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What is Gruel?
Gruel is a food consisting of some type of cereal—such as ground oats, wheat, rye, or rice—heated or boiled in water or milk. It is a thinner version of porridge that may be more often drunk rather than eaten. Historically, gruel has been a staple of the...
The Original Caesar Salad from Mexico
Caesar salad, invented in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920s, is a green salad of romaine with a highly seasoned dressing of pounded anchovies, olive oil, lemon juice, egg, and Parmesan cheese, garnished with croutons.
Debunking the Myths of Leonardo da Vinci
When life gives you turnips, give them layers of cheese armor. And butter and spice, and that will be nice.
Three Delicious Back To School Recipes
Here are three recipes that are quick and easy for when your kids get home from school!
The Ultimate Sourdough Starter Guide
Learn how to make a beginner sourdough starter at home. All you need is flour, water and a little bit of patience. Before you know it, you’ll have your very own bubbly, active starter ready to make THE BEST sourdough bread, sourdough focaccia and more!
WTF Is Vinegar? And What Is Its MOTHER?
Vinegar is an aqueous solution of acetic acid and trace compounds that may include flavorings. Vinegar typically contains 5–8% acetic acid by volume.
Cajun Dirty Rice
Dirty rice is a traditional Louisiana Creole dish made from white rice which gets a "dirty" color from being cooked with small pieces of pork, beef or chicken, green bell pepper, celery, and onion, and spiced with cayenne and black pepper. Parsley and cho...
4 Levels of Curry: Amateur to Food Scientist
We challenged chefs of three different skill levels - amateur Emily, home cook Lorenzo, and professional chef Yuji Haraguchi - to prepare their best curry recipe. Once each level of chef had finished and tasted their final product, we asked food scientist...
Jollof Party Rice: The West African Rice Dish
Jollof Rice, also known as Party Rice, is a dish that everyone should know how to make. It’s rice that’s cooked in pepper and tomato-based sauce that ends up being spicy and smoky due to a very interesting spice mixture in the sauce. I would describe this...
How To Cook Perfect Party Jollof Rice
Tips for Smoky Nigerian Party Jollof Rice
Lower Calorie, Lower Carb Chicken Parm that still tastes good.
How to eat more chicken parmigiana? Make a restaurant-style one, then analyze where we can make lower-calorie substitutions while maintaining the highest level of taste adherence to the original version.
How to make Lower Calorie Fried Rice that still tastes good.
Welcome back to Episode 2 of the lower calorie series. Today, we are covering fried rice, an absolute gem of a dish. First, we'll make the restaurant-style version to establish a baseline of calories and more importantly understand the underlying techniqu...
How to Make INSTANT RAMEN FRIED RICE
Let see what happens when 2 delicious forces combine -- instant ramen and rice.
Instant Ramen Upgrades
Today we're seeing just how much lemonade we can make with one of life's most ubiquitous lemons, mountains of instant ramen. A favorite of damn near everyone at some point in their life, ramen is capable of being the backdrop to many ingredients you may h...