How To Chill White Wine
Picture The Recipe Tip#52: How To Chill White Wine Use frozen grapes as ice cubes to chill white wine without watering it down. More Quick Tips…
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Writing on Cake
Picture The Recipe Tip#51: Writing on Cake Writing a message on a cake? Write it with a toothpick first to make sure all the letters fit (and if you make a mistake, just smooth
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Working With Dough
Picture The Recipe Tip#50: Working With Dough When working with dough, don’t flour your hands; coat them with olive oil to prevent sticking. More Quick Tips…
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How To Store Celery
Picture The Recipe Tip#48: How To Store Celery The best way to store fresh celery is to wrap it in aluminum foil and put it in the refrigerator it will keep for weeks. More
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Slicing Hard Boiled Eggs
Picture The Recipe Tip#47: Slicing Hard Boiled Eggs When slicing a hard boiled egg, try wetting the knife just before cutting. If that doesn’t do the trick, try applying a bit of cooking spray to the
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Peel Garlic Easily
Picture The Recipe Tip#46: Peel Garlic Easily Microwave garlic cloves for 15 seconds and the skins slip right off. More Quick Tips…
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Let Meat Rest Before Cutting It
Picture The Recipe Tip#45: Let Meat Rest Before Cutting It It’s important to let a roast beef, pork, lamb or poultry sit a little while before carving. That allows the juices to retreat back into the
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How To Store Lettuce
Picture The Recipe Tip#44: How To Store Lettuce Lettuce keeps better if you store in refrigerator without washing first so that the leaves are dry. Wash the day you are going to use. More Quick
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Trick To Making Crisp French Fries
Picture The Recipe Tip#43: Trick To Making Crisp French Fries Let raw potatoes stand in cold water for at least half an hour before frying to improve the crispness of french-fried potatoes whether you’re frying
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Keeping Cauliflower White
Picture The Recipe Tip#42: Keeping Caulilower White To keep cauliflower white while cooking add a little milk to the water. More Quick Tips…
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How To Keep Bacon From Curling
Picture The Recipe Tip#49: How To Keep Bacon From Curling No “curly” bacon for breakfast when you dip it into cold water before frying. More Quick Tips…
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Roast With The Bone
Picture The Recipe Tip#41: Roast With The Bone A roast with the bone in the meat will cook faster than a boneless roast. The bone carries the heat to the inside of the roast
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How To Cut Meat Into Thin Slices
Picture The Recipe Tip#40: How To Cut Meat Into Thin Slices To slice meat into thin strips, like in Chinese dishes, partially freeze the meat first and it will slice more easily. More Quick
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Keep Potatoes From Budding
Picture The Recipe Tip#39: Keep Potatoes From Budding To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes. More Quick Tips…
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How To Keep Brown Sugar Soft
Picture The Recipe Tip#38: How To Keep Brown Sugar Soft Brown sugar seems to harden overnight. One day it pours and the next it’s a solid clump. Add a few marshmallows to the opened
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How To Prevent Getting Candle Wax on Birthday Cakes
Picture The Recipe Tip#37: How To Prevent Getting Candle Wax on Birthday Cakes. Protect your birthday cake from the unsightly and inedible trickle of candle wax. Stick the candles in marshmallows first and you’ll
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How To Prevent Ice Cream Cones From Dripping
Picture The Recipe Tip#36: How To Prevent Ice Cream Cones From Dripping When scooping ice cream into cones for kids (or adults alike), put a mini marshmallow in the bottom of the cone. This
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How To Make Your Own Baked Taco Bowls
Picture The Recipe Tip#35: How To Make Your Own Baked Taco Bowls To make your own Taco Bowls, simply turn your muffin pan upside down, spray it with cooking oil, place the tortillas between
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How To Make Your Own Baked Taco Shells
Picture The Recipe Tip#34: How To Make Your Own Baked Taco Shells* Working with 6 tortillas at a time, wrap in a barely damp cloth or paper towel and microwave on High until steamed,
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How To Clean A Cast Iron Pan
Picture The Recipe Tip#33: How To Clean A Cast Iron Pan To clean a cast iron skillet, toss about 1/2 cup corse salt into the pan and rub with a soft sponge. The salt
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How To Avoid Water Spots
Picture The Recipe Tip#32: How To Avoid Water Spots To get the water spots off chrome faucets, after cleaning rub them with a piece of wax paper- it will keep the water spots and
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How To Make Pasta Sauce Stick
Picture The Recipe Tip#31: How To Make Pasta Sauce Stick After you drain pasta, while it’s still hot, grate some fresh Parmesan on top before tossing it with your sauce. This way, the sauce
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Do Not Use Oil While Boiling Pasta
Picture The Recipe Tip#30:Do Not Use Oil When Boiling Pasta Do not use oil in the water when boiling pasta: It will keep the sauce from sticking to the cooked pasta. More Quick Tips…
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