If snow and frigid temperatures have you spending most of your time indoors, you don’t have to live without juicy burgers with a crisp, seared crust that you normally make on your grill. Here are some tips for making great, not just good, burgers on your stovetop … The Meat: Whether you grind the meat yourself, or buy it…
Our Mayan ancestors never could have known what they started with their humble chocolate beverage. The earliest evidence of drinking chocolate dates back to 1900 B.C., but the Mesoamericans drank their chocolate spiced and cold, and typically only ceremonially or medicinally. Now, it’s all about hot chocolate. Thankfully, Europeans introduced chocolate from Mesoamerica to sugar production…
Cups, tablespoons, teaspoons…these are kitchen measurements we’re all used to; but so many recipes are measured only by weight, forcing you to either try and figure out the volume equivalents, or buy a digital kitchen scale. Professional recipes are nearly always measured by weight, as are many of the recipes that we use in our…
From champagne to merlot and brie to blue, wines and cheese have very specific storing and serving temperatures. We have the thermal tips you need to be prepared for guests, any time of the year. Get the tool you need to make sure it all tastes the best: Wine Why Serve Wine at Specific Temperatures?…
Baking can be tricky, but most people are comfortable making a batch of chocolate chip cookies. That being said, something as simple as a cookie has a lot happening on the inside. Let’s take a look! Warning: after reading this post you may never be able to look at a cookie the same way again. How the…
Candy, especially good home-made candy, is a great way to inject a bit of fun into your every-day life! Sadly, candy making can be seen as technically difficult, or as something only made by generations past. But peanut brittle—with its crisp texture and combination of sweet and salty flavors and rich mouth-feel—is actually one of the…