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Quick Reference Guide for Buying, Storing and Serving Cheese

By admin • Feb 28th, 2006 • Category: Kitchen

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Cheese is more than just peeling back the wrapper on a slice of American cheese. There are proper buying, storage and serving procedures that will help maintain freshness and ensure enhanced flavor and texture.When buying cheese consider these three [...]

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Kitchen Equipment: the Right Tools

By admin • Feb 12th, 2006 • Category: Kitchen

A basic kitchen needs a selection of pots and pans, some basic gadgets, and a collection of common spices and condiments.Pots and Pans:
A minimum set includes a small frying pan, a one-quart saucepan with cover, a two-quart saucepan with cover, a large frying pan with cover, and a large pot (for spaghetti, stew, pot roast, [...]

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Vinegar - the Cleaner in Your Kitchen Cupboard

By admin • Jan 28th, 2006 • Category: Kitchen

 
  
 
 
Vinegar is a 10,000 year old accident according to the Vinegar Institute (versitilevinegar.org).
The name vinegar comes from the French ‘vinaigre’ which means sour wine. Ever since the discovery was made of a past-its-prime wine, vinegar has been used throughout history for everything from a preservative, condiment, and beverage to medicinal treatment.
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The Well-Stocked Pantry — A Cook’s Secret Weapon

By admin • Jan 22nd, 2006 • Category: Kitchen

 

 
 
Doing any job is easier when you have the right tools on hand. One of a cook’s best tools — and secret weapons — is having a well-stocked pantry.Cooking is much simpler if you know that you’ve already got what you need on hand, and aren’t going to have to run to the corner market [...]

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12 Ways to Save Water in Your Home

By admin • Jan 17th, 2006 • Category: Kitchen

 
Clean running water, an absolute necessity to our very survival, is also incredibly handy around the house. So handy, in fact, that most of us use it wastefully at least part of the time. As our growing population strains our water resources and infrastructure to the limits, costs for providing water will escalate. We can [...]

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