What one piece of advice would you share with a beginner cook? Thinking back to what may have been helpful to you...was it a specific cookbook? Shopping for ingredients? Being fearless with seasonings? Safety & sanitation tips? Utensil & cookware...
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Say, hypothetically, you had what seemed at the time to be the worst possible work day ever. Pretend, also, that food is your go to comfort giver. (Sarcasm? Who? Me? Ha ha) What would you eat for dinner? Would you...
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Got a bottle of it from a friend, and I have no clue what it is good for. Is it just a sangwich/salad thing or is there something more. Advice please....
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As I've mentioned before, my biggest shame in the kitchen is my inability to make a decent pie crust. I've tried for years -- about 20 of them! I've used all the tricks, various recipes, and whatever. It's literally driven...
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Though I scorn most offerings on the Food Network, I have found some of Ellie Krieger's recipes to be quite good. I have made her chocolate cookies and the kitchensink cookies, among other recipes. These cookies taste great and are...
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I am removing High Fructose Corn Syrup from my house, and I am told that the Inca or Mexican Coke has pure cane sugar, what have you heard?...
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It seems like a reasonable time of the year to find out what books or sources you like to turn to for lighter recipes. My favorites are: Lighter, Quicker, Better by Richard Sax and Marie Simmons A New Way to...
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I'm trying to satisfy my curiousity (and maybe plan a menu). What foods are traditionally used to celebrate the New Year in India, Africa, East Asia, Europe, etc. Recipes? I know Italians eat lentil soup . . . ....
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I've always made chicken stock using the carcass of a roasted bird. So the bones are cooked before they go in the stock pot. But I've been looking around for stock recipes, and almost none of them specify roasted bones....
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This question was posed over on the Candy Addict blog (fun site, check it out!). My bar would be called "Totally Nuts" which would contain chunks of roasted almonds, pecans, cashews mixed in chewy caramel & dipped in 52% dark...
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