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All About Artichokes
Artichokes are strikingly flower-like with an olive green and sometimes purple color which makes them stand out among other vegetables in the produce section. They may look intimidating, but they’re very easy to cook. Here's how to prep and cook artichokes.
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How to Core Peppers
Learn how to remove the core and seeds and segment a pepper with these simple (and clean!) steps.
How to Chop Onions
Most chefs cut onions in a very specific fashion—its similar to the technique here with one difference. They make a horizontal cut into the onion halves. It puts your fingers at risk and no one’s ever given a good reason for making that extra cut—except that it’s how they were taught in culinary school. Here's an equally effective way to chop onions.
How to Peel Pearl Onions
Pearl onions are about the size of a grape and have a mild flavor. They can be cooked (they are often creamed) and served as a side dish, pickled, or used as a condiment or garnish. Because they’re so small, it can be a tedious job to remove their papery skin. Here's a quick and easy way to remove the skins from pearl onions.
Freeze Fresh Spinach for Quick Chopping
Freeze fresh spinach instead of buying frozen cooked spinach. The fresh flavor remains, and it's easy to prep when you need it—plus clean up is non-existent!
Use a Pastry Blender for More Than Pie Dough
Your pastry blender can be used for more than pies and pastries—it's perfect for chopped avocados, eggs for salad, and mashing cooked potatoes and squash.
How to Prepare Potatoes Ahead and Keep Peeled Potatoes From Browning
These simple tips makes it easy to prepare potatoes ahead, by keeping them as fresh and white as when you peeled them!
How to Easily Squeeze Spinach Dry
Frozen spinach contains a ton of excess liquid that must be removed before it's used. Here are a few simple tips to get a better handle on drying spinach.
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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 …