skillet
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Why Your Kitchen Needs a Paint Brush
I detest crumbs. Worse than spills, or even sticky spots, crumbs scatter, cling, and hide in crevices and behind microwaves, where they are able to evade a damp dish cloth or paper towel. But they are, luckily, vanquished with an old or cheap paint brush.
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Make ‘Hash Browns’ With a Leftover Baked Potato
I know that most of you reading this have never heard of “leftover baked potatoes,” and honestly I love that for you. But I am a weak-willed individual whose eyes are far bigger than her not-small stomach, and I have been known to over-order, over-purchase, and over-prepare, particularly if I am ordering, purchasing, or preparing…
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Don’t Just Skip to the Recipe
Yesterday evening, I noticed several of my fellow food writers tweeting about Recipeasly, a website that briefly promised to “fix” online recipes by stripping them of context, narrative, or any information that isn’t an ingredients list and/or instructions. In the promotional tweet sent into the world by Tod Redman (which is what everyone was dunking…
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The Only Way to Reheat Mashed Potatoes
Unlike soups, stews, braises, and chillis, mashed potatoes do not taste better after an overnight rest in the fridge. Cold potatoes are stiff and dry — mere shadows of their former selves. But nuking them in the microwave or stirring them ferociously over a hot burner can only make them dryer and — if you…