When to Use a Light-Colored Pan, and When to Use a Dark One — We’ve Got Chemistry

Most of us have more than one baking sheet, and probably almost none of them match because we tend to build up our arsenal of bakeware over the course of several years. They come in varying shades of silver, gray, and even black, which can be confusing when you want to bake a sheet cake or roast a pan of Brussels sprouts. When should you opt for a lighter or a darker pan, and why?

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How Homebrewed Beer Goes from Flat to Fizzy — The Kitchn’s Beer School 2015

  • Today’s topic: How homebrews go from flat to fizzy
  • The Kitchn’s Beer School: 20 lessons, 7 assignments to brew your first 1-gallon batch of beer.
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Beer’s refreshing fizziness is at least half of what we love about it, and right now, I’m sorry to say it — your homebrew has none. Zero fizz. It’s flatter than a can of soda left out after a party.

But we’re going to change all that. Here’s how your homebrew is going to get its fizz back.

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Why It’s Green to Eat at Your Grocery Store — The Grocery Insider

Grabbing a bite in your grocery is not only contributing to a growing trend, but it’s also a way to help your market deal with excess product (read: not throw away food) and ensure the fresh items you want in the perimeter departments are there the next time you need them. You’re not being lazy, you’re being green — and an important part of your market’s ecosystem. (Does your market serve wine? Go ahead and grab a glass as well. I mean, you don’t want that Pinot to go to waste.)

Here are how some of those cold and hot bar foods are green and use up food that might otherwise be wasted.

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A Few Tips for Successful Cooking in Vacation Rental Kitchens — Travel Tips from The Kitchn

For the most part, choosing to rent a house while on vacation instead of staying in a hotel is a no-brainer for me. I can enjoy plenty of meals at local restaurants, but also have the option to stay in and cook, which gives me an excuse to check out nearby farmers markets, as well as take a break from eating out.

This past year it’s also become something of a way of life, as my husband and I have spent about a quarter of the year traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans and back for his job, living in vacation rentals and cooking in vacation rental kitchens for months at a time. Cooking in a temporary, poorly stocked kitchen is never as easy as cooking at home, but I’ve figured out some ways to make it a little less annoying.

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What Is Happening in Your Beer Now? Secondary Fermentation — The Kitchn’s Beer School 2015

  • Today’s topic: Understand what’s happening to your beer right now
  • The Kitchn’s Beer School: 20 lessons, 7 assignments to brew your first 1-gallon batch of beer.
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With the first exciting week of active fermentation behind us, it might look like nothing is happening in your beer — but looks can be deceiving. The next few weeks are a quiet, but important, time for our freshly made homebrew. Today, let’s talk about what’s going on in that jug and why we don’t want to rush things.

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