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Tip: Long-handled spoon makes great chicken lifter

July 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Cooking tips, Tools

A long handled wooden spoon or cooking spoon with a heavy, rigid handle makes easy work of lifting a hot (or cold!) chicken. Just insert the business end of the spoon into the large cavity and lift.

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Tip: Roll dough up with a towel

June 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Cooking tips, Tools

Rolling up dough as for cinnamon rolls is easy and neat work with the help of a tea towel. Roll out a soft dough onto flowered towel, then lift edge of towel to roll it over onto itself.

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Tip: Stop that bowl turning

June 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Cooking tips, Tools

It’s happened to you: The bowl, especially that handy stainless steel bowl, insists on spinning as you stir or as you run your hand-held electric mixer in it.
The solution is simple. Put a fabric or silicone hot pad or a folded towel underneath the offending spinner. Voila! Problem solved. Same solution works for a wiggly [...]

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Tip: Here’s 1001 of them

June 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Cooking tips, General

Epicurious’ new database of cooking tips may make foodperson’s weekly time useless. What do readers think?

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Tip: Grate that hard butter

June 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Cooking tips, Food preparation

Hard or frozen butter can be made malleable for baking by grating it with a box grater or food processor.

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Tip: Use your nose

May 28th, 2007 · No Comments · Cooking tips, Food preparation

Your nose will tell you not just when things are burning or overcooked, but also when they’re at their most flavorful.

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