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Exploring Hominy: Origins, Recipes, and Tips
Hominy isn’t just corn with an attitude; it’s processed differently and gives us grits, masa, and so much more. Let’s learn its origins and how to use it in cooking and baking.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #143
Every Monday join our "cooking class." We discuss cooking terms, techniques, recipes, and whatever else you can think of that might relate to food. (We've even made our own pet food). If this sounds like fun, keep reading
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Making the Perfect Cubano Sandwich (and Much, Much More)
The Cubano is perhaps the perfect ham and cheese sandwich. Learn how to make this classic and create imaginative spinoffs.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #142
Each week you have an opportunity to ask me a question, any question, about food, recipes, cooking techniques or terms. I'm your BFF in the kitchen and next week I will have an answer for you.
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Exploring Brandy: Brief History and Recipes
Brandy has the punch of whiskey but the softness of sweet wine. This mellow, oaky beverage is more than an after-dinner drink. Learn how to use it in baking and cooking.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #141
Each week you come to me with food/recipe/diet questions, and the following week I do my darndest to give you an answer. Yes, it's really that simple.
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Tiramisu: Folklore and Fun Recipes for a Fantastic Italian Dessert
Tiramisu is a creamy coffee-flavored layered Italian dessert. Learn its history, how to make the original, and some fun spin-offs.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #140
Do you love to cook, do you have a kitchen merely because it came with the house, or are you somewhere in between? Got questions or I-don't-knows about food? I can help.
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Exploring Corned Beef Hash
Here’s a recipe for perfect corned beef hash, a history of corned beef, and how to make your own. We'll even cover some non-beef and vegetarian alternatives in your hash.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #139
Do you have questions about a recipe, menu suggestions, cooking techniques, food storage, or anything else food-related? Each week I receive queries and provide answers. Your question could be the next one!
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How Many Ways Can You Make S'mores?
Don’t get stuck in a marshmallow rut. Let’s look at innovative ways to replicate the flavor of s’mores, and fun new ways to make that campfire treat.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #138
Do you have cooking questions? Leave them in the comments section below and next Monday you will find your answer here. It's like magic!
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #137
Cooking is an exercise in creativity, but there is also a bit of science involved in combining ingredients, time, and temperature. If you have problems, I have the answers.
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Exploring Dill Pickles: History, Trivia, and Recipes
Learn the history of dill pickles, how to make them, and recipes that feature these tangy treats in creative ways.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #136
Cooking ingredients, recipes new and old, techniques, equipment, gadgets, nutrition--if you have questions, together we'll find the answers. Join my friends and me while we talk about cooking and eating.
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Sustainable Eating in the 21st Century
What does sustainability mean in terms of the food we eat? Top scientists share their viewpoints about how we can eat a diet that is healthier for our bodies and the planet.
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How to Build a Perfect Cheeseburger (and Fun Cheeseburger Spinoffs)
Baseball, apple pie, and cheeseburgers—all classic American inventions. Let’s learn how to make the best cheeseburger, and while we're at it, we'll take a look at a few other fun cheeseburger-inspired dishes.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #135
Ask (for a recipe) and it will be given to you, seek (the answer to a question) and you will find, knock...and I'll invite you in for a cup of coffee. Let's talk about food, techniques and kitchen gadgets.
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Exploring Sherry: History and How to Use It in Your Cooking
Explore the story of sherry, a fortified wine of a unique region in Spain. Along the way we’ll find recipes for dinners, desserts, and appetizers.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #134
Welcome to my kitchen. Each week you have an opportunity to learn a new cooking skill or an old recipe, You can ask in the comments about anything that has to do with food, and next week come back for the answer. It's that simple.
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Exploring Vanilla: An Amazing History and Innovative Recipes
When did vanilla become synonymous with bland and boring? Let's learn its history and how to use it in innovative ways (no cupcakes).
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #133
To paraphrase a Hubs friend "Summary, you want a summary? How about you ask a question and I provide an answer, how's that for a summary?" Cooking, baking, ingredients. Let's go.
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Yes, You Can Cook With Nettles (Plus Recipes)
Learn how to take the sting out of nettles. This pesky weed is also a delicious and nutritious herb. I'll share some fun recipes with you.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #132
This is the place to get your cooking/baking/ingredient dilemmas solved. Go ahead, ask me anything. I'll have an answer for you next week.
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The ABCs of Falafel: Ancestry, Basic Recipe & Creative Spin-Offs
Falafel is more than hippy health food. Learn what it is, where it came from, and how to make great falafel dishes in your own kitchen.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #131
Question about cooking, baking, ingredients, kitchen how-to's (or how not-to's), meal planning, looking for a specific recipe--ask and I will find it for you.
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A Brief History of Tabbouleh (Plus 7 Stunning Recipes)
The Lebanese salad known as tabbouleh was created more than 4,000 years ago. Learn its story as well as seven different ways to make it.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #130
Let's talk about cooking. Are you a novice cook? Come here to ask questions on the basics. Are you a pro? Maybe you have hints to share with us. In the middle? That's where most of us are, and I would love to back-and-forth with you. Let's have fun.
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Finding Wellness During an Epidemic
Here are a few suggestions for how to stay physically and mentally well during an epidemic.
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Exploring Balsamic Vinegar: History and Recipes
Once a tonic to prevent pests and plague, balsamic vinegar is now used in all manner of cooking and baking. Let’s learn its history, how it's made, and three innovative recipes.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #129
Join me in a weekly round of questions and answers about just about anything related to food ingredients, cooking, or baking. Ask, share, learn, repeat. It's that simple.
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Perfect Mulligatawny Soup
Mulligatawny soup—no it’s not Indian. It’s a purely English dish concocted to replicate the flavors and aromas of India during British rule. Learn how to make the best “pepper water” right here.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #128
Join me and my friends in the kitchen where we share ideas about cooking, baking, new recipes, and how to use (or use up) ingredients in your pantry
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #127
I've been called the Queen of Cuisine (and a few other things too). I'm not a monarch, but I know a thing or two about cooking and cooking ingredients. If you have questions, I have the answers.
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Exploring Irish Whiskey: History Plus 8 Recipes for Dinner or Dessert
Learn the origin of Irish Whiskey and how to use it in sweet and savory cooking and baking.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, & Cooking, #126
If you have questions about cooking techniques, how to use ingredients, or why that recipe flopped, I'll bet I have the answer or can find it for you. Let's learn together, OK?
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How to Select and Use Edible Flowers in Cooking and Baking
Learn how to create the world's most beautiful salads, herb butters, pasta, and more with flowers that you can eat!
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Exploring Tequila and Mezcal: History and Fun Recipes
In this article, we'll look at facts, fiction, folklore, and fun recipes—with agave nectar spirits as the central characters.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #125
Even when it's cold outside, my kitchen is warm and cozy. Join my friends and me as we discuss anything and everything about food, recipes, cooking equipment, and putting the fun back into the kitchen.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #124
Here's how it works—you have a kitchen question. I have the answer. Go ahead, try to stump me.
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Perfect Chicken Vesuvio Recipe
Is Chicken Vesuvio the best chicken and potatoes dish in the world? I'll teach you how to make it—and let you decide for yourself.
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Exploring Lasagne: Facts, Folklore, and Fun Recipes
Let's take a look at some facts, folklore, and fun recipes for our favorite American-Italian pasta dish.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #123
Have questions about a recipe, ingredient, cooking substitutions, or just about anything that happens in the kitchen? I have the answer. Each Monday I share the queries that came to my mailbox, and I answer each one.
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Exploring Celery: Folklore, Facts, and Fun Recipes
Celery—once you were special, a luxury food of the rich and famous, but now you're no more than a flavoring for soup or a bit of green on the veggie platter. Let's discover the folklore and learn some fun recipes to respect celery once again.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #122
Have an ingredient inquiry, a cooking conundrum, or a recipe wringer? If you have questions, I have the answers.
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Exploring Beer: History and How to Use It in Your Cooking
The original recipe for beer was never recorded; its advent precedes the written word. Want to learn the history of beer and how to use it in cooking and baking? Keep reading.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #121
Got a question about cooking, baking, how to use herbs and spices? Ask me anything, I'd love to help.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #120
Every week you ask me food-related questions, and the following week I provide answers. Go ahead. See if you can stump me.
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Tater Tot Hot Dish: 10 Recipes for the Potato Puff Casserole
Tater tots (those potato nuggets in the freezer section) are the perfect platform for an easy cheesy casserole (hot dish). Here are 10 recipe ideas for you.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #119
SeeEvery Monday join our "cooking class." We discuss cooking terms, techniques, recipes, and whatever else you can think of that might relate to food. (We've even made our own pet food). If this sounds like fun, keep reading.
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Perfect Chinese Fried Rice
Is your homemade fried rice as good as it could be, or is it a disappointing mushy mess? Learn how to perfect this popular Chinese dish.
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Exploring Stromboli: 12 Ways to Make the Hot Deli Treat
This “Italian” baked sandwich isn’t really Italian at all. Let’s learn its history and explore 12 fun variations that you can make at home.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #118
Each week you have an opportunity to ask me a question, any question, about food, recipes, cooking techniques or terms. I'm your BFF in the kitchen and next week I will have an answer for you.
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Exploring Pineapple Upside-Down Cake (With Recipes)
Pineapple upside-down cake originated about 100 years ago in America. Let's explore its origin and learn 16 spin-off recipes.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #117
Each week you come to me with food/recipe/diet questions, and the following week I do my darndest to give you an answer. Yes, it's really that simple.
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The "No Recipe" Recipe for Cheesy Baked Pasta
Learn these 5 easy steps to make a cheesy pasta casserole without a recipe.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #116
Do you love to cook? Do you have a kitchen merely because it came with the house? Or are you somewhere in between? Got questions or I-don't-knows about food? I can help.
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Perfect Chicken Marsala
Here's how to make an amazing chicken marsala in your own kitchen. I will guide you every step of the way.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #115
Do you have questions about a recipe, menu suggestions, cooking techniques, food storage, or anything else food-related? Each week I receive queries and provide answers. Your question could be the next one!
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Perfect Dark Chocolate Cake
The perfect moist, flavorful, dark chocolate cake is as close as your kitchen if you follow the steps in this article.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers AboutFood, Recipes, & Cooking, #114
Do you have cooking questions? Leave them in the comments section below and next Monday you will find your answer here. It's like magic!
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Food Safety: Expiration Dates, Recalls, and Romaine Lettuce in the 21st Century
Every year tons food items are recalled and 40 percent of food produced in the U.S. is discarded. Is our food less safe than it was before, and if so, why? What’s going on?
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #113
Cooking is an exercise in creativity, but there is also a bit of science involved in combining ingredients, time, and temperature. If you have problems, I have the answers.
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Exploring the Reuben Sandwich: Origins and Recipes
The Reuben—an odd name for an amazing classic sandwich. Learn its origin, how to make the BEST one ever, and look at some fun spin-offs.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #112
Cooking ingredients, recipes new and old, techniques, equipment, gadgets, nutrition--if you have questions, together we'll find the answers. Join my friends and me while we talk about cooking and eating.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #111
Ask (for a recipe) and it will be given to you, seek (the answer to a question) and you will find, knock...and I'll invite you in for a cup of coffee. Let's talk about food, techniques and kitchen gadgets.
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Exploring Asian Condiments
The pantry of an Asian cook contains a treasure trove of hot/spicy/tangy pops of flavor that might elevate your ho-hum meals from not-so-great to new-taste-sensation.
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How to Hasselback (Almost) Everything
Hasselback is not a pro quarterback (that’s Hasselbeck). It’s a cooking technique—slicing almost all-the-way through foods, creating thin layers that are then stuffed and baked. Let’s learn how it started and fun ways to use this technique in your kitchen.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #110
Welcome to my kitchen. Each week you have an opportunity to learn a new cooking skill or an old recipe, You can ask in the comments about anything that has to do with food, and next week come back for the answer. It's that simple.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #109
To paraphrase a Hub's friend "Summary, you want a summary? How about you ask a question and I provide an answer, how's that for a summary?" Cooking, baking, ingredients. Let's go.
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History of the Yule Log and How to Make Your Own
The Yule log, once a pagan ritual, has been elevated to not just dessert but a stunning work of pastry artistry known as Buche de Noel. Don’t let its looks frighten you. You can make your own. Here’s how.
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Exploring Chickpeas: History, Nutrition, and Recipes
What the Middle East has known for centuries is now mainstream. Chickpeas are amazingly flavorful and healthful. Let's look at their history, nutritional benefits, and use them in fun vegan recipes.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #108
This is the place to get your cooking/baking/ingredient dilemmas solved. Go ahead, ask me anything. I'll have an answer for you next week
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A 21st Century Look at Foods of the Great Depression
Next week is the 90th anniversary of the start of the Great Depression of 1929-39, an economic crisis that began in the U.S. and then rapidly spread across the globe. This article looks at how households adapted to depleted food resources and how we can update those dishes for the 21st century.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #107
Question about cooking, baking, ingredients, kitchen how-to's (or how not-to's), meal planning, looking for a specific recipe--ask and I will find it for you.
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Exploring British Condiments: Piccalilli, HP Sauce, and More
The pantry of an English cook contains a treasure trove of hot/spicy/tangy pops of flavor that might elevate your ho-hum meals from not-so-great to new-taste-sensation.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #106
Let's talk about cooking. Are you a novice cook? Come here to ask questions on the basics. Are you a pro? Maybe you have hints to share with us. In the middle? That's where most of us are, and I would love to back-and-forth with you. Let's have fun.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #105
Join me in a weekly round of questions and answers about just about anything related to food ingredients, cooking, or baking. Ask, share, learn, repeat. It's that simple.
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Exploring Umami: The Fifth Taste Sensation
Sweet, sour, salty, and bitter, and umami—the fifth taste sensation. That meaty flavor occurs in many foods, even fruits and vegetables. Learn all about umami and how to use it in your cooking.
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12 Savory Scone Recipes (One for Each Month of the Year)
Scones are more than a 4 o'clock teatime treat. Here are 12 savory/cheesy/herby scone recipes—a different one for each month of the year.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #104
Join me and my friends in the kitchen where we share ideas about cooking, baking, new recipes, and how to use (or use up) ingredients in your pantry
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How to Build a Better Sandwich
Anyone can make a sandwich, but a memorable one is the perfect blend of bread, fillings, tastes, and textures. Here’s a list of imaginative ingredients and how to combine them to make the best sandwich!
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #103
I've been called the Queen of Cuisine (and a few other things too). I'm not a monarch, but I do know a thing or two about cooking and cooking ingredients. If you have questions, I have the answers.
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12 Amazing Slab Pie Recipes (Both Sweet and Savory)
Slab pie is pie minus all the worries. Unlike a deep-dish pie, every serving has equal amounts of filling and crust. And it's a snap to make. Let’s look at some fun recipes.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #102
Even when it's cold outside, my kitchen is warm and cozy. Join my friends and me as we discuss anything and everything about food, recipes, cooking equipment, and putting the fun back into the kitchen.
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Perfect Swedish Meatballs
Enjoy a meal of Swedish meatballs without making the trip to IKEA! Yes, you can make a perfect batch yourself, complete with savory gravy, in the comfort of your own kitchen. Here’s how.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #101
If you have questions about cooking techniques, how to use ingredients, or why that recipe flopped, I'll bet I have the answer or can find it for you. Let's learn together, OK?
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12 Sweet Scone Recipes (One for Each Month of the Year)
What's better than a scone? What about a different scone for every month of the year? Here's a collection of 12 unique and tasty scone treats.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #100
Here's how it works—you have a kitchen question. I have the answer. Go ahead, try to stump me.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #99
Have questions about a recipe, ingredient, cooking substitutions, or just about anything that happens in the kitchen? I have the answer. Each Monday I share the queries that came to my mailbox, and I answer each one.
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Perfect Snickerdoodles: How to Make the Best Cinnamon Sugar Cookie on the Planet
What is a snickerdoodle, and how did it get such a strange name? Learn the history of these cinnamon sugar treats and how to make the best!
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Exploring Jerky and Dried Meats: History of Dry-Preserving
More than a backpacking treat, this method of preserving protein is as old as time. Let’s look at its history around the world and some imaginative recipes.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #98
Have an ingredient inquiry, a cooking conundrum, or a recipe wringer? If you have questions, I have the answers.
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Exploring Salmon: History, Facts, and Recipes
Historically, salmon has always been an integral part of the human diet. Learn the story of this anadromous fish and some innovative recipes.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #97
Got a question about cooking, baking, how to use herbs and spices? Ask me anything, I'd love to help.
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Exploring Watermelon: Origins, Growing Tips, and Recipes
Watermelon is a popular summertime treat. Let's explore its origins, learn how to grow your own, and find some imaginative recipes along the way.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #96
Every week you ask me food-related questions, and the following week I provide answers. Go ahead. See if you can stump me.
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Exploring Ranch Dressing
Endlessly versatile, ranch dressing is used on salads, as a dip, a sauce for chicken, a drizzle on pizza, and countless other foods. Here's the story of how it was created and links to various recipes so you can make your own.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #95
Every Monday join our "cooking class." We discuss cooking terms, techniques, recipes, and whatever else you can think of that might relate to food. (We've even made our own pet food). If this sounds like fun, keep reading.
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Exploring Poutine: History, Recipes, and Fun Variations
Poutine (French fries, gravy, and cheese curds), the unofficial food of Quebec, is a contrast of tastes and textures that represents comfort food at its best. Learn its history, how to make it, and fun variations.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #94
Each week you have an opportunity to ask me a question, any question, about food, recipes, cooking techniques or terms. I'm your BFF in the kitchen and next week I will have an answer for you. #94
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Everything You Want to Know About Hummus: Origins, Ingredients, Recipes, and Uses
Hummus—it's not just a dip for pita chips. Learn its origins, how to make the BEST in your own kitchen, and how to use it in many imaginative ways.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #93
Each week you come to me with food/recipe/diet questions, and the following week I do my darndest to give you an answer. Yes, it's really that simple.
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The 5 Mediterranean Sauces and Why You Need Them
Mediterranean sauces are regional specialties with worldwide appeal. Each culture uses the produce of their garden to craft a condiment for the foods they love. Let’s explore the origins of these five sauces and learn how to make them.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #92
Do you love to cook? Do you have a kitchen merely because it came with the house? Or are you somewhere in between? Got questions or I-don't-knows about food? I can help.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #91
Do you have questions about a recipe, menu suggestions, cooking techniques, food storage, or anything else food-related? Each week I receive queries and provide answers. Your question could be the next one!
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8 Foods That Are (Almost) Too Difficult to Eat
Obstinate oysters, contrary crustaceans, tenacious tacos—there are some foods that are almost impossible to eat. Here’s how to win the battle of food and the fork.
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Exploring Turmeric: The Ancient Golden Spice of Meals and Medication
Turmeric tantalizes our taste buds but can it heal our bodies, as well? Let’s examine the history of this golden spice, its medicinal uses, and how to include it in our diets.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, and Recipes, #90
Do you have cooking questions? Leave them in the comments section below and next Monday you will find your answer here. It's like magic!
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Exploring Boston Baked Beans
Baked beans have been a favorite New England dish for hundreds of years. Look here for facts, folklore, and fun recipes.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions and Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #89
Cooking is an exercise in creativity, but there is also a bit of science involved in combining ingredients, time, and temperature. If you have problems, I have the answers.
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Exploring Boston Cream Pie
Boston cream pie—it's really a cake. Learn its history, how to make the best one ever, and then find some fun desserts inspired by the original.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #88
Cooking ingredients, recipes new and old, techniques, equipment, gadgets, nutrition--if you have questions, together we'll find the answers. Join my friends and me while we talk about cooking and eating.
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Perfect Chicken and Waffles
Is it breakfast or dinner? Whatever you call it, this perfect marriage of sweet and salty has graduated from soul food to roadside restaurant classic. Learn the history of chicken and waffles and how to make it.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, and Cooking, #87
Ask (for a recipe) and it will be given to you, seek (the answer to a question) and you will find, knock...and I'll invite you in for a cup of coffee. Let's talk about food, techniques and kitchen gadgets.
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Perfect Pasta Fagioli Recipe
Pasta fagioli is more than mere pasta and beans; it's rich "love in a dish" comfort food. Learn how to make the best in your own kitchen.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #86
Cooking ingredients, recipes new and old, techniques, equipment, gadgets, nutrition--if you have questions, together we'll find the answers. Join my friends and me while we talk about cooking and eating
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, and Cooking, #85
Ask (for a recipe) and it will be given to you, seek (the answer to a question) and you will find, knock...and I'll invite you in for a cup of coffee. Let's talk about food, techniques and kitchen gadgets.
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10 Delicious Muffin-Cup Meals
Think that 12-cup pan in your cupboard is only for baking muffins? Think again! Here are 10 recipes for perfect serving-size meals you can cook in a muffin tin.
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Exploring Flatbreads: The Staff of Life Around the World
How many ways can we make flatbread? Focaccia, pita, and naan are just a few examples. Let’s explore the world’s favorite flatbreads and discover 10 easy recipes.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, and Cooking, #84
Each week you have an opportunity to ask me a question, any question, about food, recipes, cooking techniques or terms. I'm your BFF in the kitchen and next week I will have an answer for you.
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Healing Properties of Common Herbs
Herbs and spices do more than add flavor to our foods; they promote health and wellness. Let’s learn about the healing properties in your spice rack.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, and Cooking, #83
Every week you ask me food-related questions, and the following week I provide answers. Go ahead. See if you can stump me.
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Loving Leftovers: How to Use up Stale Tortilla Chips
Don't throw away that half-used bag of stale tortilla chips. You can give them a new "life" in these tasty, thrifty dishes that your family will love.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes, #82
If you have questions about cooking techniques, how to use ingredients, or why that recipe flopped, I'll bet I have the answer or can find it for you. Let's learn together, OK?
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Don't Eat That! 16 Things You Should Never Order When Dining Out
Do you know what you’re eating when you dine out? Is that salad safe or is a bout of Listeria just a forkful away? Let’s check with the pros to find out what they never eat when dining out.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes, #81
Have an ingredient inquiry, a cooking conundrum, or a recipe wringer? If you have questions, I have the answers.
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Recipe Index: How to Find Carb Diva's Best
A handy reference guide for all of the recipes I have shared on Hub Pages which will be updated each week. You can bookmark this.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes, #80
Join me and my friends in the kitchen where we share ideas about cooking, baking, new recipes, and how to use (or use up) ingredients in your pantry
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Exploring Hot Cross Buns: Folklore, Facts, and Fun Recipes
Hot cross buns are a traditional Easter treat. Learn their history, how to make them in your kitchen, and a few innovative variations.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes, #79
Each week you have an opportunity to ask me a question, any question, about food, recipes, cooking techniques or terms. I'm your BFF in the kitchen and next week I will have an answer for you.
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Perfect New England Clam Chowder
Want to make an authentic clam chowder that's as good (if not better) than what you'll find in the best chowder house in New England? Here's how.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes #78
Join me in a weekly round of questions and answers about just about anything related to food ingredients, cooking, or baking. Ask, share, learn, repeat. It's that simple.
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Loving Leftovers: How to Use Extra Egg Whites
Have you ever found yourself with leftover egg whites? Perhaps you made a rich custard or sponge cake. I can't bear to throw away perfectly good food, so let's rescue those leftover whites and use them in imaginative (and tasty) ways.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes #77
Do you love to cook? Do you have a kitchen merely because it came with the house? Or are you somewhere in between? Got questions or I-don't-knows about food? I can help.
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Exploring Maple Syrup: History, Trivia, and Recipes
Real maple syrup is a treat that cannot be duplicated with artificial flavors. Let’s explore the history of this natural sweetener and how to use it in baking and cooking.
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Perfect Rugelach
Rugelach are popular crescent-shaped Jewish pastries with numerous names and even more recipes. They are filled with jam or nuts or simply dusted with sugar and sweet spices. Let's explore their origins and how to make them in your own kitchen.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes #76
Ask (for a recipe) and it will be given to you, seek (the answer to a question) and you will find, knock...and I'll invite you in for a cup of coffee. Let's talk about food, techniques and kitchen gadgets.
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How to Make the Perfect Italian Wedding Soup
"Italian Wedding Soup" is an odd-sounding name for such a luscious meal. Learn how it acquired that name and how to create the best "minestra maritata" you've ever tasted.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes #75
Let's talk about cooking. Are you a novice cook? Come here to ask questions on the basics. Are you a pro? Maybe you have hints to share with us. In the middle? That's where most of us are, and I would love to back-and-forth with you. Let's have fun.
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How to Make Perfect Hamburger Buns
Don't put your delicious home-grilled burger on a wimpy store-bought bun. You can make your own, and they will taste outstanding! Trust me, we can do this together.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes #74
Cooking ingredients, recipes new and old, techniques, equipment, gadgets, nutrition--if you have questions, together we'll find the answers. Join my friends and me while we talk about cooking and eating
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes #73
It's cold outside, but my kitchen is warm and cozy. Join my friends and me as we discuss anything and everything about food, recipes, cooking equipment, and putting the fun back into the kitchen.
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Exploring Whole Grains
Whole grains are not just another food fad. Research proves that they are nutritional dynamite and should be a part of your daily diet. Here's information on how to cook and make them the focus of your meal plan.
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Exploring Spinach: Folklore, Facts, and How to Cook This Superfood
Spinach can appear in every meal of the day. Let's explore where it came from, how to grow it, the health benefits, why some people hate it (it's not their fault), and creative recipes.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes #72
If you have questions about cooking, baking, food ingredients, techniques, menu selection, food prep, your answer is here. Ask in the comments, and you will have an answer next Monday. That's how it works. Easy-peasy.
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How to Create the Perfect Quiche
Quiche (quite possibly the perfect food) can be served for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, or even dessert (imagine a thin slice with some fresh fruit and a glass of sherry). Learn the secrets for making the perfect quiche.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes #71
Cooking ingredients, recipes new and old, techniques, equipment, gadgets, nutrition--if you have questions, together we'll find the answers. Join my friends and I while we talk about cooking and eating.
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Exploring Grapefruit: It's Not Just for Breakfast
Grapefruit is an eye-opening, traditional start of the day for many, but it's not just for breakfast. Learn its history, a bit of folklore, and imaginative recipes.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes #70
Every week you ask me food-related questions, and the following week I provide answers. Go ahead. See if you can stump me.
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Loving Leftovers: How to Use Extra Egg Yolks
Have you ever found yourself with leftover egg yolks? Perhaps you made meringue or 7-minute icing. I can't bear to throw away perfectly good food, so let's rescue those leftover yolks and use them in imaginative (and tasty) ways.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Cooking, & Recipes #69
Have an ingredient inquiry, a cooking conundrum, or a recipe wringer? If you have questions, I have the answers.
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The Perfect BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato) Sandwich
In celebration of National BLT Month, let's look at the history of the perfect food—otherwise known as bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich—and how to create a perfect one.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes & Cooking, #68
Every Monday join our "cooking class." We discuss cooking terms, techniques, recipes, and whatever else you can think of that might relate to food. (We've even made our own pet food). If this sounds like fun, keep reading.
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Exploring Leeks: Discover Their History, How to Grow Them, and Happy Recipes
Leeks, that strange-looking onion-like vegetable. What can you do with them? A savory soup is just the start. Let's explore their history and how to use them in every meal of the day.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes & Cooking, #67
If you have questions about cooking techniques, how to use ingredients, or why that recipe flopped, I'll bet I have the answer; if not, I'll ask, inquire, prod and poke until I find it.
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Exploring Risotto: History and How to Take It From Comfort Food to Classic Dining
Risotto is a Northern Italian rice dish. It began as a peasant meal but with a few additions can be changed to a spectacular, luxurious dinner. Let me share with you the origins of this wonderful, flavorful, adaptable dish.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, and Cooking, #66
If you have questions about cooking techniques, how to use ingredients, or why that recipe flopped, I'll bet I have the answer or can find it for you. Let's learn together, OK?
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Loving Leftovers: How to Use Up Leftover Rice
Is there anything more sad or uninviting than a cold bowl of rice? While it makes great stir-fry (I have 2 recipes here), there's even more that you can do. Let's explore.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, and Cooking, #65
Welcome to my kitchen. Each week you have an opportunity to learn a new cooking skill or an old recipe, You can ask in the comments about anything that has to do with food, and next week come back for the answer. It's that simple.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, and Cooking, #64
Each week you have an opportunity to ask me a question, any question, about food, recipes, cooking techniques or terms. I'm your BFF in the kitchen and next week I will have an answer for you.
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How to Create a Perfect Cheese Board
Cheese is not just an appetizer or a garnish on your burger. Learn how to create a cheese course as a dessert, the end to a special meal.
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Exploring Sauces: The 10 White Sauces of World Cuisine
White sauces—a simple idea with worldwide appeal. Each culture uses its garden resources to craft condiments to accompany the foods they love. Let’s explore these sauces and how to make them.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, & Cooking, #63
Cooking ingredients, recipes new and old, techniques, equipment, gadgets, nutrition--if you have questions, together we'll find the answers. Join my friends and I while we talk about cooking and eating.
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Dungeness Crab: Cook, Clean, and Create Great Recipes
Dungeness crab is a Pacific Coast native, prized for its sweet, succulent meat. Learn how to clean, cook, and create amazing recipes with this amazing gift of the sea.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #62
Each week you come to me with food/recipe/diet questions, and the following week I do my darndest to give you an answer. Yes, it's really that simple.
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Exploring Sauces: The 10 Red Sauces of World Cuisine
Red sauces—a simple idea with world-wide appeal. Each culture uses the produce of their garden to craft a condiment to accompany the foods they love. Let’s explore the origins of ten of these sauces and learn how to make them.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #61
Do you have cooking questions? Leave them in the comments section below and next Monday you will find your answer here. It's like magic!
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Loving Leftovers: Creative Leftover Ham Recipes
Leftover ham can obviously become a sandwich or a side with breakfast eggs. But we can do something even better!
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Gingerbread House 101: An Easy Recipe for Dough, Icing, and Assembly
The gingerbread house is a whimsical bit of Christmas tradition in many American and European homes. Here's what you need to make one for your family.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #60
Let's talk about cooking. Are you a novice cook? Come here to ask questions on the basics. Are you a pro? Maybe you have hints to share with us. In the middle? That's where most of us are, and I would love to back-and-forth with you. Let's have fun.
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Perfect Oatmeal Cookies
Braveheart might have relied on them for energy. The Quaker Oats Co. called them "health food." Oatmeal cookies should be chewy and crisp, not dull and cakey. Here's how to make the best.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #59
Do you have questions about a recipe, menu suggestions, cooking techniques, food storage, or anything else food-related? Each week I receive queries and provide answers. Your question could be the next one!
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Exploring Latkes (Potato Pancakes)
Potato pancakes are also known as latkes. You needn't be Jewish to make or enjoy them. Let's look at their origins, and then try some fun recipes.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, and Cooking, #58
Got a question about cooking, baking, how to use herbs and spices? Ask me anything, I'd love to help.
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Exploring Cassoulet: History, Ingredients, and 3 Recipes
Originally peasant food, cassoulet has been elevated to gourmet status with sumptuous ingredients. Let's examine its origins and explore recipes from frugal to fantastic.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Food, Recipes, & Cooking, #57
Have questions about a recipe, ingredient, cooking substitutions, or just about anything that happens in the kitchen? I have the answer. Each Monday I share the queries that came to my mailbox, and I answer each one.
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Loving Leftovers: Thanksgiving Turkey
Thanksgiving turkey is wonderful on Day one. Day two delights us with sandwiches, but by day three are you getting bored? Be bored no longer. Here are imaginative ways to use those gobbler leftovers.
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Exploring Saffron: The World's Most Expensive Spice
In this world, there is no other aroma, flavor, or color like saffron, but what sets it apart from all other spices is how it is harvested. Learn the history of this “red gold” and how to use it in your kitchen.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers about Foods, Recipes, & Cooking, #56
Here's how it works—you have a kitchen question. I have the answer. Go ahead, try to stump me.
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Hot Chocolate Around the World: How All of Us Enjoy Our Cocoa
A steaming mug of hot chocolate—comfort in a cup on a wintry day. It began with the Mayans and spread worldwide. Let's look at cocoa recipes from around the globe.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers about Foods, Recipes, & Cooking, #55
Cooking is an exercise in creativity, but there is also a bit of science involved in combining ingredients, time, and temperature. If you have problems, I have the answers.
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Exploring Cornbread: History and Recipes
My Texas-born-and-raised father-in-law was always happy when I served cornbread with our evening meal. Learn the history of this sweet/savory bread and how to bake the very best.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, and Cooking, #54
Each week you have an opportunity to ask me a question, any question, about food, recipes, cooking techniques or terms. I'm your BFF in the kitchen and next week I will have an answer for you.
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Chicken and Rice: A Simple Dish With Worldwide Flavors
How many ways can we make chicken and rice? Arroz con pollo, paella, and chicken adobo are just a few examples. Let’s explore the world’s favorite chicken-and-rice combos.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, and Cooking, #53
Welcome to my kitchen. Each week you have an opportunity to learn a new cooking technique or an old recipe, explore the meaning of unusual cooking terms, ask about nutrition...just about anything that has to do with food. Ask in the comments, and next week come back for the answer. It's that simple.
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Loving Leftovers: How to Re-Use Spaghetti
Spaghetti makes a great dinner. What's not to love about toothy strands and red sauce? But when it's old and cold? Let's find a new purpose for yesterday's pasta dinner.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, and Cooking, #52
Join me and my friends in the kitchen where we share ideas about cooking, baking, new recipes, and how to use (or use up) ingredients in your pantry.
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Exploring Shrimp Cocktail: The History, Original Recipe, and Spin-Offs
Has the go-to appetizer of the 1950s and '60s fallen out of favor? Perhaps we’ve forgotten the basics. Let’s hit the reset button and examine how to make the perfect shrimp cocktail.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, and Cooking, #51
Join me in a weekly round of questions and answers about just about anything related to food ingredients, cooking, or baking. Ask, share, learn, repeat. It's that simple.
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Why "Mise en Place" Is a Must in Your Kitchen and Your Life
Mise en place (everything in place) is more than a fancy French cooking term. It's a method of organization that can help you in (and outside of) the kitchen.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, & Cooking, #50
Welcome to my kitchen. If you have cooking questions I have cooking answers. Leave your queries in the comments section below and next Monday, in Installment #51, I will have an answer for you.
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Exploring Cucumbers: More Than Just Pickles
Learn the history of cucumbers, how to grow them, how to use them in cooking and baking, and why “cool as a cucumber” is not just a figure of speech.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, & Cooking, #49
If you have questions about cooking techniques, how to use ingredients, or why that recipe flopped, I'll bet I have the answer or can find it for you. Let's learn together, OK?
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, & Cooking, #48
If you have questions about cooking techniques, how to use ingredients, or why that recipe flopped, I'll bet I have the answer or can find it for you. Let's learn together, OK?
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Loving Leftovers: New Uses for Leftover Barbecue
The aroma of grilled meats is enticing, but once the meal is done what are we to do with those leftover bits of beef, pork, or chicken? Let's get creative and turn what's old into something new (and perhaps even better than the original).
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Ask Carb Diva: Table of Contents for the Q&A's
A handy reference guide for my weekly food/cooking technique/recipe Q&A series, updated every week. Don't see your question here? Ask in the comments. I'll answer next week.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, & Cooking, #47
Every Monday join our "cooking class." We discuss cooking terms, techniques, recipes, and whatever else you can think of that might relate to food. (We've even made our own pet food). If this sounds like fun, keep reading.
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Exploring Raspberries: Facts, Folklore, and Fun Recipes for the Favorite Fruit of Summer
Raspberries—beautiful red gems with an interesting background. Learn their story, and try some imaginative recipes.
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Ask Carb Diva: Questions & Answers About Foods, Recipes, & Cooking, #46
If you have questions about cooking techniques, how to use ingredients, or why that recipe flopped, I'll bet I have the answer or can find it for you. Let's learn together, OK?