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Restaurant in Brooklyn Makes You Want to Go Down South @ Sweet Chick

Fried chicken and waffles comes to Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg Brooklyn?! This new restaurant is creating quite a buzz with their southern style comfort food and fun southern cocktails. The […]

How to Make Onion Rings

Don’t mess with perfection! These onion rings are so easy and this batter sticks to the ring and is crispy and delicious. You can also use this batter recipe for […]

How To Make a Compound Butter

You may be wondering what a compound butter is. It’s basically a fancy name for a butter that other ingredients have been added to it. For example, a garlic compound […]

How to Mince Rosemary

Who doesn’t love fresh rosemary? Here is a way to mince this fragrant herb. Don’t forget to save the stems to skewer some shrimp or vegetables for grilling. If you […]

How to Make a Vinaigrette

Making vinaigrette is an essential technique valuable for any home cook. You can add herbs and spices or shallots and create your own balanced vinaigrette. You can substitute our recipe […]

How to Mince Garlic

So many recipes call for minced garlic and here is a simple way to get it done. Mincing garlic is also great for some raw preparations such as gazpacho. You […]

How to Separate an Egg

Everyone has a different method for separating eggs, but this one is pretty easy and works every time. Your best tools for separating whites from yolks are your hands. Don’t […]

How to Separate an Egg Using a Water Bottle

Whether you’re baking, making an omelette or whipping up a meringue at some point in your cooking ventures you will have to separate the yolks from the whites. Here is […]

Video: How to Make Clarified Butter

Eating lobster? Maybe just want some extra butter flavoring in your next high-heat dish? Clarified butter is a great answer. Making clarified butter is super easy and will even make […]

How to Hull a Strawberry with a Straw

Don’t have a knife handy but still have the straw from your to go cup of coke? Well then you can still hull a strawberry (aka remove the stem from […]

How to Hull a Strawberry (Remove the Stem)

Here’s how to remove the stem from a strawberry (to hull a strawberry) so that you don’t waste any of the strawberry. Then you can slice them, dice them, or […]

How to Wash Strawberries

So you might be thinking is a dumb tutorial. Clearly, you just put them under the faucet and wash them like anything else. Well, according to a lot of chefs, […]

How to Make Sausage Bread (with Chef Michele Ragussis)

We are excited to introduce our celebrity guest chef, Michele Ragussis from the Next Food Network Star, who will be showing us an amazing recipe! Sausage bread is a simple […]

How to Grind Peppercorns

You might find yourself needing some fresh crushed peppercorn in the near future for a recipe but simply have no clue how to do that without destroying half of your […]

How to Peel and Cut a Butternut Squash

Don’t be scared of it’s crazy shape. Butternut squash is a delicious gourd. The toughest part is figuring out how to cut and peel the suckers. Once you know how […]

How to Peel Ginger

Ginger adds brightness and flavor to such a wide array of dishes. When shopping for ginger, look for smooth skin and no spots or molding.  It also should smell somewhat […]

How to Roast a Bell Pepper

Roasted peppers can add sweetness to any dish. You can roast them on the stovetop (if you have a gas stove) or throw them on a sheet pan and broil […]

How to Slice Cabbage

Looking to make some home made cole slaw perhaps? Bought a whole head of cabbage and just not sure where to start with the thing? No problem, we can help. […]

How to Slice an Onion

Sliced onions are using a wide array of dishes. They are great to use in salads, saute, or for a quick stir fry. Here is a simple way to get […]

How to Blanch Vegetables

Curious what blanching is? Maybe you’re just not sure how you should cook vegetables? Either way, let us show you the blanching basics. In this video, Davina will show you […]

How To Make a Gazpacho

A gazpacho is defined as a Spanish soup made from tomatoes and other vegetables and spices, served cold. There are plenty of different kinds, most are made from tomatoes, but […]

How To Make a Chili

First off, what is a chili? What makes it a chili and not, say, a stew or soup? This debate is actually quite controversial (ask any Texans, for example and […]

How To Roast a Chicken

Everyone has a different technique for roasting chicken, so you really should experiment and find out which way you like best. I’ve found that this way is pretty simple and […]

How to Make Gingerbread Cookies

It’s that time of year again. Gingerbread cookies are an amazing way to ring in the holiday season. Here is a simple recipe that will have it raining men…gingerbread men. […]

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