Clarified butter is just butter that contains only pure fat. It has a very delicate flavor and is often required when baking fine cakes. It’s also best for sauteing since it doesn’t burn as quickly as regular butter. It’s great for dips for steamed seafood. Here’s how you can clarify butter.

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Cheese is probably one of the best things you can have in your kitchen. There’s just so many dishes you can do with them. However, the thing with cheese is that it’s quite tricky to keep. Some cheeses love to attract mold (while some really come with mold). Some are difficult to keep fresh. Here [...]

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Or, with a few laughs with friends. Whichever you prefer, the New Year is NOT welcome unless there’s a party! Grab your list and make sure you don’t leave anything out for a decent New Year Party for friends.

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Okay, a lot of feasting can still be made from the leftovers. Sure, reheating is a good option but let’s face it, only a few meals can be as good (or even better) the longer they are kept. So the key here is to make them new. Here are several ideas on how to deal [...]

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Presents are piling up and all looks very familiar – tall, slender, heavy, and fragile. It’s a bottle of wine again! Wine and spirits are common gifts people give during the holidays. It’s classy, sophisticated and chic. The thing with wine is that it gets better with age, right? Wrong. Some wines are for immediate [...]

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With the snow falling, you might need something to wake your system up. No need for fancy beans for this one though a great coffee base would definitely lend flavor. Still, a great treat to give yourself for those lethargic and chilly winter mornings (or even afternoons). Here’s a recipe for Spanish Coffee.

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If you think that the world will still be dominated by hulking alpha males with rock hard bodies and rippling muscles then hope for a time machine so that you can go back to the age of Neanderthals. For quite some time, there has been a trend for guys to be multi-dimensional. There is a [...]

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Not everyone can cook. And that is very sad fact you realize when, after a long day at work, you crave for seafood pasta that one pasta restaurant you love is in another part of the city. You simply can’t have pizza all week. Before you weasel out again, grab your partner and enroll yourselves [...]

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“Heartburn” sounds like you’re a minute away from dying. And for those who have suffered from it can swear that the feeling does give you a similar sense. However, heartburn isn’t really tied to your heart. It’s caused by stomach acids somehow getting to your esophagus. Here’s how you can relieve heartburn.

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Hard-to-open jar lids are quite common especially since most are sealed with partial vacuum. While this partial vacuum actually helps keep food fresh, it also makes jar lids stick like fat kid to a muffin. So how do you get them open? With a bit of know-how (science mostly), you can finally get to those [...]

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Take a deep breath and try again. Stool still inside? Every now and then you suffer from constipation just like you do now. But the inconvenience of experiencing hard stool is sometimes more than you can take. Know how you can prevent yourself from being constipated.

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People are always after the best in everything – especially when it comes to good food. Of course there is always fast food in every corner, but burger and fries can be boring after a while. Instead of chomping on those whoppers, why not try something more tasty, and get a knack at culture too. [...]

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The party conversation can go on and on as long as there is plenty of cold drinks. Sure you might have a full punch bowl but nothing beats rounds of cool drinks to keep lips wet and the chatter going. Here are some tips on how to make ice cubes last longer for parties.

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What does Thanksgiving mean to you – whole day of preparation, cleaning the house, and cleaning it again when the party is over? (Oh and the chunks of turkey and vats of cranberry sauce too…) You may just be focusing on the wrong side of the holiday. Of course a feast always feels like a [...]

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This would probably only get to those who’ve watched Forrest Gump. Remember Bubba with all his shrimp recipes? Well, I don’t really know if he mentioned this or not but it’s a shrimp recipe – spicy coconut shrimp.

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