Out Menu Binder
[Photographs: Design Sponge] If you're tired of rummaging through drawers and between couch cushions for the neighborhood's take-out and delivery menus, try making one of these super organized binders. All you need is a three-ring binder, some of those clear protective sheets, divider tabs, and creative juices. Follow artist Kate Pruitt's step-by-step instructions over on Design*Sponge. More DIY Projects How to Make a Grocery Planner How to Make Custom Table Placemats with Inkjet Transfers How to Make a Portable Picnic-in-a-Briefcase...DIY Grocery Planner and Templates
[Photograph: Design*Sponge] Artist Kate Pruitt of Design*Sponge shares instructions for how to make your own grocery planner featuring a clipboard, magnetic pen/receipt box, and customizable shopping list and menu templates for you to print out. It sure beats my method of writing on a Post-It. [via Lifehacker]...How to Make Homemade Fruit Rolls
[Photograph: Green Kitchen Stories] Growing up, my mom never let me eat Fruit Roll-Ups, but she'd sometimes buy me the less artificial fruit leather from the health food store. David and Luise of Stockholm-based food blog Green Kitchen Stories seem to have the same idea as my mom, except they decided to make fruit rolls at home. Although not a fast process, it's easy: purée fruit, pour into a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, and bake at 140°F (or as low as your oven can go) for 5 to 8 hours. If you plan on drying fruit frequently, you could invest in a dehydrator....Making Cheap Hard Cider From Scratch
[Photograph: The Paupered Chef] Serious Eats contributors Nick Kindelsperger and Blake Royer explain how they made hard cider on the cheap over at The Paupered Chef. They made four batches using two kinds of apple cider and yeast, and found that Whole Foods' apple cider was great for making easy, cheap hard cider: "It's cheap ($6.99), comes in perfectly sized bottles for fermenting, and makes a balanced, refreshing beverage in about 7 to 10 days." Start a batch soon and you'll have a great beverage for Thanksgiving. Related Snapshots from the UK: Brothers Toffee Apple Cider, a Caramel Apple-Flavored Beverage How to Make Apple Cider Hard Ciders at Thanksgiving, So Underrated...Video: How to Make Your Own Soda
I'll admit that my initial reason for watching this video was because it features a wacky-looking dude with a massive fake mustache, but it has the additional plus of being educational—if you're interested in learning how to make your own soda, at least. Combine yeast, water, sugar, and flavoring for your homebrewed soda. Watch the video after the jump....Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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