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How to Build a Cheese Plate

No, not a plate made of cheese but a plate laden with a delicious assortment of your favorite fromages! Cheese plates or platters are excellent for holiday entertaining — they require no cooking, take minutes […]

Blind Bake
Tips

Blind Bake

Blind baking is cooking a pie crust before adding a filling. Blind bake if your filling either doesn’t require cooking or if your filling will cook faster than your crust. Blind baking prevents crusts from […]

Tools

Cinnamon

Cinnamon is the ultimate spice. I’d wager that if you asked a room full of people to name a spice, the survey would say cinnamon was the most popular choice. It’s available ground or in […]

Cranberry Lime Compote
Condiments

How to Make Cranberry Lime Compote

This cranberry lime compote kicks canned cranberry sauce’s butt. Excuse my language, but it’s really, really good, but let’s back up a bit. What is a compote? A compote is one of two types of […]

101

Host a Cupcake Exchange

Think outside the cookie jar this holiday season by upgrading your annual cookie swap with cupcakes. A few minor changes to your usual SOP (Swap Operating Procedure) are all it takes to send friends and […]

Tips

How to Read a Recipe | Recipe-Reading Tips

Learning how to read a recipe is the first and most important step in cooking (this was one of my first posts), especially if you’re preparing something for the first time. Recipe Reading Tips A […]