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How to Fool Your Family With a Store-Bought Pie Crust
The holiday season is the perfect time to lie to your family. Whether it’s “no presents this year,” or giving everyone an extra slice of the “low-fat” cheesecake, I know you have your reasons. Now we’ve got a whopper to lay on your annoying pastry chef cousin: “This crust is from scratch.” Here’s how to…
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Turn Your Jack-o’-Lantern Guts Into Pumpkin Bread
As we’re all carving our pumpkins this week in hopes they’ll make it to Halloween before they rot or the squirrels get to them, you’ve probably been digging through pumpkin guts and separating out the seeds to make crunchy fall snacks. When you’re done, don’t toss those gooey pumpkin guts — make them into something…
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When to Use Bar Charts Instead of Pie Charts
Unless you’re a data scientist or have another job that commonly uses data visualisation, selecting the right way to represent information can feel overwhelming. Software like Excel can stuff any type of data into almost any type of chart — but which one is the right one for the story you’re trying to tell?
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The Easy Way to Roll Your Dough Into the Shape You Actually Need
If only pie recipes asked you to roll the dough into an amoeba shape. I’m excellent at that one. But perfect circles or rectangles of dough? That takes a few reps. Pies, cut-out cookies, cinnamon rolls, and danishes require a dough that is rolled out into a specific shape. If you decide to take the…