Your Cooking Companion

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July 28, 2018

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The Hidden Ingredients in Every Recipe, Part 3
Hidden ingredients numbers 1 and 2: Tools and Temperature. What’s your guess for hidden ingredient number 3? It's TIME. Here’s
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Strategic Eating: The Right Food at the Right Time
You may have heard people say that warm milk can help you sleep. You've probably experienced the difficulty of staying
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So What Does “Extra Virgin” MEAN? And What Should I Do About It?
A bottle of “really good” extra-virgin olive oil is a badge of honor in the kitchen. Once you reach the
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Using That Pumpkin
With Halloween out of the way, you may be looking for ways to use those uncarved pumpkins that are decorating
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Handy Cooking Oil Smoke-Point Chart
These days, I find myself choosing my cooking oil not only by flavor profile, but also by smoke point. The
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How to Know What Tastes Good With What/Cooking by Smell
A couple of days ago, a young lady about eight years old showed me a spice jar and asked me
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Choosing the Best Melon in Two Easy Steps! (Watermelon/Cantaloupe/Honeydew)
Don’t think you can pick a good melon? Remember these 2 easy “tells” about whether the melon type of your
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Your Personal Carry-Along Cookbook
A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be able to cook my favorite (but not memorized) recipes from
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Salt: Kosher, Table, or Sea?
Salt: A basic mineral component of land, sea, and cooking. What else is there to know? I get asked so
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Shopping Smart
For the first half of the 20th century, grocery shopping required stops at several specialty shops: Meat from the butcher,
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