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Less Moist: Dehydration at Home
Sometimes you get a bounty of tasty food that you want to preserve, but you don't want to take up all that freezer space and you've canned about as much as you're going to can. Do you buy a specialty machine to do that, or are there other options?
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Simmer vs. Boil 202: The Master Class
Why does heating to a full boil make it hard to simmer afterwards? Why does stirring a simmering pot cause it to stop simmering? And, most importantly, why does a watched pot never boil?
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Bain of the Cheesecake
1 commentWhen making a cheesecake, is the water bath, also known as the bain-marie, the best way to go? Why do we even need to bathe a cheesecake?
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Drink Up!
Flavored waters are all the rage--but are they good for you? They are if you make them yourself with fresh ingredients.
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Melted Butter in Baked Goods
3 commentsMany cookie recipes call for creaming sugar into soft butter, but one blogger found melted butter worked better.
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Oatmeal Boils Over
When microwaving oatmeal, why does it boil over so easily and are there any tricks that'll keep it in the bowl?
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Reheated Spaghetti Tastes So Good
Often, spaghetti that is reheated tastes even better than it did the first time around. Why is this?
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Bread: Delicate Crumb and Hearty Crust
We've discussed gluten quite a bit, but how can we make use of that knowledge to make some artisan bread?
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Dried egg pasta revisited
Waaaay long ago, we discussed why it is okay to dry your own egg pasta. A comment from a reader encourages us to revisit the topic.
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Ice Cream Issues
1 commentIn an effort to make ice cream that's not as bad for you, how far can you go before things go wrong?
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Scummy Stock
2 commentsMaking a stock or broth often has consequences in the form of a scum that forms at the top of the stock. Let's take a look at what that is and how to deal with it.
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Gummy Gnocchi
4 commentsHow to keep your gnocchi light and fluffy rather than gummy and heavy.
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The Incredible Invisible Egg
Have you ever frozen a hard-boiled egg? No, that's too easy. A hard-boiled quail egg? The white of the egg turns transparent. Do you want to know why? Of course you do. Who wouldn't?
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Searing Steak
There's some conflicting advice on searing, and some weird ideas floating around about it as well. A little knowledge about the difference between plastic and meat will set things straight.
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Numbing Celery
7 commentsCelery is a veritable chemical weapon house, but really, what isn't? Some people get a numb tongue from eating raw celery, and we explore possible reasons why as well as some of the limits of our knowledge of food.
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One egg at a time
2 commentsA standard step with the creaming method of cake preparation is to add the eggs one at a time and fully incorporate before adding the next egg. But… why?
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Soaking Basmati Rice
10 commentsIt's traditional to soak basmati rice, and proponents swear by the results.
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The Purpose of Sifting
3 commentsThe whys of sifting, and a better way to accomplish sifting without using a sifter.
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Lifting a Choux
Pâte à choux is useful in many culinary circumstances, and it's relatively easy to make. Still, sometimes things go wrong for no apparent reason. Let's see some of the pitfalls of this dish and how to fix them.
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