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How to Cut a Pineapple with Minimal Waste

Stop throwing away precious fresh pineapple with this helpful tip that that cuts down on waste.

How to Easily Clean a Cheese Grater

Learn this simple trick to quickly, easily, and safely clean a cheesy box grater, without cutting your hand or chewing up your sponge in the process.

Freezing Blue Cheese

Can you freeze blue cheese? Don't let expensive blue cheese go to waste, and always have some on hand with this simple tip for long-term storage.

Chop and Mince Fresh Herbs with Kitchen Shears

Make easier work of mincing fresh herbs — and avoid bruising — with this tip that utilizes kitchen essentials.

How to Shuck Oysters

Are you planning to prepare oysters for the holidays? Do so safely and efficiently with these instructions.

How to Quickly Peel a Mango

This quick, simple-to-do, tip demystifies and makes easy work of preparing fresh mango for any kind of recipe.

The Easiest Way to Seed Hot Chiles

Stop the burn and save your fingers with this simple kitchen tip for seeding and cleaning out hot chile peppers.

How to Clean Seeds from a Pumpkin

Clean out a small cooking pumpkin or winter squash efficiently and safely with this common kitchen item.

How to Core & Seed Bell Peppers

It can be tricky to clean out bell peppers without feeling wasteful. Here's how to do it easily, and avoid losing much pepper flesh.

How to Test Oil Temperature

Simplify frying, especially when you're without a deep-fat thermometer, with this trick for checking the oil temperature.

How to Pit and Cut an Avocado

With our new Mexican book in hand; perfect seeding, peeling, cutting, and ripening avocados with these quick tips.

Cutting Hard-Boiled Eggs with Floss

Find cutting hard cooked eggs to be messy and inefficient? With a simple tool, this task will become simple and easy!


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Recipes

Tropical Fruit Salad

Most of the fruit can be cut ahead of time, but don’t slice the banana or combine fruit with the rum dressing until 5 minutes before serving.

Margherita Crostini with garlic vinaigrette

This side has all the great flavors of the favorite margherita pizza, but it’s easier to make.

Farro with dried apricots & feta

With bits of dried apricots, lemon zest, and feta, this hearty side feels light and refreshing.

Mojito Cocktail

Latin flavors are all the rage now, and here is one of the hottest drinks. It's a refreshing blend of rum, mint, sugar, and soda water — WOW!

Cheesy Grits Soufflé

The coarsely ground dried corn known as grits is a southern staple. Polenta or cornmeal may also be used in this recipe.

Sweet Cream Topping

To enjoy Stove-Top Apple Crisp while it's warm and fresh, whip up this simple cream after making the crunchy topping and before cooking the apples.

Double-Dipped Onion Rings

Soaking and double dipping deliver a harmonious combination—a large slice of sweet onion encased in a crispy crust. This is the perfect onion ring.

By following a few simple steps, you can have some of the best rings you’ll ever eat. Sure, they’re wonderful by themselves, but with a steak or sandwich—oh my!

To achieve the perfect ring, you must do two things. First, soak the onion slices in cold water to dilute the sulfur content, turning them sweet and mild. And second, for a …