Category: Ingredient Guides

One Simply Terrific Thing: Turbinado Sugar (Sugar in the Raw)

Want to take your baking up a notch? Try adding turbinado sugar to your kitchen pantry arsenal to give your baked goods an added level of crunch and sweetness! Continue reading “One Simply Terrific Thing: Turbinado Sugar (Sugar in the Raw)”…

Want to take your baking up a notch? Try adding turbinado sugar to your kitchen pantry arsenal to give your baked goods an added level of crunch and sweetness!

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Ingredient Spotlight: Masa and Masa Harina

Looking to make your own corn tortillas, sopes slathered with beans, or tamales? If so, then you need to have one ingredient on hand: masa or its dehydrated cousin, masa harina. It’s incredibly versatile, gluten-free, inexpensive, and delicio…

Looking to make your own corn tortillas, sopes slathered with beans, or tamales? If so, then you need to have one ingredient on hand: masa or its dehydrated cousin, masa harina. It’s incredibly versatile, gluten-free, inexpensive, and delicious.

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How to Cook with Canned Clams

Fresh clams are a thing of beauty, but canned clams should have a place in your pantry. They are healthy, affordable and can take that plain pasta from drab to fab. Here’s everything you wanted to know about canned clams. Continue reading …

Fresh clams are a thing of beauty, but canned clams should have a place in your pantry. They are healthy, affordable and can take that plain pasta from drab to fab. Here’s everything you wanted to know about canned clams.

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How to Buy, Store, and Cook Clams

Wondering about the difference between littleneck clams and steamer clams? How to clean clams before you cook them? Are clams good for you? Well, look no further! Just follow this clam guide and you’ll find everything you need to know about y…

Wondering about the difference between littleneck clams and steamer clams? How to clean clams before you cook them? Are clams good for you? Well, look no further! Just follow this clam guide and you’ll find everything you need to know about your favorite bivalve!

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Ingredient Spotlight: Fish Sauce

Making incredible Vietnamese food at home requires an umami kick from fish sauce. Not sure which one to buy? Read on for tips on picking out the most flavorful fish sauce for your next Vietnamese home cooked meal. Continue reading “Ingredie…

Making incredible Vietnamese food at home requires an umami kick from fish sauce. Not sure which one to buy? Read on for tips on picking out the most flavorful fish sauce for your next Vietnamese home cooked meal.

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Guide to Cooking with Eggplant

No idea what is eggplant or what to do with it? Which type, size, and color you should choose? How to store them at home? How to prepare them for cooking, roasting, or grilling? Here is a complete guide to cooking with eggplants. Everything you ever wa…

No idea what is eggplant or what to do with it? Which type, size, and color you should choose? How to store them at home? How to prepare them for cooking, roasting, or grilling? Here is a complete guide to cooking with eggplants. Everything you ever wanted to ask! I don’t want to bore you...

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A Guide to White Wine

Learn about the different types of white wine! From general flavor profiles to what food to pair with each variety, this is a crash course in the seven most popular kinds of white wine. Continue reading “A Guide to White Wine” »

Learn about the different types of white wine! From general flavor profiles to what food to pair with each variety, this is a crash course in the seven most popular kinds of white wine.

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7 Types of Canned Tomatoes and How to Use Them

Everything you want to know about canned tomatoes! We’ll tell you about the different kinds, what swaps you can make, and how to make the most of whatever kind of canned tomato you have! Continue reading “7 Types of Canned Tomatoes and How…

Everything you want to know about canned tomatoes! We'll tell you about the different kinds, what swaps you can make, and how to make the most of whatever kind of canned tomato you have!

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The Ultimate Guide to Flour: How to Swap, Substitute and Supplement Your Favorite Flours

With baking ingredients in short supply let this guide to flour help you use and swap standard flours like all purpose, bread flour and cake flour, but also whole wheat, ancient grain, and gluten-free flour options. Continue reading “The Ul…

With baking ingredients in short supply let this guide to flour help you use and swap standard flours like all purpose, bread flour and cake flour, but also whole wheat, ancient grain, and gluten-free flour options.

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What Oil Should I Use for Cooking?

What’s the best oil for sautéing, searing, roasting, or frying? Is high heat bad for oils? What about olive oil and coconut oil? Here’s what you should know about smoke points and what oil to use, when! Continue reading “What Oil Should I U…

What’s the best oil for sautéing, searing, roasting, or frying? Is high heat bad for oils? What about olive oil and coconut oil? Here's what you should know about smoke points and what oil to use, when!

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