Drying fruit is easy, mostly hands-off and yields a sweet and healthy snack.
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Tip of the Day - Making Your Own Dried Fruit
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Tip of the Day - Homemade Ricotta
Making cheese at home may seem quite daunting -- but cool, creamy ricotta is an exception.
Tip of the Day - Compound Butter
Seasoned butters elevate dishes from simply buttery to utterly refined, in just a few simple steps.
Tip of the Day - Peeling Ginger
With its knobby texture, ginger root is easier to tackle with a spoon than a knife.
Tip of the Day - Jicama How-To
Despite the root vegetable's tricky pronunciation, jicama isn't hard to incorporate into your culinary repertoire.
Tip of the Day - Peeling Garlic
Learn multiple ways to peel fragrant cloves of garlic, and you'll be cooking with aglio in no time.
Tip of the Day - Toasting Pumpkin Seeds
'Tis the season for pumpkin carving, but don't throw out the scraps! AOL Food's toasted pumpkin seed recipe and these tips make it easy to turn a pile of pumpkin seeds (or pepitas) into a tasty and healthy snack.
Tip of the Day - Brining Basics
Because poultry has to be cooked through, it has a tendency to dry out. Brining not only adds flavor, but also produces tender, juicy meat.
Tip of the Day - Winter Squash, Decoded
We all know and love pumpkin, but here are a few familiar and unfamiliar wonderful winter squash cousins -- and ways to prepare them.
Tip of the Day - How to Warm Tortillas
Learn how to make tortillas soft, warm and pliable for your next taco or fajita night.
Tip of the Day - How to Sear Meat
Not getting that brown, restaurant-quality crust on your protein? Learn how to sear food nicely with these tips.
Tip of the Day - Homemade Caramel Corn
Bring some carnival midway magic home with do-it-yourself caramel corn.
Tip of the Day - Homemade Pancake Syrup
About to dig into pancakes but your syrup bottle is tapped? A few kitchen staples can easily satisfy your cravings.
Tip of the Day - Sweet Potato or Yam?
As fall gets underway, do you know the difference between a sweet potato and a yam? The subject of much confusion, the orange-colored tuber that is often referred to as a "yam" is in fact, a sweet potato.
Tip of the Day - Cool Down Spicy Food
Did your dish come out too spicy? Tone it down with these tips.
What Can I Get You Folks? - Server Revenge
Reality-Show Celebrities Serve Up Chef Curtis Stone's 'Hundred-Dollar Burger'
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