How To: Make garlic asparagus
Make delicious garlic asparagus with this great video tutorial.
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How To: Knit a Möbius strip scarf
In this video, noted knitting writer Cat Bordhi ("A Treasury of Magical Knitting") will walk you through the cast on and first round of how to knit a scarf based on the Möbius strip. This strange and confusing shape was discovered by German mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius. It looks complicated, but even beginning knitters can figure it out with a little practice.
How To: Knit a Möbius scarf
Learn about math and knitting at the same time, in this video video about making a scarf based on the Möbius strip discovered by German mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius in the 19th century. Popularized by the work of artist M.C. Escher, the Möbius strip is a curious shape that folds back on itself. It makes for an unusual and eye-catching scarf design.
How To: Cook Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts with hot orange sauce is a sweet green that makes for a gorgeous presentation on the side of any holiday plate.
How To: Make fresh egg pasta
Making fresh pasta is an age old process that every home cook should know how do. It's simple, fast, and fun, and homemade noodles take just a minute to cook!
How To: Cook fried rice
Basic frying rice is a staple of Asian food recipes and cheap eats. Remember, always cook rice in rice cooker, safe and will never get burned.
How To: Cook spicy sheeps testicles
Yes, it does not sound very nice and cutting the testicles is not very pleasant, but this dish is a delight and the taste is fantastic. Get down to the butcher & get cooking. Sheep's testicles is said to taste similar to liver. They are a delicacy in most of the non-western world.
How To: Make meals from the Great Depression: Pasta with peas
The Great Depression of the 1930's and 1940's and today's recession: now is a good time to prepare a meal inexpensively. 91 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Depression. In this cooking how to video, Clara demonstrates how to make pasta with pees.
How To: Replace electrical switches
Replacing a switch is a project almost anyone can tackle. In this how-to video, discover the right questions to ask to ensure you purchase the right switch for your needs. Then, learn the simple steps for installing your electrical switch or dimmer. Watch this video home improvement tutorial and learn how to replace electrical switch.
How To: Record guitar
Want to record guitar? Learn from the professionals at PreSonus while host Bill Gibson shares his techniques for recording guitar with this instructional recording video. Discover the typical mic choice for recording an acoustic guitar and how to mic the speaker with this recording tutorial video. Record professional sounding audio quality of your music for your guitar by learning the various types of microphones to use.
How To: Cook a Peruvian red snapper fish ceviche
Around the World in 80 Dishes takes you to Peru with a video demonstration of a classic recipe for ceviche, a popular Latin American dish that can be made with all kinds of seafood. You will need snapper fillet, lime juice, extra-virgin olive oil, jalapeno, garlic, salt, ground pepper, plum or Roma tomatoes, red onion, green onion, and cilantro. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make a Peruvian snapper ceviche.
How To: Cook a Thai egg omelet with Chef Kai
Sunday morning can't be complete without an egg omelet. Watch this how to video cooking tutorial shows you how to make a Thai egg omelet. Adding a Thai twist to any egg recipe is sure to spice up breakfast in the morning.
How To: Cook Chinese shrimp lo-mein with Kai
Forget the Chinese take out, this seafood and noodle Chinese dish is perfect for any day of the week. Watch this how to video tutorial as professional Thai chef Kai shows you how to stir fry shrimp lo mein. This shrimp recipe is quick and delicious try it tonight.
How To: Cook tum mar toawr Laotian long bean salad with Kai
This salad makes a fresh compliment to any Laotian meal. You will need long beans, lime, chili, cherry tomato, garlic, shrimp paste, fish sauce, sugar, and dried shrimp. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make tum mar toawr, Laotian long bean salad, from Thai chef Kai.
How To: Cook kluay kaek Thai deep-fried bananas with Kai
Deep-fried bananas are good for snacks between meal time. These Thai treats calm down the violence of hunger, and eliminates the tensions of the day. For this recipe, you will need coconut milk, rice flour, tapioca flour, salt, sugar, water, sesame seeds, and banana or even sweet potatoes. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make kluay kaek, deep-fried bananas, from Thai chef Kai.
How To: Cook spiced chili chocolate pork ribs
Dark chocolate is the secret flavor ingredient in Arthur Potts Dawson's finger-licking pork ribs. You will need pork ribs, miso paste, allspice, chili flakes, ketchup, ginger, dark chocolate, vegetable oil, and corn cobs. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to prepare chili pork ribs.
How To: Cook General Tso chicken with Kai
This dish was created during the letter part of the Chan Dynasty by the chef of a scholarly Hunanese general, Tso Tsung Tang. Follow along with chef Kai as he makes General Tso's chicken. You will need chicken, chicken stock, sugar, vinegar, sesame oil, cornstarch, dark soy sauce, hoisin sauce, garlic, ginger, and green onions. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make General Tso's chicken recipe.
How To: Make Thai sweet and sour pork with vegetables
Thai food is easy at make at home with chef Kai's instructions. Here, he shows how to make a sweet and sour pork recipe. You will need pork, flour, rice cooking wine, soy sauce, ginger, ketchup, chicken stock, vinegar, sugar, and whatever vegetables you want. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make Thai sweet and sour pork.
How To: Cook a pork roast with an herb crust
The Guerilla Gourmet shows how to fix a delicious pork roast with an herbed crust. You will need a pork roast, garlic powder, peppercorns, thyme, parsley, salt, pepper, and butter. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to prepare a pork roast. The same instructions can be saved and used with a pork tenderloin as well.
How To: Make Indian style kidney bean curry (rajma chawal)
Rajma-Chawal is a combination that is ‘to-die-for’. The best rajma (kidney beans) and chawal (rice) can be had at the obscure stores alongside the highways all over North India. Watch this how to video to learn how to make an kidney been curry.
How To: Peel a potato in ten seconds
Does the idea of peeling potatoes deter you from cooking them as often as you’d like? Try the trick in this how-to video. You will need a pot of boiling water and ice water. The skin will fall right off. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to quickly peel a potato.
How To: Set up an iGoogle homepage
Discover how easy and fun it is to set up your iGoogle homepage through this short animated product tour.
How To: Cook Brussels sprouts the Italian way
Cooking sprouts Italian. Brussels sprouts the most misunderstood vegetable. Garlic makes them delicious! You will need Brussels sprouts, garlic cloves, salt, oregano leaves and olive oil.
How To: Cook a Chinese wonton soup with Kai
Forget the Chinese take out tonight, make your own soup at home. Watch this how to video tutorial as professional Thai chef Kai shows you how to cook up a Chinese wonton soup from scratch. This Chinese soup is great for a cold winter day.
How To: Begin organizing your closet
Closet organization can be easy with the right strategy, and to discover where to start when organizing a closet, Meghan Carter visited professional organizer Cynthia Ivie.
How To: Cook macaroni and bechamel sauce
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How To: Cook White Rice Perfectly
Before making any of your favorite rice dishes, you'll need the basics of cooking white rice. This is what this video from StartCooking provides; it prepares you for any recipe that includes white rice. Enjoy!
How To: Cook Japanese rice
Japanese food is very popular. To cook Japanese rice you must go to a Japanese speciality store and purchase special Japanese rice, special vinegar and sugar. An interesting fact I learned from the video is that the vinegar makes the rice stick together.
News: Apple Fixes Group FaceTime Security Bug with Release of iOS 12.1.4, Available Now
Apple found itself in serious trouble last week when a teenager discovered a critical FaceTime bug that threatened the security of nearly every iPhone user. The bug enabled a user using Group FaceTime to access either the microphone or the camera of a recipient before they answered the call. According to Apple, the issues have been fixed in an iOS 12.1.4 update released Thursday, Feb. 7.
How To: Cook Rice in Casseroles for Less Cleanup Afterward
Often, the most frustrating part of crafting the perfect dinner is feeling like you have to clean every single pot and pan in your kitchen after cooking just one meal. With so many components, it can feel like each step of a single dish requires its very own pot.
How To: The Secret to Quick & Easy Italian Dinners Is Instant Ramen
Instant ramen makes me nostalgic for my college days, when a bowl of this cheap noodle soup was my go-to comfort food for many all-nighters.
How To: Tell if Beef, Pork, or Poultry is Cooked (Without a Thermometer)
Knowing if your meat is cooked properly is both the difference between a delicious meal and an inedible one... and the difference between making your guests sick and keeping them safe.
Dishwasher Cooking: Delicious Recipes You Can Make While Cleaning Your Dishes
This sounds a little crazy, and it is—in a good way. Cooking food in the dishwasher while it cleans your dishes multitasks your appliance and saves time and energy. And who doesn't want to spend less time over a hot stove? How Dishwasher Cooking Works
How To: Why 'Whipping' Cooked Pasta in Sauce Creates a Perfect Dish
Most cooks know they should stir pasta a few times while it's cooking, for obvious reasons: as the noodles cook, they release a glue-like starch that makes them stick to one another. Stirring prevents them from clumping together in an unwieldy, inedible mass. Now Mark Bittman in The New York Times discusses a great technique from Italy that helps you produce a plate of tender, toothsome pasta evenly coated in rich sauce every time, but it involves stirring the pasta at the end of its cooking ...
How To: Make Perfectly Moist Fish with the No-Cook Poaching Method
Poaching, the cooking method that gently cooks food at the barest simmer, is awesome because it keeps in moisture and flavor. The no-cook poaching method is even better, because you don't add heat to your kitchen on hot days, and you don't have to watch the pot.
How To: Top 10 Mistakes Most Novice Cooks Make (& How to Prevent Them)
The ability to make a meal for yourself used to be one of those life skills you had to learn or otherwise you would starve, but the rise of convenience foods, takeout, and other aspects of modern living have made it entirely possible to be a grown person and not know what to do in the kitchen.
Food Tool Friday: The Moroccan Tagine Is the Best-Looking Slow Cooker You've Never Heard Of
Tagine is both the name of a cooking vessel and also the dish that is cooked within it. In fact, some might say tagines are the national dish of Morocco. These slow-cooked stews and braises, often combining meat, vegetables, spices, and dried fruits, have a character unlike anything I've ever eaten.
How To: Why You Don't Really Need to Season Your Cast-Iron Pan
I love my cast-iron skillet, but I never seasoned it properly. Instead, I took that sucker out of its packaging, wiped it down with a damp cloth to remove any factory dust, and started cooking with it ASAP. And you know what? It works just fine.
How To: Could This Clever Trick Really Keep Bacon from Shrinking?
Part of the reason bacon tastes so good is because of its high fat content, but that also means that it shrinks significantly when you cook it. How much it shrinks depends on how fatty it is and what method you use to cook it. Bacon cooked on the stovetop shrinks quite a bit more than bacon that's baked in the oven. DIY blog Franalan tested a Pinterest tip that claimed rinsing bacon under cold water before cooking it could reduce the shrinkage by up to 50 percent. Yes, we just wrote about how...
Not All Cooking Oils Are Equal: Here's How to Always Choose the Best One for the Job
We all have our favorite cooking oils, but not everyone knows that they're not all interchangeable. Each type of oil is best for certain jobs, and they all have different smoke points and flavor profiles, which are the two most important criteria in determining which one to use.