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Ingredient Spotlight: Mashua

Mashua is a perennial plant that produces colorful flowers and a beautiful climbing vine that hummingbirds and gardeners love. Underneath the soil is an edible deliacy. The tuber of mashua was cult...

Ingredient Spotlight: Oca

Every so often in a specialty shop or farmer's market, I see this strange tuber. It's smallish, waxy, and brightly-colored. It's called oca, and it's one of the lost crops of the Incas....

What Can You Do With Unusual Preserves?

Sometimes when I am traveling, I find a local market or farm stand. I like to seek out regional delicacies that I can take home. Sometimes I come across a jar of something really interesting, but it...

Top Ten Weird Recipe Names

James Oliver Cury has a list of the top ten weirdest recipe names he's come across in his work at Epicurious. We agreed that some were odd; others not so much - but we're curious about your own weird ...

Top Posts

  1. A Fast Way to Bake Cookies: Use a Waffle Iron
  2. Fix Your Ugly Countertops and Make Noodle Soup
  3. Soul-Satisfying: A Roundup of Great Lentil Recipes
  4. Waste Not: 5 Ways to Use Leftover Bread
  5. Party Time! 5 Fabulous Finger Foods for Fall

Top Recipes

  1. Weeknight Dinner: Quick Udon Noodle Soup
  2. Appetizer Recipe: Bacon-Wrapped Potato Bites with Spicy Sour Cream Dipping Sauce
  3. Lobster to Sweet & Sour: How To Make 6 Stir-Fry Sauces
  4. Recipe: Baked Persimmons
  5. DIY Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Latte (Just Like Starbucks!)
More recipes

Top Tours

  1. Daniel's Cure-Inspired Project
  2. Tamar's Labor of Love Renovation
  3. Kitchen Gallery: White, Bright, and Clean
  4. Jean Greenfield's Kitchen And Garden In San Anselmo
  5. Kitchen Spotlight: San Francisco Sleek Yet Vintage Re-Do
More tours
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ohdeedoh
  1. Teepee Party
  2. Creating a Bench Seat
  3. Fun and Free: Personalized Eye Chart
  4. Add Some Magic with Fairy Doors
  5. Fairy Doors, a Thunderdome and Minor Details
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  1. Free Cell Phone Calls & High End Design Sex Toy
  2. Can You Use the Power Coming Through a Phone Jack?
  3. Put a New Spin on Your Workspace Photos
  4. 10 Best Weight Loss Games for the Wii
  5. The Secret Knock Which Unlocks Your Front Door
re-nest
  1. 13 Ways To Repurpose Old Clothes
  2. How To: Insulate with Bubble Wrap
  3. How To: Make A Scrap Wood Table
  4. Restored Church Converted Into Home
  5. Rating DIY Projects: What's Worth It and What's Not

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