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How To & What Is

Welcome to our “How To” and “What Is” section, where we provide valuable tips and insights to help you become a better cook. Our expert writers and chefs have created an extensive library of informative articles to help you navigate the world of food and cooking.

Whether you need to know how to tell if a watermelon is ripe, how to carve a turkey, or how to cook perfect pasta, we have got the information you need. Browse through our collection and become a master in the kitchen!

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A zodiac chart for the writing 'what dessert to bake your valentine by zodiac'.

What Dessert to Bake Your Valentine Based on Their Zodiac Sign (Seriously)

An assortment of holiday cookie tins with tissue paper sticking out of them.

How to Store Holiday Cookies and Candies

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How to Throw an Unforgettable Cookie Swap

A carved turkey on a wooden cutting board.

How to Carve a Turkey

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What’s Bell’s Seasoning?

A piece of grilled salmon on an open grill to how how to grill salmon.

How To Grill Salmon

10 Rules to Being the Best Weekend Guest Ever

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How to Tell if a Watermelon is Perfectly Ripe

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How to Dry Sourdough Starter

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The 10 Best Cheap Cuts of Meat You Can Buy

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Eggs: A How-To Guide

A roast chicken stuffed with lemon in a cast iron skillet on a wooden cutting board.

How to Carve a Chicken

A collection of leftover ingredients--sour cream, vanilla extract, eggs, active dry yeast, buttermilk, pumpkin puree, cardamom

What To Do With Leftover Baking Ingredients

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How to Cook and Bake at High Altitude

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How to Cook Perfect Pasta

Our guide to freezing vegetables properly--four blocks of ice with berries, cherry tomatoes, green beans, and fava beans frozen inside

Our Guide to Freezing Food Properly

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Your Guide to Buying a Holiday Ham

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How to Decorate with Royal Icing

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What is Sous Vide?

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How to Make Pie Dough That’s Extra Flaky

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