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Cooking Tips Site Map
How to Cook Rice Right
Barbecue Success With The Rule Of Thirds
6 Tips for Perfect Homemade Hard Candy
A Cookie Assembly Line: Efficient Cookie Baking for Busy Cooks
Christmas Cookie Decorating 101
Little-known Tips for Easy Holiday Baking
Once-A-Month-Cooking: How to Make Your Plan Work
Old-Fashioned Taffy Pull Party--How to Host Your Own
Eat your Veggies! Simple Cooking Methods
Weber Grills Reviewed: Quality that Lasts
Vegetarian Cooking - Three Basics
Outdoor Chefs Choose Gas Grills
Kitchen Canister Sets - How to Beautify Your Kitchen
Don?t Poke the Chicken at Your Backyard Barbecue
Two for One Dinners: Pork
Two for One Dinners: Eggplant
Two for One Dinners: Turkey
Two for One Dinners: Beef
Two for One Dinners: Ham
Two for One Dinners: Beans
Compact Refrigerators Are Great When Small Is Needed
Fruit Cake
Whisk Your Way To a Perfect Meal Every Time!
Rice Cookers - Perfect Rice Every Time
Dutch Oven Cooking Basics
Cut The Take Out
Caring For Your Wooden Cutting Board
Cooking Filet Mignon
10 Smart Shopping Tips To Protect Your Family From Getting Sick
Peppercorns & Ways To Use Them
Save Time in the Kitchen - Cook Pasta the Way Restaurant Chefs Do
6 Steps to Grill the Perfect Steak
50% Less Cooking
Perfect Picnics - Frugal Food Safety Tips
Cooking Lobster at Home
Season Your Pans for Non Stick Cooking
What?s the Thick on Roux? Thickening Soups and Sauces
Bacteria and Food-borne Diseases
Seasoning An Oven
What Are Scoville Units?
How to Make Homemade Ice Cream (Without an Ice Cream Maker!)
10 Simple Ways To Safely Store Food
10 Wide Open Tips For Food Safety In The Great Outdoors
10 Convenient Ways To Eliminate Food Poisoning With Your Microwave
10 Critical Ways To A Perfectly Food-Safe Kitchen
10 Smoky Tips To BBQ Food Safely
10 Mind-Easing Ways To Make Sure Your Childs Bag Lunch Is Safe
10 Deadly Bacteria That Can Get In Your Food (And How To Stop Them From Getting There)
10 Easy Ways To Protect Your Family From Food Poisoning
Cake Pans
Flax Seed Will Add A Little Extra Flavor To Your Recipes
Ten Steps to Perfect Pasta
The Wonderful Wok: Stir Frying Basics
Alone In the Kitchen: Stirring Up Mindfulness
Emergency Bread: Can you Bake Bread Without an Oven?
Troubleshooting Cookies
Understanding Baking: How Yeast Works
Baking Bread and Your Freezer
Whats a Pan Dowdy?
Storing Fats and Oils
Fine Tuning Bread Machine Mixes
Using Bread Machine Mixes in Your Oven
Better Breakfasts Ideas
Is Cooked Food Really All That Good For Us?
Microwave Ovens and the Healthfulness of Microwaved Food
Why do We Need to Knead?
How to Bake: Bread on the Grill
How to Bake: How Long Should My Bread Rise?
How to Make Sandwich Rolls with Your Bread Machine
What is Gluten and Why does it Matter?
Baking Perfect Breads, Cookies, and Desserts
All About Baking: Quick Breads
About Baking: Eight Tips for Perfect Pancakes
Make-up or Mixing Methods for Muffins
ServSafe Food Program in Montana a Success
10 Dishes Every New Bride or Groom Must Know How to Make!
Do you own an AGA or RAYBURN cooker ?
Preparing Lobster Tails
Modifying Your Recipes, More or Less
Keeping and Wasps and Flies Away from your Barbecue
Cookware ? Whats In It?
Secret of Light and Fluffy Biscuits and Pancakes
Making Homemade Pasta for Dinner Tonight
How to Grill Most Any Vegetable You Can Think Of!
How to Make a Cajun Roux
Low-Budget Meals In a Minute
How to Prepare the Best Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Secrets of Great Breads
Picture Perfect Bread
The World of Cornbread
How to Bake: Muffins (with recipes)
The Perfect Scone: Keys to Make Your Scone Just Right
Troubleshooting Machine Bread
Better Baking Technique: Is it Done Yet?
The Joys of Refrigerator Cookies
Must Haves for Any At-Home Chef
Cake Baking Tip Guide
Kid Birthday Cake Idea Collection - Cake Decorating Without Fear
Family Meal Planning Made Easy
Eating Healthy with a Meat Grinder
Clarifying Butter
Do a Dry Rub First
Foods That Freeze Well
Substitutions for Commonly Called for Ingredients
Baking Bread in a Dutch Oven
Bread in the Woods
Picnic Tips and Tricks
Picnic Checklist
What is a Serving Size?
Barbecue for You
Barbequing, a Fun and Convenient Way to Make Dinner
To Fry Or Not To Fry?
Hot Apple Pie - The American Apple Pie Legacy
Cooking With Kids--Safely!
Cooking -- What You Need To Know
Wok this Way! (Part 1 of 5)
Wok this Way! (Part 2 of 5) Selecting a Wok
The Best-Kept Secrets of Beef Revealed! Get Ready to Become the Meat Expert in Your Family!
The Almighty Beer-Can Chicken
Chinese Cooking Technique: Deep Fry
Cool Summertime Cooking
The Perfect Omelet(te), How to Cook It
Wok this Way! (Part 3 of 5) Seasoning Your New Wok
Wok this Way! (Part 4 of 5) Cleaning and Caring for Your Wok
High Altitude Baking - A Cooks Guide
How to cut a cake
Chinese Cooking Technique: Thicken
Gourmet Sauces, Rubs and Marinades - Give Your BBQ a Gourmet Kick
How to Cook a Lobster
Grill Your Corn for Maximum Flavor
How to Care for Your Cast Iron Skillet (includes recipes)
Roasting Meat - Temperatures and Times
How to Choose the Right Smoke for the Right BBQ Dish
How To Eat Fresh Vegetables ? Ideas for Working More Veggies Into Your Diet
Buying, Storing, and Preparing Apricots
Barbeque Grilling has Reached a Whole New Dimension
Buying, Storing, and Preparing Apples
Homemade Whipped Cream
7 Things to Consider when Buying a BBQ
Herbs and Spices - the Essence of Flavor
Digital Kitchen Timers ? Never Burn Another Dish
Kitchenaid Stand Mixers ? A Kitchen Work Horse
Pyrex Mixing Bowls ? A Kitchen Favorite
Digital Thermometers
Unique Cake Decorating With Flowers
The Noble Crescent Roll - How to Roll a Masterpiece
Is Your Cookware Poisoning You?
Slimming Secrets From The Kitchen
Working with Eggs
Grilling Tips ? Safety Comes First at the Barbecue
Food Poisoning--An Overview
Grilling Vs. Barbecue
Reductions: Proving Less is More
Prepare the Best Garlic Mashed Potatoes
10 Simple Kitchen Organizing Tips
The Barbecue Pit
How to Peel Almost Anything
The Right Grill for Your Barbecue
What You Need in a Gourmet Kitchen
Garlic: A Quick Guide
Ten Proven Tips to Buy the Best Meat Available
Moms Easy Cooking - Fast Meal Ideas For Busy Moms
Make It With Mint
Easy Herb Butters
The Art of the Marinade
Solving The 7 Most Common Whole Wheat Bread Baking Mistakes
Save Money ? The Crock Way
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Buying, Storing, and Preparing Apples
When buying apples, look for those that are firm and brightly colored. Shiny red for Macintosh, Rome and red Delicious. Clear green for Granny Smith and golden yellow for Delicious. Always avoid bruised apples. When an apple is damaged, the injured cells release polyphenoloxidase, an enzyme that hastens the oxidation of phenols in the apple, producing brownish pigments that darken the fruit. It's easy to check loose apples. If you buy them packed in a plastic bag, turn the bag upside down and examine the fruit.
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