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Video(s): How To Open Wine Without a Corkscrew

Have you seen this video of a Frenchman opening a bottle of wine with nothing more than a shoe and a wall? It's been all over the internet the last few days. We were very impressed by the effective ...

Video: Eddie Izzard on Supermarket Psychology

Happy Friday! Our discussion on choosing the fastest checkout line reminded us of this more humorous take on "queue strategy." Get your weekend started with a laugh from one of our favorite comedians,...

Julia Child Improvises (With Blowtorch) on Letterman
Vintage Video

"Well, I mean, if you come to a place where they don't have the proper kind of cooking equipment, you bring your own stuff."...

M.F.K. Fisher on Bread and Hunger
Vintage Video

"...probably there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel, that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making br...

Julia Child Makes Primordial Soup
Vintage Video

"I'm boiling up some primordial soup. There's a primordial soup machine!"...

Video: How To Make Olive Bread, Stop-Motion Style

Want to learn how to make bread from a talking olive loaf? This is your chance. ...

The Man's Kitchen
Vintage Video

"It's the man's kitchen; the guy's galley. I am man — hear me roast!"...

Stirr: The Automatic Sauce Stirrer from üutensil

This is one of the most curious gadgets we've ever come across, and we've been at a loss as how to post about it. This is an "automatic stirrer" from British design group üutensil, a company that...

You're Doing It All Wrong: Grilled Cheese
CHOW

We're big fans of the videos that our friends at CHOW put together, and our favorite series is probably "You're Doing It All Wrong," a head-on look at some of the most common mistakes in the kitchen...

Video from Molly and Brandon of Orangette and Delancey: Two Tips For Making Great Pizza at Home
One Minute Tip

We are planning on making pizza this weekend, and so we are excited to follow these two tips offered by Molly and Brandon in this video. You may know Molly Wizenberg as the author of the popular foo...

How to Kill a Lobster (Humanely)
Fine Cooking

The squeamish and the vegetarian can look away... But we actually found this video from Fine Cooking really interesting and helpful. Get a link below....

Video: How To Peel Garlic - Two Ways
One Minute Tip

We're returning to our series of quick, 1-minute kitchen tips. Because, after all, while we'd all like to brush up on our knife skills, who has time to watch a video longer than 60 seconds or so? So...

How To Sharpen a Knife

Taking part in the Kitchen Cure? This would be a great week to learn how to sharpen your knives, especially given all the cooking you'll be doing in the final three weeks. Even if you're not one of th...

How To Carve a Chicken (or a Turkey or a Duck)

This week's assignment in the Kitchen Cure is to learn one new skill. I've heard from many people that they'd like to know how to carve a chicken, so I dug up a video of Marc Bauer of the French Culin...

What Do We Eat When We Eat Alone?

What an intriguing question! When 'no one is looking' what do we reach for? Do we still bother with a proper meal, complete with plates and cutlery and a napkin? One of our favorite cookbook auth...

Blogging Chicago Magazine: The Bristol's Monkey Bread with Dill, Butter and Sea Salt

Chicago Magazine posted this video recipe back in January, but we stumbled upon it just in time for Easter. Chef Chris Pandel of The Bristol makes mini loaves of savory monkey bread with dill, butter ...

In the News: Alice Waters on 60 Minutes

Did you catch Alice Waters on 60 Minutes last week? If not, it's definitely worth taking a 10-minute coffee break (ok, 12-minute, but we won't tell) to watch this interview! We loved the peak into th...

Video: Go Urban Foraging With Art and Sky Full of Bacon

With spring knocking on our door and green things coming up out of the earth, we've been thinking about all the good things about to grow wild in the woods and fields. Wild mustard greens are coming, ...

Video: How To Make Snow Ice Cream

We'll have to live vicariously through You Tube on this one, since we don't have a fire escape (where we could have left a bowl out last night) and we're too squeamish to go scooping snow off of par...

Hi Guys! Watching Jamie Oliver Videos Online

I don't own any of his books, probably won't subscribe to his magazine or purchase any of his products (mostly because they're too expensive to import) and highly doubt I'd go see him in person but ...

Video: Italian Grandmothers Know How To Make Pasta

This weekend I attempted to make orecchiette. I knew there was an old-school Italian Grandmother method of shaping the little ears so I went a-Googling and found this priceless video. You can watch th...