Who else thinks it’s a drag to unload the dishwasher? Of all the kitchen chores, it’s my least favorite. But this one little tip has made the task less tedious.
Ever fill your favorite intricately-designed bundt pan with homemade cake batter and wait the 50-60 minutes for it to bake, only to have the cake stick to the pan? I know I have. There is nothing more crushing than trying to invert a yummy-smelling cake from its pan and having it stick or fall out it clumps. Well, those sad times are over! Try this “steam” method with your next stuck bundt cake.
Who: The village of Sa Chau
What: Fish sauce
Where: Sa Chau, Nam Dinh, Vietnam
In Vietnam, it’s common for entire villages to be occupied in making one thing. Bat Trang village makes pottery. Chuong village makes the famous conical hats called “non.” Phu Do is the home of rice noodles. And, as we saw yesterday in a profile of fish sauce makers Vu Thi Hoa and Vu Van Hai, Sa Chau, a small town off the coast of northern Vietnam, makes fish sauce.
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You might think that squeeze bottles are only used by chefs in restaurant kitchens to artfully plate chocolate sauce or raspberry coulis, but here are 3 practical ways they can be put to good use in the home kitchen!
For years I was convinced that the only way to cook a great steak, and well, most types of meat, was on the grill. And since there was no way to have a grill in my small New York City apartment, I restricted my meat eating to restaurants and weekends visiting my parents (and their grill!) in the suburbs.
A few years ago, I experimented with cooking a steak in my cast iron skillet. Despite my initial skepticism, this forever changed the way I cook meat!
How would you (and a very lucky friend!) like to jet off to Paris this summer, stay in a gorgeous hotel on the beautiful Place des Vosges, and have your own personal chauffeur drive you to all the greatest spots in the city?
If you’re saying “yes, please!” then you’re in luck, because you could win this fabulous trip. Food lovers + Paris = a match made in heaven!
What you eat while traveling can sometimes involve extremes: it might be a continuous stream of buttery pastries from Parisian patisseries, or the sad monotony of business trip club sandwiches through room service. No matter what kind of trip it is, you don’t have to settle for eating a wilted grab-and-go sandwich from the terminal kiosk. Here are some ideas on what to pack that will actually make you look forward to your in-flight meal!
