Dishers: A Handy Tool for Perfect Portions
For more than a century, dishers have been used to portion and serve foods ranging from mashed potatoes to chicken salad.
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Tools and tricks that make healthy cooking easier.
Healthy Kitchen Hacks: Embrace the Beet
Beets have a range of culinary uses, but their hard texture and tendency to stain surfaces can make them daunting to prepare. Try these tips to become a better beet cook.
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Holiday Hacks
The holiday season is a time to come together and give thanks, but it also can be a time for anxiety. If you’re hosting a feast, use these tips to stress less and impress your guests.
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Kitchen Basters: Infuse Foods with Flavor
Proper basting is the key to a moist roast or turkey. Fortunately, there is a range of kitchen basters to help seal in juices and drippings, resulting in a flavorful meal.
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A Classic Ice Cream Scoop with Modern Features
Product reviewed: Urban Trend Fruzen™ Ice Cream Scoop
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A Small-Scale Juicer That’s Big on Quiet
Product reviewed: Omega CNC80S Compact Nutrition System
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Healthy Kitchen Hacks for the Holidays
Save squash seeds . Butternut, acorn and other winter squash seeds are tasty when toasted. Eat them on their own or served atop roasted or steamed vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower. Roasted butternut squash…
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A Tool that Makes Mincing Fresh Herbs Easy
Product reviewed: Urban Trend Orbit Herb Chopper
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Power Up Your Cooking Game with this Sous Vide Tool
Product reviewed: ChefSteps Joule sous vide tool
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Kitchen Thermometers: Essential for Safe, Moist, Delicious Food
A kitchen thermometer is vital for ensuring food is not only safe to eat, but also cooked to the optimal temperature for the best quality: keeping meats, casseroles and other foods moist and delicious.
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Healthy Kitchen Hacks: Garlicky Goodness
Mince ahead. If you often cook with garlic, peel the cloves from one bulb and process all of them in a mini food chopper or processor. Remember that approximately one teaspoon of minced garlic equals one clove. Store…
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Peeling and Dealing with Fresh Garlic
Garlic is a pantry staple, for reasons beyond scaring away vampires. These aromatic bulbs offer nutrients and sulfur-containing compounds that turn into allicin when the garlic is crushed, chopped or chewed. Allicin…
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Healthy Kitchen Hacks: DIY Tofu Press
An affordable and versatile source of protein, tofu can be prepared in many ways for different dishes. From stir-fries to silken pies, the possibilities are endless for turning this bean curd into a flavorful…
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Woks: A Top Tool for Creating Fast, Flavorful Meals
For cooking quick and easy meals that are as healthful as they are delicious, put a wok at the top of your kitchen essentials list.
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A Stove-to-Serve French Soup Pot
Product reviewed: Emile Henry Flame® Soup Pot in Burgundy
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Big Data Benefits: Why This Tool Could Be a Game-Changer
If nutrition is a vehicle to good health, dietitians are in the driver’s seat, poised to lead consumers toward self-awareness and positive behavior change. But what road do you take? Which roads have been traveled?…
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Kitchen Kersplat: Tips to Reduce the Splatter
One-dish meals are lovely: Throw everything in a pan, cook it and dinner is done. Just one pan to clean, then sit back and relax for the rest of the night. Or perhaps not.
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Tips and Tricks for Choosing and Using an Indoor Grill Pan
Although grill pans are sometimes referred to as griddles, the difference is visible: A griddle has a flat surface, while a grill pan is covered with ridges. These ridges are raised about half a centimeter, which…
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A Whisk for Nearly Every Kitchen Occasion
Products reviewed: Rösle Kitchen Balloon Whisk , Flat Whisk , Spiral Whisk and Twirl Whisk
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