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How to Tell Your Frozen Food Has Gone Bad (Without Tasting It)
It’s difficult to imagine modern life without access to refrigeration. Not only does it make grocery shopping a lot easier to plan, being able to freeze our food and leftovers allows us to take advantage of bulk discounts and reduce food waste. Plus, having a freezer means you can literally enjoy a burrito whenever you…
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Safely Temper Eggs With a Baster
Tempering eggs isn’t easy. Even after doing it hundreds of times, I still reconsider recipes that require me to slowly drizzle scalding liquid from a heavy pot with my non-dominant hand while simultaneously whisking with the other. It’s messy, it’s hot, it’s frustrating. Luckily, you can make tempering a heck of a lot easier (and…
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That Old Bundt Pan Will Make the Perfect Tabletop Flower Pot
Bundt cake pans have many uses beyond baking cakes, from using it as a roasting pan to serving as a vessel for baked bread or lasagna. But even after a Bundt pan has outworn these traditional and semi-traditional uses, an old one can still be repurposed — say, as the Byrd Nest Studio blog suggests, as a…
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Save on Your Electric Bill by Creating a ‘Climate Zone’ at Home
Heating and cooling units increase in efficiency every year, but most of us are living with older units and in leaky, older buildings or in new “open floor plans.” At the same time, global warming and environmental change mean we’re dealing with more extreme temperatures every year. These are a recipe for nightmarish energy bills.…