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White, yellow and purple cauliflower

Cauliflower: kinds, colors and recipes

It's related to mustard, cabbage, Brussel sprouts and broccoli, among others. Although most people are familar with ehite …

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Coconut tree

A guide to coconuts for eating, drinking and cooking

Young and mature coconuts are used differently in cooking. The flesh of young coconuts are soft and sweet. Mature ones have …

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Sweet and savory spring rolls with different kinds of wrapper

How to wrap, store and reheat spring rolls

The English-speaking world calls them spring rolls although this Asian delicacy has nothing to do with spring. They are …

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Grilled skewered shrimps

How to clean, peel and devein shrimps and prawns

How shrimps and prawns should be deveined and prepped depends on how they are intended to be cooked. There is a simple way …

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Left: wrong way to serve pasta. Right: correct way to serve pasta

How to serve pasta: sauce over noodles or noodles in sauce?

Serving pasta with the sauce ladled over the noodles makes the dish look good for presentation purposes. But it's wrong, and …

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Beef bone marrow: grilled, served in broth, cooked as a stew and served over pasta

How do you cook bone marrow?

Boil it, steam it, stew it, roast it... Serve in broth, over pasta, with vegetables, spread on bread or just scrape it from …

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How to julienne vegetables

How to julienne vegetables

Any food item can be julienned but the technique is most often applied to vegetables. What does "julienne" mean?

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Simmering chicken gizzards to tenderize

What’s the difference between giblets and gizzards?

You’ve seen or heard both terms especially in relation with chicken, duck and turkey. During Thanksgiving, especially, when …

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Off-white kitchen motif with engineered quartz countertops

Kitchen countertops: engineered quartz, granite or marble?

When a kitchen contractor recommends “solid surface” countertop, what material is he referring to? Is it natural or …

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Beef, shiitake and kale noodle soup

Is kale a good addition to Asian noodle soup?

Why not? It can be eaten raw or cooked. So as long as you prep the vegetable correctly, you can add it to your Asian noodle …

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies Stacked on White Plate

How to slice brownies (and other cookie bars) neatly

I admit that cutting brownies, especially fudgy brownies, can be tricky. Do it wrong and you can get large chunks stuck on …

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Spice jar labels made with Niimbot inkless label printer

Labeling spice jars

We keep our kitchens (yes, plural) better organized by labeling spice and herb jars (not the caps) using fonts large and …

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