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Want crispy fries with that? Make your French fries or sweet potato fries crisper by doing what the chefs do: Let the raw potatoes stand in cold water for at least 30 minutes before frying. To get them extra-extra crisp, double fry them. First, par-fry the potatoes at 325°F for three minutes, until soft, but…
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For crunch, toss breadcrumbs on your pasta (photo © Monkey Business | Fotolia). In southern Italy, toasted breadcrumbs, instead of grated cheese, are often sprinkled over pasta. You don’t even need a sauce for this authentic recipe—just toss the pasta in extra virgin olive oil. The custom survives in the U.S. largely as macaroni…
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If you’re zesting lemons, limes, oranges or other citrus for a recipe, buy organic fruit if you can. Conventional citrus crops are heavily sprayed with pesticides, and a simple rinse won’t dislodge all of it from the nooks and crannies of the rind. The zest is the outermost part of the rind of citrus fruits…
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