How To: Use white plates to present food professionally
White plates may seem boring and overused, but there's a reason they're preferred by five star restaurant chefs and your deal old mom for their dishes.
White plates may seem boring and overused, but there's a reason they're preferred by five star restaurant chefs and your deal old mom for their dishes.
A poker face is sharp, beautiful, and intimidating, giving your target a peak at the cow without giving away the milk. Bring out your inner card-dealing bovine by watching this professional makeup tutorial by makeup artist Reiva Cruze.
Once you start playing golf and have mastered the basics, you will need to improve your driving distance. Driving a golf ball for distance means having sound fundamentals, good swing mechanics and a great deal of personal core strength. Find out how to turn the shoulders 90 or more degrees to hit a long shot in golf in this helpful clip. As your game keeps improving with practice, you will be finding the hard shots easier and easier.
If you're like most people, the only music program you want to deal with is iTunes. But you can't use your iTunes music unless you have an iPhone, right? Wrong! Don't go around thinking you need an iPhone to use iTunes on your mobile device. You can sync up iTunes with your Motorola Droid too! This video tutorial will show you how to sync iTunes on your Droid.
Do you always go broke when you buy airline tickets? Is it confusing to keep going from website to website to try and find the best deals? Well, if you are having trouble booking cheap flights, have a look at this tutorial. In this video, Rick Seaney, CEO of FareCompare.com and ABC News coorespondent, shares with you the top 5 tips for nabbing the best ticket price.
In this how-to video, you will learn how to remove permanent marker sharpie marks off a whiteboard. This is useful if someone accidentally used one on the dry erase board. To erase the marks, you will need a regular dry erase marker. Color over the top of the permanent marker thoroughly with the dry erase marker. Next, take a rag and wipe the marks off the board. Both markers will come off easily. The color of the markers do not matter at all. This video shows you a simple way to deal with th...
In this video Andy shows you how to perform the "Name it" card trick. The presenter suggests introducing yourself quickly and then ask someone in the audience for a name. Count up the number of letters in the persons name (for instance David is five letters). You then split and reverse five cards. You then ask the audience member to cut the deck in half. Then double under break the remaining cards. Then place the selected card under the reversed card. Then ask the audience member his name aga...
Retro is in, but then again… when was retro ever out? Watch this Illustrator video tutorial to learn about making retro looking sparkles for whatever reason you may need (or want) them. The bulk of the video will cover the many advantages to using symbols, when and where you can, in your illustrations when dealing with many of the same graphic objects. Learn to edit 100's of objects in no time, and learn about many of the symbolism tools available to you in Adobe Illustrator!
New to Ubuntu Linux? This computer operating system could be a bit tricky for beginners, but fret not, help is here. Check out this video tutorial on how to manage CD/DVD images with ease on Ubuntu Linux.
Don't let another summer go by dealing with webworms or caterpillars. In this how to video, our gardening expert P. Allen Smith teaches you how he gets rid of webworms and caterpillars in his garden. Maintain your garden's health by ridding it of harmful insects.
Interested in pen spinning? Want to pick up a few moves? Pen spinning is the skilled movement of a writing instrument or pen with one's hands. It is used as a source of self entertainment (often for students), but there is a great deal of pen spinning culture (competitions, websites, etc.). Watch this pen spinning tutorial video and learn how to perform the "Continuous Middle Backaround 1.5" move.
Find out how to use a six volt lantern battery to really save you money. This is no con, or prank, or joke that involves 32 AA batteries; this is the real deal. Just watch this money saving video tutorial to see how to hack a six volt battery. You can easily replace a few of this cells, which are equal to 3 D batteries, which can be used inside of your Maglite flashlight. Don't let that 6 volt battery go to waste after buying it for the other false hack, use them in any way you can, like this...
Pork tenderloin is a delicious cut of meat if it is prepared and cooked properly. It's incredibly lean, but takes on a great deal of flavor from proper seasoning. This how-to video features a southwestern pork rub that packs this tenderloin full of flavor. Pork tenderloins are most often sold in packs of two, so this recipe for my southwestern pork tenderloin prepares two tenderloins.
This video will show you an all-new fire starting idea that deals with steel wool and your flashlight batteries.
What's the big deal about breathing? Inhale, exhale, then repeat, right? "Passive" breathing is a breath of fresh air that improves pitch and strengthens endurance. So, for all of you singers out there, watch this. Revealed by vocal coach Renee Grant-Williams.
Cesar teaches a terrier owner to live "in the now" in order to help her deal with her dog problems. Get over your own dog problems from this Dog Whisperer video.
The experts at ZIPS Dry Cleaners explain what to do when you get a stain on a dry-clean-only article of clothing.
Cory Norlund, a person living with HIV, and his mother Diana Norlund discuss how their family dealt with the news that Cory was HIV positive. He and his mother now make individual or joint presentations about HIV/AIDS under the auspices of the not-for-profit organization He Intends Victory.
This video will show you the installation and typical use of a cowboy two step trailer hitch mount step. It's a pretty easy deal, but you have to supply the ball mount for it because it does not come with that.
Use paper money. Try to make a sharp edge. Fold the bill like that. Take a wood pen. Say to people if I cut this pen with this bill I will keep this bill, it is the deal.
You don't have to have a university degree to understand the basics of Iguana health and wellness. Let our expert show you in this first section on iguana health how to examine the animal's body, from teeth to tail tip, to determine its measure of health and how to deal with problems. Ron also advises on when it is best to consult a veterinarian.
Dealing with wet or poopy diapers is the most thankless job of parenting—but, thankfully, disposable diapers can help you make quick work of it.
As the terrain changes in the mountains you will often have to change rope lengths to max out your safety. It is common to travel a good distance apart on a glacier or use large amounts of rope when dealing with technical terrain. However when traveling together on a ridge it is often safer and faster for both climbers to take in a few coils.
How do you react when a drunk comes up to you during the night? Don't ignore them. Be like a psychologist. Read the situation and get a conversation going.
This video gives tips on what to do when your dog gets over excited when the door bell rings.
This video explains what to do when your dog has diarrhea.
If you're new to Gmail or just haven't taken the time to play with it, and really want to know how to deal with filters (sorry there aren't folders) and organize your inbox, then you'll want to check out this tutorial.
Uber drivers do a lot for us. They sit through traffic, make conversation, put on our favorite tunes, drive us however far we need to go, and they work long hours. Some even have to deal with people who may have had too much to drink, which we all know can be obnoxious. So yeah, we'd say that it's about time for Uber to include a tipping feature in their app.
These days, there's almost an expectation that you have to deal with messages as soon as you get them. But that's not always the best way to handle things—sometimes, you're preoccupied with something, and it would be better if you could deal with a new message when you have a chance to give it your full attention.
Getting those perfectly winged eyeliner can be such a trouble at times. Especially for those with shaky hands, or less stretched out eyes, this can be really difficult and a very time consuming process.
There are some really talented graffiti artists out there. Some of them are good enough that businesses hire them to paint advertisements, rather than hiring someone to scrub their work off the side of the building.
I love my Mac just the way it is. Well, minus the fact that I accidentally deleted iPhoto and would now have to pay $14.99 to get it back. Other than that, my Mac is pretty sweet.
Make sure your private documents are completely secure. This episode by Tinkernut deals with not only encrypting your files, but also hiding them in a hidden volume.
Most local authorities offer green waste collection, but if you like to compost, then you'll be giving away some great ingredients.
As the holidays approach, so does that wonderful Autumn day where loads of people happily camp out in freezing weather in front of their favorite stores to save a few bucks on their favorite electronics. And yes, that day is near... Black Friday brings the biggest markdowns of the year, and that includes slashed prices on many of our favorite touchscreen devices, including the Kindle Fire HD, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, and Nexus 7. Want to get your hands on an Android tablet for cheap? Below are a...
The cost of movie tickets in North America are currently at an all-time high, but with so many great films coming out, just not going doesn't seem like a probable option. Luckily, there's more than a few resources on the Internet to help you mitigate some of those costs.
In this video I go over some of the finer details in drawing. I lost a lot of the footage to this video, so be warned. Easy things to draw are fun to bring small details forward. Part of several Drawing sites. This video is shows my process of dealing with small details. For more information check out my blog at: http://howtodrawfantasyart.blogspot.com/
James Williamson for Lynda demonstrates designing for multiple browsers. The most frustrating aspects of web design is constantly dealing with the settle and some times not so settle differences in browser rendering. While they moved to a standard spaced, CSS control presentations has made life infinitely easier for web designs. Dealing with bad browser behavior is one of most unfortunate side effects. All browsers render our pages same because each browser reads and renders the HTML and CSS ...
This spotlight focuses on Garen, the Might of Demacia, a melee champion who can be brutal with a sword. This video goes over how his abilities let him deal a great deal of damage to others while taking very little himself. Here are also some useful strategies when it comes to playing Garen in a battle.
If you have never dealt with wire color-coding then Old64goat takes you through a very elementary tutorial that will give you the helpful aid needed to deal with common household wires. The first cord that is reviewed is the three pronged cord. The color wires contained within it is the green wire which is the ground prong, the white wire which is neutral, and the black wire which is the heat. Old64goat then demonstrates where the wires are connected to on the prong. He even gives out helpful...