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Make Easy, Less Messy Bacon In A Waffle Iron
12:30AM Kevin Purdy | You love bacon, but cooking it in a pan is tough to time and leaves you with scalding-hot grease to dispose of. The microwave? Please. Food science miracle worker Alton Brown shows how a waffle iron makes the best bacon. More »
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Eat Breakfast Like An Olympian With “Super” Oatmeal
10:00AM Sarah Rae Trover | Dietician Bob Seebohar has guided the diet of many Olympic athletes; here he demonstrates how to prepare an oatmeal breakfast that aims to give you the energy of a gold medallist. More »
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Hit Up The Markets When Cooking For One
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | Supermarkets are full of deals involving two-for-one, 30 per cent more, family sizes and other bulk deals. None of that helps though if the food goes to waste. The Washington Post suggests the markets and creativity for single cooks. More »
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Make Darned Simple Pie Dough With Just Your Hands
3:00AM Kevin Purdy | To inexperienced bakers, crafting a flaky pie crust can seem akin to walking into a nuclear reactor and pressing a few buttons. Food blogger Chez Pim demonstrates you only need butter, flour, water and two hands to pull it off. More »
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2:00PM Angus Kidman | As expected, Domino’s has launched a free iPhone pizza-ordering app, letting you place orders, pay for them and track the status of your pizza. More »
Domino’s iPhone App Offers Pizza Tracking, Payment
2:00PM Angus Kidman | As expected, Domino’s has launched a free iPhone pizza-ordering app, letting you place orders, pay for them and track the status of your pizza. More »
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Eat A Chicken Wing With Little To No Mess
2:10AM Kevin Purdy | For some folks, gnawing between tiny bones for hard-to-get meat and getting sauce all over your face are a crucial part of the chicken wing experience. If you’d like a less messy and more convenient solution, watch this wing disassembly. More »
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4:00PM Angus Kidman | Unit pricing becomes compulsory in most large supermarkets from the beginning of December. Just in case saving money itself wasn’t enough, the ACCC has introduced a cartoon character to help explain the concept. Hello, Unit Man! More »
Unit Man Explains New Pricing Rules
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Unit pricing becomes compulsory in most large supermarkets from the beginning of December. Just in case saving money itself wasn’t enough, the ACCC has introduced a cartoon character to help explain the concept. Hello, Unit Man! More »
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Eat More Black Pepper To Increase Your Food’s Nutritional Value
4:00AM Sarah Rae Trover | Black pepper is often thought of as a last minute ditch to save a flavourless dish, but it really plays a powerful role in your body’s ability to absorb nutrients from the foods you eat — even the healthy ones. More »
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4:19PM Angus Kidman | Looks like November will be the month when ordering a pizza easily on your iPhone becomes a reality down under. Domino’s is planning to launch an iPhone app on November 11 (according to an invite that recently landed in the Lifehacker inbox), which might explain why Pizza Hut also recently proclaimed plans to release an Australian pizza-ordering iPhone app “soon”. Either way, looks like mozzarella stains could soon be another screen-wrecking hazard.
iPhone Pizza Apps To Explode Next Month
4:19PM Angus Kidman | Looks like November will be the month when ordering a pizza easily on your iPhone becomes a reality down under. Domino’s is planning to launch an iPhone app on November 11 (according to an invite that recently landed in the Lifehacker inbox), which might explain why Pizza Hut also recently proclaimed plans to release an Australian pizza-ordering iPhone app “soon”. Either way, looks like mozzarella stains could soon be another screen-wrecking hazard.
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