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How To Make French Madeleines

Growing up there was one cookbook that stood out among the rest: the bright yellow tattered copy of La Cuisinière Provençale, a classic French cookbook originally published in 1897 tha...

Freshen Up! How to Get Food Smells Out of Clothes

Have you ever put on a pair of jeans or a sweater the morning after you've cooked a big meal, and find that your clothes still have a faint, lingering eau de pot roast? Short of putting them through t...

How to Cut a Butternut Squash
Home Hacks

When faced with an oddly-shaped and rock-solid butternut squash, it can be hard to know just where to begin. Happily, no mallets, cleavers, or jigsaws are necessary. All you need is a sharp chef's kni...

How To Boil Potatoes
Home Hacks

Boiling potatoes is definitely about as basic as you can get! But here are a few little tricks you might not know about....

How To Make Cake Pops
Home Hacks

Cake balls, cake pops, cakesicles — have you tried them? They swept the internet like a tidal wave over the last year, thanks in part to the delightful and amazing creations of Bakerella and oth...

How To Make Chocolate Chip Cookies (Without a Mixer)
Home Hacks

Do you really need a tutorial just to make chocolate chip cookies? Nah! We just wanted an excuse to whip up a batch of our very favorite cookies and share it with you! Besides, everyone makes cookie...

How To Frost a Layer Cake
Home Hacks

We've offered good tips before on how to frost a cake without too much mess, but we wanted to show you start to finish how we frost a cake. We're not experts at this, but we do love layer cake! Here's...

How To Make Quick & Easy Salsa
Kitchen Home Hacks

One of the great things about salsa is that there's a flavor for almost everyone. Some like it hot, some like it mild, but we like it with a little heat and a little sweet. The best part is, it c...

How To Peel Roasted Peppers
Home Hacks

Peeling the skins off of roasted peppers can be a chore. One is often left picking off small bits of skin at a time, which is tedious, or peeling away chunks of pepper flesh along with the skin! H...

How To Make Your Own Taco Seasoning
Kitchen Home Hacks

Making your own Taco Seasoning is one of the easiest things you can do for yourself in the kitchen. No more little packets of bland, age old spices, instead, try this quick mix that's sure to beco...

How to Segment an Orange (or Any Citrus Fruit)
Home Hacks

We love the jeweled look of clean-cut citrus wedges in the salads and side dishes we order at fancy restaurants. In culinary terms, these are called citrus "suprêmes" - a fancy name for a simp...

How To Sew Napkins and a Table Runner
Home Hacks

I'm trying to learn to sew. It isn't easy. Even sewing something as seemingly simple as some square napkins and a rectangular table runner challenges my patience, but a few weeks ago, as I watched my ...

How to Make Milk Foam (Without a Frother or a Machine!)
Home Hacks

We love a bit of creamy foam topping our morning coffee, but haven't really wanted to invest the funds or the counterspace in an actual milk steamer. Here's how we get around it with just a jar and ...

How To Make Your Own Vinegar
Home Hacks

Do you see it? That slimy red substance at the top of this ceramic jar is called a mother of vinegar, or vinegar mother. It's basically a combination of cellulose and acetic acid bacteria that forms ...

How Should I Cook Really Big Pasta?
Good Questions

Q: I am seeing more and more very large dried specialty pastas — ones that are sometimes about two feet long! They look beautiful and I would love to try them at some point but does anyone know ...

How To Prepare Artichoke Hearts
Home Hacks

Artichokes are not the most inviting of all vegetables. The spiny leaf tips prick our fingers and the downy interior choke can literally make us gag and cough if swallowed. But once you work past al...

How To Replace a Kitchen Faucet
Home Hacks

Earlier this week we asked you if you had ever considered replacing the faucet in a rental kitchen. We realized this could be a simple way to upgrade our kitchen, and this week we did it as our Kitc...

How to Cut a Pineapple
Home Hacks

We love the sweet-sour taste of pineapple just about anytime, but it has particular appeal during the dog days of winter. You can buy pre-cut pineapple from the store, but it's fresher and more econom...

No Stress! How to Get the Eggshell Out of a Cracked Egg

Few things are more frustrating than chasing a tiny bit of eggshell around a bowl of cracked eggs, trying to trap it and get it out. Save yourself the headache! The perfect tool for nabbing that erran...

How to Peel Celery Root
Home Hacks

We're always interested in learning How To Peel Things, and when Kitchn reader Niamh recently asked about celery root, we were inspired to try a few different techniques. Knobby and often hairy, celer...

How To Peel Shallots
Home Hacks

We love cooking with shallots. Their sweet, mild flavor is a great asset in many dishes, especially uncooked salads and slaws that need some onion. But we really don't enjoy peeling shallots. They'r...

How to Open a Durian Fruit
Home Hacks

Over the weekend, I purchased a durian, which is a tropical fruit that originates in Southeast Asia, in Chinatown in San Francisco with my friend Prisna. Durians have received mixed reviews across the...

How to Peel Ginger
Home Hacks

Ginger is one of those herbs that we love all year round, but especially in February when it brightens up so many winter dishes with its fresh, spicy flavor. Right now we’re putting ginger in ever...

How To Make Hummus
Home Hacks

This ubiquitous Middle Eastern spread made with chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, and lemon juice has gotten so mainstream now that I even see tubs of pre-made hummus in gas station convenience stores. ...

Less Messy: Two Steps to Clean the Coffee Grinder

We'll be honest - most mornings, we just give the coffee grinder a quick swipe with a damp sponge after whizzing our beans. But this does leave behind powdery grinds that build up in the nooks and cra...

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