It’s the moment we all dread: we’re starving, we reach for the jar of spaghetti sauce to make a quick pasta dinner…and the top third of the jar is speckled with mold. So much for that idea. Or for the applesauce, yogurt, or anything else that’s stored in a mold-prone container. There’s an easy way [...]
Organized. Tidy. Neat. Dreaded words, but invaluable ones in the kitchen. When your pancakes are about to burn onto the pan, you don’t have time to yank open all the drawers in search of the heat-proof spatula! You’ll enjoy cooking and baking much more if you take a little bit of time to organize your [...]
We all learn from our mistakes, as they say–I thought I might as well share some wisdom I’ve gained from my oops-es: Never, ever wear your best clothes while cooking; it’s better to stain a shirt you’re not overly attached to. Or you could use an apron–even Jacques Pepin wears one when he’s cooking! Read [...]
Have leftover ingredients sitting around? Here some common ones and ways to use them: Extra grapes that you won’t be able to eat before they spoil? Freeze them! Frozen grapes are great on a hot summer day. Extra bread? Grind it into fine crumbs in a food processor and then freeze it. Homemade breadcrumbs are [...]
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