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Handy Cooking Oil Smoke-Point Chart
Posted in Fixes & Tips, Food
on March 29, 2022
These days, I find myself choosing my cooking oil not only by flavor profile, but also by smoke point. The smoke point is, (more...)
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The Hidden Ingredients in Every Recipe, Part 3
Posted in Announcements, Fixes & Tips
on April 11, 2020
Hidden ingredients numbers 1 and 2: Tools and Temperature. What’s your guess for hidden ingredient number 3? It's TIME. Here’s the hidden time (more...)
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The Hidden Ingredients in Every Recipe, Part 2 of 3
Posted in Announcements, Fixes & Tips
on April 10, 2020
We talked yesterday about the fact that the need for special tools is almost never called out at the beginning of a recipe. (more...)
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The Hidden Ingredients in Every Recipe, Part 1 of 3
Posted in Announcements, Fixes & Tips
on April 9, 2020
When you were first learning to cook, did anyone encourage you to read all the way through the recipe before you started the (more...)
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Meal Planning?! Who Really Does That??
Posted in Fixes & Tips, New Methods
on March 2, 2020
Well, starting a couple of months ago, I do. Planning meals a week in advance sounds like a tedious chore that will result (more...)
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How Do I Get That Stuff Off the Bottom of My Favorite Pan??
Posted in Fixes & Tips, New Methods
on February 19, 2020
As my son was preparing to move out on his own, I of course reminded him that lots of his favorite recipes were (more...)
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Your Personal Carry-Along Cookbook
Posted in Fixes & Tips
on May 7, 2019
A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be able to cook my favorite (but not memorized) recipes from something smaller than (more...)
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Strategic Eating: The Right Food at the Right Time
Posted in Fixes & Tips, Food
on April 20, 2019
You may have heard people say that warm milk can help you sleep. You've probably experienced the difficulty of staying alert after having (more...)