Dry Herbs Right

Some herbs retain their taste and scent after drying better than others. For hard herbs like thyme, rosemary, lime leaves, lemongrass, curry leaves or bay leaves, rinse and pat dry, and then gather and tie the stems together with string.…
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Serve Yourself

Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) believe that the less physically involved we are in serving ourselves food, the more easily we deny responsibility for unhealthy eating or large portions. Serving yourself is…
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Slice Fine

For very fine slicing of firm fruits and vegetables, professional chefs use a mandoline, which is a flat wooden or metal frame with two stainless steel blades—one plain, the other fluted. The blades can be adjusted to cut different…
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Picture-Perfect Food

The trend of taking pictures of your food and posting them on the social has led to people making better food choices. This has a couple of benefits: The first is the fear of social shaming. Not many people want to show themselves eating…
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