Here's a heartwarming story for the holidays with a compelling moral: Home is where the gingerbread is. Thanks to Gabrielle Feuersinger owner of San Francisco's Cake Coquette www.chow.com for building the gingerbread village.
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www.chow.com 7x7 Associate Editor Jessica Battilana has a canny solution for awkward tart transfers. The only tool you need is a can to serve as a makeshift pedestal, and the ring from the tart pan will simply fall away.
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www.chow.com 7x7 Associate Editor Jessica Battilana is concerned for your fingers. She advises against hacking away at hard, thick-skinned winter squash. Instead, pierce the squash with the tip of a knife and cook it in the microwave for a short time to soften it.
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www.chow.com Here's a heartwarming story for the holidays with a compelling moral Home is where the gingerbread is. Thanks to Gabrielle Feuersinger owner of San Francisco's Cake Coquette www.chow.com for building the gingerbread village.
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www.chow.com Erick Castro, the general manager of Rickhouse Bar in San Francisco, shows how to make a great bowl of holiday punch by demonstrating the things that people do wrong, including using cheap ice (don't water it down!) and reaching for poor-quality liqueurs (they're loaded with high-fructose corn syrup and artificial flavors!). Do it right: Use fresh juices and good (but not i too /i good) liqueurs; freeze a block of ice and chill your spirits in advance; and mix up the punch right ...
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recipe: www.chow.com Chef, author, and consultant Joyce Goldstein is a culinary hero, and she has heroic ways with matzoh balls. She suggests babying the dough, using schmaltz for chicken-y flavor, and boiling the matzoh balls for a good, long time.
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www.chow.com In this Thanksgiving edition of our Youre Doing It All Wrong video series, chef and TV host Michael Chiarello extols the benefits of a brined turkey. Avoid some things (have you ever heard of a blivit?) and embrace others (the bird fits perfectly inside a cooler). If you follow the approach Michael outlines here, he guarantees you one of the juiciest turkey dinners youve ever had.
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recipe: www.chow.com CHOW Associate Editor Roxanne Webber demonstrates the wrongs and rights of Thanksgiving turkey. She suggests that you give yourself plenty of time for the bird to defrost (at least three days for a 15-pound turkey), and that, while roasting, you check the temperature regularly with a meat thermometer.
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www.chow.com CHOW Associate Editor Roxanne Webber shares the basic principles of timing for a simple Thanksgiving menu by demonstrating the things that people do wrong, including giving too little time for the turkey to defrost (patience is key when H2O is changing state) and trying to cook everything at once. Do it right: Start defrosting the turkey Sunday, make sure you have your utensils on Tuesday, do your shopping on Wednesday, and make those stovetop dishes you can reheat while your ...
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recipe: www.chow.com CHOW Associate Editor Roxanne Webber demonstrates the wrongs and rights of Thanksgiving stuffing. The biggest wrong? Sticking with the gluey mess that comes out of a box. Youre not saving yourself much time or money with that stuff.
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