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Come wok with me as I cook a hundred dishes using just one carbon steel wok.

Buying a Wok? Make it Carbon Steel.

The secret to tender juicy fried quails is the length of the cooking time. Not the frying time, mind you. Fry them for too long and they will be dry and tough. The trick is to steam them first until the meat is tender. Cool them to dry the skins then deep fry.

The Secret to Tender Juicy Fried Quails

Marine animals shaped like cucumber, sea cucumbers are harvested for food. They are found in French, Portuguese, Indonesian, Malay, Filipino, Japanese and Chinese cuisines. Read a cook's guide on how to prepare and cook sea cucumbers.

What are Sea Cucumbers? How are They Cooked?

Burgers, like steaks or any other grilled meat for that matter, needs to rest before they are served.

You Don’t Need A Fancy Grill to Cook Perfect Burgers

For the Fluffiest and Smoothest Mashed Potatoes, Use a Food Mill

For the Fluffiest and Smoothest Mashed Potatoes, Use a Food Mill

How To Cook Rice: On The Stovetop, With A Rice Cooker, In the Microwave

How To Cook Rice: Stovetop, Rice Cooker, Microwave

How to extract tamarind juice: mash the tamarind to press out the juice

How to extract tamarind juice

We use baking soda for the litter box, for getting stink out of shoes, for cleaning jewelry and for cleaning the inside of the microwave. But our longest non-food use for baking soda is to deodorize the refrigerator. How the baking soda in the fridge became snowflake-like is another story.

Deodorize Your Refrigerator With A Bowl of Baking Soda

You've seen or heard both terms especially in relation with chicken, duck and turkey. During Thanksgiving, especially, when recipes for gravy list "giblets" or "gizzard" among the ingredients. What's the difference between giblets and gizzards?

What’s the Difference Between Giblets and Gizzards?

Color Coded Cutting Boards: Green for veggies and fruits, blue for raw seafood, red for raw meat, yellow for cooked meat, and white for dairy. Depending on the source of information, the color assignment varies.

Color Coded Cutting Boards: Are They A Necessity?

In terms of convenience, nothing beats instant coffee. Some say it can taste as good as ground coffee, but is that really true? Does it retain the natural nutrients from coffee beans?

Ground Coffee Versus Instant Coffee: Health, Flavor, Convenience

Keep your kitchen better organized by clearly labeling spice and herb jars. Label every jar (not the caps) and make the labels large enough so they easily readable.

Kitchen Organizing: Label the Jars, Not the Caps. Here’s Why.

A wedding anniversary gift for me, a Severin raclette grill with a natural grill stone, non-stick grill plate and eight trays for melting cheese. It's fun!

For Our Wedding Anniversary, I Got A Severin Raclette Grill!

Is there someone in your life who loves to cook and bake? Wouldn't you love to give him or her a gift that will be truly useful? Here are some ideas.

Holiday Gift Ideas for the Serious Cook

To make the vegetables, mushrooms and egg float rather than sink, thicken the broth with starch in this shiitake, white asparagus and broccoli egg drop soup.

Shiitake, White Asparagus and Broccoli Egg Drop Soup

When Making Gravy, Demi-glace is Your Best Friend

When Making Gravy, Demi-glace is Your Best Friend

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