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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 Remedy Hot Pepper Hands: An Easy Way to Stop the Burn

Eating hot chiles is one thing, but preparing and chopping them can present a whole new set of challenges—especially for your hands. Here's a way to stop the chile pepper burn.

How to "Flour" with Cocoa for Chocolate Baked Goods

Buttering and flouring a pan can help your baked goods release cleanly-but can leave a white film on chocolate-based desserts. Here's a super-quick tip to solve this problem.

Multi-Purpose Pasta Insert for Soup & Broth

Make soup, stock and broth-making a breeze by putting your pasta insert to use! Clean up is a breeze and yet another unitasker becomes a multi-purpose kitchen tool.

How to Keep Potatoes Fresher for Longer

Do your potatoes start sprouting before you can use them all up? Here's a quick tip to keep your potatoes fresher for longer.

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!

Mouth on Fire From Chiles? The Best Ways to Soothe the Burn Fast

If you like your food spicy (or accidentally bite into something HOT), but don't want to deal with the pain for minutes after, try these remedies to stop the burn fast.

Tips to Keep Cream Cold When Whipping

It's a well-known fact that cold cream whips better—but what do you do when you have a hot kitchen? Here's a few tips and tricks to ensure your heavy cream stays cold so you can make perfect whipped cream every time.

How to Cut Perfect, Bakery-Quality Brownies and Cake Slices

Want those crisp, clean edges on your perfectly square brownies? Turn to your pizza wheel to make your brownies and cakes look like they came straight out of the bakery.

How to Skim Fat Off Liquids Quickly

Sometimes you just don’t have time to chill your sauces, broths, stocks and other liquids to easily skim the fat. Here's a few time-saving hacks to skim the fat quickly using something you're sure to have in your kitchen.

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.

An Easy Way to Sharpen Kitchen Shears

Your kitchen shears probably get a good amount of use—but they are the last kitchen tool you might think to sharpen! Here's an easy way to sharpen your kitchen shears.


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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!

Graham Cracker Butter

Cookie butters are more popular than ever. Jumping on that bandwagon, meet our Graham Cracker Butter. It’s smooth, creamy, and every bit addictive — perfect for spreading on toast, waffles, or pancakes. It also makes a great dipper for apple slices or even as a dessert topping — you’ll want to put this butter on anything and everything.

Apricot Chutney

Kind of jam-like, chutneys are condiments made of fruits, vinegar, sugar, and spices. This Apricot Chutney includes mustard, and can be made a day or two ahead to complement the Crown Roast of Pork.

Key Lime Mousse with graham cracker tuiles

Here’s a fun twist on the classic Key lime pie. And like the pie, Key lime juice is the main ingredient — but now it’s in a mousse lightened with whipped cream.

The graham tuile [TWEEL] is a take-off on the pie’s traditional graham cracker crust. Tuile is French for “tile,” and these thin, crispy cookies are molded while still warm—traditionally into the shape of roof tiles. But they can also be formed into edible bowls! Molding does take practice (we broke several at first), but just…

Pear-Vanilla Compote

This Pear-Vanilla Compote makes a sweet accompaniment to a comforting braised brisket dinner. A splash of pear brandy or nectar enhances the overall pear flavor, and vanilla makes it taste like home.

“Quiche Lorraine” Breakfast Sandwiches with avocado & mixed salad greens

All the flavors of a classic Quiche Lorraine are rolled into one easy-to-make breakfast sandwich.