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Back to Basics - Preparing Vegetables
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BroccoliWith broccoli the trick is to have the stems and the florets cook at the same rate. You can do this by removing the tough outer skin of the stalks. Simply peel the skin up from the base of the broccoli stalk.Asparagus The tender tips....
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Thicken That Sauce!
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With most sauces and nearly all types of gravy you will need to use a thickening agent at some stage. This may be one of any number of things.The most commonly used are starches of some kind, because they all have the quality of swelling up in ....
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Senseo Coffee Maker Magic
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The Senseo coffee maker combines a unique brewing method from Philips with convenient Senseo coffee pods from Douwe Egberts. Senseo was one of the first to introduce pod coffee makers a few years ago.Today, Senseo coffee makers have become one o....
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How To Clean A Coffee Maker
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Ever wonder how to clean a coffee maker the right way? Drip coffee makers need to be cleaned at least once a month to keep your coffee tasting good.Cleaning your coffee maker takes away hard water deposits, old oils from previously brewed pots a....
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Finally, A Breath Mint That Does What It's Supposed To
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One weekend you get together with friends for dinner at a delectable restaurant that serves cheese fondue, and you have a martini to cap it off. You want to make sure you have fresh breath, so after dinner you pop in an Altoids or other similar br....
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Foods To Avoid That Cause Bad Breath
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Did you know that there are specific foods that may lead to bad breath? This is because of volatile sulfur compounds - the culprit in causing bad breath!For example, if food sits out too long it will spoil. That spoiling action is due to anaerob....
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Coffee, A Brief Overview
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The coffee plant has two main species. There is the Coffea Arabica, which is the more traditional coffee and considered to be superior in flavor, and the Coffea Canephora known more commonly as Robusta. Robusta tends to be higher in caffeine and c....
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Some Stuff About Cheese
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Setting out to find a new cheese to add to your life is a great way to spend a weekend afternoon. There are some great spots in just about every city to explore new tastes. Once you find your new cheese, having it loose its flavor or dry out befor....
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Habaneros Peppers -- Spice it up!
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A friend of mine once told me there is more to the culinary life than chile peppers. He might be right, but he keeps telling me this over my diner table, so go figure. The habanero chile (Capsicum chinense Jacquin) is the most intensely spicy ch....
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What You Need In a Gourmet Kitchen
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The best way to decide what you need in your kitchen is to first decide what it is you are going to be cooking in there. The best suggestion I ever heard on this matter is to find five dishes you really love. The dishes you like to find on menus a....
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