foodanddrink
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Kick Off Grilling Season With This Open-Faced Sausage Sandwich
The sun is out and the pollen is zapping my will to live, which means grilling season is officially upon us. You may like to kick of the season with a big ol’ pork shoulder or smoked chicken, but I like to ease myself into things with a simple, low-risk-high-reward project. This grilled sandwich is…
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Turn a Shrimp Egg Roll Into Chips and Dip
We like to dismantle our food here at Skillet. That includes taking pigs out of blankets and deconstructing cheeseballs. In the spirit of deconstruction, I’ve taken apart the egg roll. It turns out, separating the filling from the shell is an excellent way to get the flavours and textures of this appetizer without any rolling…
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Make This Classic French Base and Use It In Everything
The culinary world has no shortage of jargon, and occasionally it feels like an entirely different language. While I enjoy picking up a bit of French or Javanese, learning the meaning behind the name of a recipe or technique can improve your cooking. By improve, I also mean improvise. When you learn some of the…
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Make a Bee-Friendly Watering Hole for Your Garden
While we’ve all been focused on growing a bee-friendly habitat in our gardens by planting pollinator friendly varieties, there’s something else that’s vital to the health of bees that often goes unmentioned: Bees need water. In their natural habitats, bees get water from ponds, pools, and puddles that naturally occur in the environment, but the…