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  • How to Make Your Canned Vegetables Taste Luxurious

    How to Make Your Canned Vegetables Taste Luxurious

    I grew up eating a lot of canned vegetables, mostly at my grandmother’s house but occasionally at home. (I was a big fan of making pizza bagels in the toaster oven, and often use canned mushrooms as a topping.) My mum used them sparingly, but it was the only kind of vegetable my grandmother cooked…


  • Pop Your Corn in Ghee for Greaseless Buttery Flavour

    Pop Your Corn in Ghee for Greaseless Buttery Flavour

    It wasn’t that I didn’t like the fluffy corn I had popped in clarified butter. I just found it slightly disappointing (at least until I added salt, but more on that in a bit). “It’s because you drown your popcorn,” my boyfriend suggested, shoving another handful into his mouth. “That’s why you don’t like this.…


  • Here’s How Long You Can Leave Butter Out of the Fridge

    Here’s How Long You Can Leave Butter Out of the Fridge

    I grew up in a family that was scrupulous about food safety, and it took me a little while after I moved out to figure out the difference between what was a sensible precaution (wash your hands after touching raw meat) and what was not (you must throw out yogurt that is a day past…