Sauteing doesn’t have to make you… jumpy. It’s all about constantly moving the ingredients in the pan for a very short amount of time. The safest and easiest way is by stirring them using a spatula if you ask us. Of course, you can do it the chef’s way by jerking the pan to toss […]
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Now that Thanksgiving has passed, it is time to clean out that serving platter where the mighty bird once laid, whole and golden brown. Those leftovers can, of course, serve some good purpose by using them as ingredients for other meals and dishes. And we do not mean just sandwiches and tacos, although you’ll find
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No matter how you use these recipes, either as side dishes next to the meat or as stand-alone vegetarian ones, oven-roasted veggies (or fruits for that matter) are a hallmark of the Fall, in particular. And we’re not planning to let this Fall pass, without doing some roasting. Of course not. What’s more, roasting veggies
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Who says that preparing Thanksgiving meals is about toiling and endlessly waiting for hours and hours in (or near) the kitchen? The following recipes are either under one hour or just a little over an hour. Anyway, these easy Thanksgiving recipes are far cry from the 4 to 6 hours needed for those whole turkey
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The pastrami was brought to America by Yiddish-speaking immigrants from Eastern Europe, starting in the 1880s. Since then it has become one of the most (if not THE most) popular deli foods in the States. It is scrumptious and it is traditional. Check these pastrami questions and see if you’re up to a finger-licking pastrami-stuffed
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When someone says plums, fall immediately comes to mind, although there are a few summer varieties also. Either way, it is clear that we don’t use these fruits enough in our kitchens. You should know that plums are some of the most versatile ingredients out there. And we don’t mean just cakes, jams, dumplings, tarts,
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There is such an unexpected variety in the world of potatoes. Thousands of cultivars belong to Solanum tuberosum, the main species, belonging to a family of 7 or 8 other potato species, and the one that conquered the entire world. Virtually everyone on the planet eats varieties of tuberosum. But how much do you know
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A world without pickled foods would be a world hard to imagine! Can you even picture that? They boost the taste of our plates and enrich our culinary exploits, our health can truly benefit from them, and the fact that almost anything can be pickled reveals a picture of an incredible variety. Still not convinced?
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Dry-roasting may not be one of the most used cooking techniques you’d employ in your kitchen adventures. It IS, however, one of the simplest and most effective, as it doesn’t require any helping ingredient (such as oil) to be added to the pan. (Some would even say to an oven-safe dish, and we’d agree.) Although
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Come and see how our cook uses his flat-bottomed wok to do wonders in the kitchen and maybe you’ll try one of these recipes on your own. Be it Asian-style, or Italian-like, it is all about stir-frying, a process where the wok and the classic pan have been fighting for some time in order to
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Sometimes I think we don’t blanch enough. Shortly scalding your vegetables in boiling water and then plunging them into ice-cold water, not only preserves texture and color but also avoids depleting those greenies of their nutrients. So why don’t we do it more often? And it’s not only green vegetables that can be blanched. You
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This kitchen gadget seems like it’s been borrowed from a plumber’s arsenal, or stolen from a solderer’s toolbox. However, its main role in the kitchen is somewhat more… flamboyant. In a tasteful way, that is. Try some of our blowtorch recipes and prepare to burn some butane! Don’t you feel like a true chef when
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