TIP: Uses For An Olive Oil Mister

The Misto is one of the most popular misters. Photo courtesy Lifetime Brands.   Olive oil misters have been around for several years. They control the portions of olive oil you use, delivering a much lighter—but equally effective—coating than brushing with oil. You save calories as well as the cost of the oil. Some enthusiasts…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Easy Food Glamour

Fine restaurants know that exciting presentation of food is almost as important as the preparation of the dish. They don’t serve main courses with mounds of starch and vegetables circling the protein; they use potatoes, rice and veggies as the bed to hold the protein. In its simplest form, Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 15+ Uses For A Culinary Torch

Making crème brûlée is just one of the numerous things you can do with a culinary torch. Photo courtesy BonJour.   Many of us have purchased a culinary torch (a.k.a. chef’s torch or brulée torch) for the sole purpose of caramelizing sugar on crème brûlée. But a culinary torch has numerous other uses in the…
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