Turducken or not to turducken?
Over the past several years, Kenji Alt, the science guru at Serious Eats, has tackled the intriguing problem of how to cook the perfect turducken. In The Food Lab: How to Make the Perfect Turducken, he gives us the…
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Surprising many, California defeated the GMO label requirement
Before we move on to really serious matters - like does a turkey really need to be brined? - we did want to note one U.S. election result that impacts the world of food. In California, Proposition 37 was defeated fairly…
The silliest food network recipes
Looking for a quick laugh? Over at BuzzFeed Food, they've collected The Most Hilarious Food Network Recipes of All Time. And we have to say, these are pretty priceless. Here are a few classic examples: Robin Miller's…
The Smitten Kitchen publishes a cookbook
One of our favorite food blogs is the Smitten Kitchen by Deb Perelman. Of all our indexed blogs, the Smitten Kitchen is at the top of the our blog list, with 1,146 of our members following her. Her popularity is…
Three no-cost ways to protect cookbooks & tablets from splatters
We're heading into some intensive cooking weeks, so an item from America's Test Kitchen with ideas on how to prevent cookbooks and recipe cards from getting splattered struck us as particularly useful. And they use…
Are apple cider, apple juice, & hard apple cider interchangeable?
In colonial times, in both the United States and Canada, if you asked for a glass of cider - far more popular and safer than water - you'd get a beverage with somewhere around the alcoholic content of beer (2% to 8%…
Peanut butter & pickles anyone?
Over at The New York Times Dwight Garnier has a fun blog item, Peanut Butter Takes On an Unlikely Best Friend. In it, he confesses to a love of peanut butter and pickle sandwiches (and he's obviously not pregnant). As…
What to substitute for fresh lemon juice
The Kitchn has an excellent blog item today, Help! Is There a Good Substitute for Fresh Lemon Juice. We're pretty sure our savvy members realize that fresh lemon juice is always the best choice but, let's face it, we've…
Pizza! The best breakfast pizza plus how to stretch pizza dough
Where would we be without pizza? Without question, life would be emptier. But just because we eat so much of it (according to Yahoo, the annual per capita pizza consumption in the USA is 23 pounds) that doesn't mean we…
Cooking Light's Best 25 Recipes
Cooking Light is celebrating its 25th anniversary by publishing, both in print and online, its best 25 recipes. As they say, "25 years, 25 dishes. We're going back in time to count down our best of the best, from 2011…
Making groceries last longer
First, we want to send all our members who were affected by Hurricane Sandy our very best wishes; we hope you're safe and recovery will be swift. And since survival is on our mind, we thought it appropriate to share…
Holidays & Celebrations Recipes
Potato ghosts on the march
Over at Gourmet Live they're getting in the Halloween spirit and we were happy to see these little potato ghosts come front and center. They first appeared in the 90's and due to both how easy they were to make and…