Category: Cooking & Baking

FREEBIE: Harvard “Science Of Cooking” Online Cooking Class

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What if you could study the science of cooking with some of the world’s best-known experts, in a Harvard online course? For free! You can, starting October 8th. One of the largest trends in education are MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses. The concept is being led by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Removing Pieces Of Egg Shell

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Do your eggs crack cleanly, or deposit fragments of shell? Photo by Michael Lorenzo | SXC.   The biggest frustration we have in the kitchen is getting fragments of egg shell out of cracked eggs. Some might say that if this is our biggest problem, we should consider ourselves lucky. But the frustration of trying…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cooking Eggplant

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Today’s tip comes from Cordon Bleu Cooking School. The famed school in Paris, attended by Americans from Julia Child to Giada De Laurentiis, Cordon Bleu now has Bleu Ribbon Kitchen cooking classes in 17 U.S. cities from coast to coast. Check out the company website to find classes near you. No matter how you prepare…
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20+ Uses For Pesto & A Recipe For Homemade Pesto Sauce

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The Italian word pesto means paste; the verb pestare means to pound or bruise. Classic pesto sauce, which originated in the basil-rich Italian province of Liguria, consists of basil, garlic, olive oil, pine nuts, Parmesan and Pecorino cheeses plus a touch of salt for seasoning. It’s traditionally made by pounding the ingredients with a mortar…
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TIP OF THE DAY: A Medley Of Kitchen Tips

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We recently received the most delicious chocolate pecan pie from Comfort & Joy Kitchen. The rest of their casseroles, cobblers, pies and pot pies looks so good, we’re planning to work our way through the menu. Clicking through their website, we came across these kitchen tips, two of which were revelations to us. While you…
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