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How to make perfect french fries at home

Deep-fried super-crispy, golden french fries taste great. To achieve the right flavor and texture you simply need to follow a few simple steps.

How To Tell When Your Cake Is Done

How do you avoid one of the most common cake baking problems and pitfalls? Learn how to tell when cake is done with these easy tips.

Pairing Champagne and Chocolate: Concept vs. Reality

You might think a bubbly would enhance the tannins in chocolate to disconcertingly bitter notes. That’s not to say a successful pairing can’t be done.

How To Make Homemade Pasta

Homemade pasta is fun to make & easier than you think.

How to Make Croissants: A 3-Day Process Walk-Through

Few things are as delicious as melt-in-your-mouth, buttery croissants. Sure they require a little time, but the payoff is worth it.

How To Make Homemade Bagels

Warm, chewy bagels are one of life’s pure pleasures. But what most people don’t know is that they’re also one of the simplest breads to make at home. We’re here to walk you through the process, step by step. So get your knead on, then boil and bake!

How to Make the Perfect Baked Potato

Bake a potato and you’re not far from a side dish or an easy dinner (loaded baked potatoes anyone?), and let’s not forget twice-baked potatoes and potato skins. The question is, what’s the best way to bake a potato? Read on.

How to Make a Gingerbread House

Impress everyone you celebrate with this season by showing off your master building skills thanks to step-by-step photos and easy-to-follow directions for a gingerbread house of your very own.

How to Make a Bûche de Noël (Yule Log Cake)

Impress your guests (and yourself) this year by making a traditional yule log cake. It's easier than it looks, and as sweet as it is stunning. Yule be singing its praises!

How to Create the Ultimate Cheese Board

Our local expert on all things cheese, C.J. Bienert, helps us put together the prettiest, picture-perfect cheese board with a variety of textures and flavors. Then, with his suggestions in hand, have some fun creating your own photo-worthy cheese board.

Braising Brisket

How do you cook a tough, flat piece of meat? With less-than-tender cuts like brisket, the moist, gentle heat of braising is the answer.

How to Make Homemade Bratwurst

WHEN IT COMES TO GRILLING OUT, brats are often on the menu. And with more and more people looking to get back to the basics, making your own brats really isn’t a stretch. Plus, when you make them yourself, you know exactly what’s going into them, and they have tons more flavor than store-bought brats. Here's how to make homemade bratwurst.


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Recipes

Pain au Potiron

This recipe for Pain au Potiron comes from The Best of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day cookbook by Jeff Hertzberg, M.D., and Zoë François. It's a moist whole-wheat bread with tender bites of pumpkin and hints of pepper — perfect for winter squash (and soup!) season.

Red Velvet Waffles with chocolate

How about dessert for breakfast? Red Velvet Waffles’ rich chocolate flavor is irresistible. But, wait! Drizzling (or coating!) these waffles with the dreamy Cream Cheese Frosting seals the deal.

Savory Cheese & Pastrami Waffles

Savory Cheese & Pastrami Waffles are a riff off of a pastrami and rye sandwich. But, since no sammie is complete without a special sauce, insert the Spicy Mustard-aise (you might find yourself making these waffles simply for the sauce!).

Cinnamon Roll Waffles with cinnamon chips

Combine two breakfast faves — waffles and cinnamon rolls — for the ultimate morning treat: Cinnamon Roll Waffles with cinnamon chips. But, wait! Drizzling (or coating!) these waffles with the dreamy Cream Cheese Frosting seals the deal.

Black Pepper Ricotta Pancakes with lemonade glaze

These tender Black Pepper Ricotta Pancakes with lemonade glaze have an amusing play on that ever-popular, tried-and-true combo of lemon-pepper, with black pepper in the cakes and sweet lemon syrup.

Asian Aioli

Tempura must be served hot, with sauces, right after frying, so make this Asian Aioli before you begin.

Warm Corn Chowder Salad

Since summer is rarely conducive to chowder, we've turned corn chowder's ingredients into a perfect summer side dish with bacon, potatoes, red bell pepper, and plenty of golden sweet corn.

Grilled Mexican Corn Dip

This easy app is inspired by grilled Mexican corn, and incorporates jalapeños, lime juice, and Mexican cheese for a dip with zip. Nothing draws a crowd like a cheesy dip, and when fresh sweet corn is the main ingredient, be prepared for a stampede at the appetizer table.

Copycat Cracker Jack with peanuts

This homemade caramel-popcorn-and-peanuts mix is a golden Cracker Jack copycat. All that’s missing is the little prize at the bottom of the box.

Coconut Paletas

Coconut Paletas deliver creamy, cool, fresh flavor, making them the epitome of a summer treat. Paletas are Mexican frozen ice pops usually made with fresh fruit juice or milk with chunks of fresh fruit stirred in — we used strawberry and pineapple in ours. The second recipe, Pineapple-Coconut Paletas, incorporates pineapple (or strawberry) purée to flavor the coconut milk and add extra fruitiness.

Bacon Pesto

Bacon and pesto are a match made in heaven — so why not mix them together?! This Bacon Pesto is THE pasta sauce for the avid bacon lover.

Grilled Scallops with plum sauce

Glazed Scallop Kebabs deliver bite after bite of Asian-inspired sweet and spice that’s oh-so nice. The recipe is so shockingly simple, it’s hard to fathom it can be as good as it is, but it is!