Lisa Kaminski & Nicole Doster We don’t want to say that Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Cake Mix was better than homemade, but the Taste of Home Test Kitchen thinks it gives scratch-made cakes a run for their money. This cake hit all the marks: It was moist and tender—exactly the texture you want when you think chocolate cake. It…
Read More Best Chocolate Cake Mix Overall: Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Cake MixBrittany Gibson According to Eat By Date, once opened, all milk lasts four to seven days past its printed date, if refrigerated. If unopened, whole milk lasts five to seven days, reduced-fat and skim milk last seven days, and non-fat and lactose-free milk last seven to ten days past its printed date, if refrigerated. There’s…
Read More Here’s How Long Milk Really Lasts—And How to Make It Last Longer2 cups of flour, sifted 2 eggs 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (only if using buttermilk) dash salt 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups plain whole milk or whole milk buttermilk OR 1 cup cream and 1 cup milk 1/2 stick melted butter neutral cooking oil or cooking spray Sift…
Read More Pancakes from scratchI went to the grocery store Saturday and discovered that the in-store ground beef had gone from $5.49 to $6.79 per pound in about 2 weeks. Bananas are about $0.20 more per pound. Tomatoes were $1.29 more per pound. Gasoline was $3.70 per gallon today. Which prices are going up the most? Why? “Higher costs…
Read More Rising Prices are EverywhereLeah Goggins February 23, 2022 Whether you’re cracking eggs for a baking project or just scrambling up your breakfast, you’re bound to notice that there are four parts to every egg you pick up at the grocery store: the shell, the clear white (albumen), the yolk and whatever that white string is. That string is called…
Read More What’s the Weird White String in Raw Eggs?Ingredients: 1.5 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/3 cup bland cooking oil (not EVOO or anything fancy, just regular oil) 1 Tbsp vinegar (plain white vinegar, again nothing fancy) 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup water, warm to hot but not boiling Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease or line a 9 inch round cake pan or…
Read More Chocolate Crazy CakeMedically reviewed by William C. Lloyd III, MD, FACS Written By Judith Hurley on June 8, 2021 Cruciferous Vegetables Cranberries Dark Green Leafy Vegetables Tomatoes Read the entire list HERE.
Read More Foods That Fight CancerLisa Kaminski Updated: Jan. 29, 2021 After trying eight different extracts, a few rose to the top. These are the ones we recommend adding to your cart and to your next batch of buttercream. Read the top choices HERE. [BTW, my favorite didn’t even make the cut. I prefer vanilla paste. – Kintsugi]
Read More Our Test Kitchen Found the Best Vanilla Extract Brands for BakingBy Randi Mazzella February 4, 2022 Engagement Roast Chicken Courtesy Ina Garten; adapted from Food Network) Ingredients 1 (4- to 5-pound) roasting chicken Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 lemons 1 whole head garlic, cut in half crosswise Good olive oil 2 Spanish onions, peeled and thickly sliced ½ cup dry white wine ½ cup chicken…
Read More The Chicken Recipe That Will Bring On A Marriage Proposal — Really!They’re small changes that, in perspective, really upped my cooking game. By Margaret Eby I got a chance to get a taste of that culinary school life myself thanks to a hundred-hour Culinary Techniques program at the International Culinary Center. What I found in the six weeks I participated in the program—a kind of accelerated, compressed version of…
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