by Jane Sweeney | Sep 28, 2016 | Tips + Tricks
Hands down, the reason restaurant food is better than home cooking is that chefs know how to properly use salt. It is the essential ingredient in every meal–in every bite, really–that knocks your socks off. Chefs aren’t afraid to let it rain down on top of steak; they...
by Jane Sweeney | Sep 13, 2016 | Recipes, Party!, Tips + Tricks
Have you ever wondered how to make rainbow pasta? Believe it or not, even with two small kids at home, I hadn’t. But when I was asked (dared?) to make rainbow pasta for my color-obsessed preschooler, I had to try. This pasta is not your typical weeknight...
by Stacie Billis | Sep 10, 2016 | Tips + Tricks
If you’re like us, you may not have time for canning, but you always have a jar of your or your kids’ favorite pickles in the fridge. Well, there’s more deliciousness in that jar than the pickles themselves. That brine that you’ve been dumping...
by Jane Sweeney | Aug 16, 2016 | Tips + Tricks, Recipes
Who doesn’t want to bottle up the essence of summer and put it in a jar? You may not be able to pack away the sunshine or lazy holiday afternoons, but you can still savor that juicy peach or perfectly ripe blueberry with one of our 5 easy ways to preserve summer...
by Jane Sweeney | Aug 9, 2016 | Tips + Tricks, Shopping Finds
I am obsessed with how to store my kitchen knives properly. In fact, I go a little more nuts than I should when helpful guests or my otherwise all-star babysitter have shoved my good knives into a drawer with the butter knives, or plopped them into the dishwasher,...