How To: Make the Best Kitchen Multi-purpose Cleaner
Think you have a stain on your stove or countertop that just won't come off? Think again! This simple trick will have your kitchen surfaces gleaming in no time!
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How To: Remove and demolish countertop fixtures
Sometimes it comes time to tear down the old and build up the new -- especially in kitchens! People seem to be especially enamored of redoing kitchens to follow design trends, family resizing, or simple updating to keep the house current, livable, and sellable. One way to achieve a different look in the kitchen is by changing the countertop.
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The busier you get, the more stuff you forget, and navigating that mental clutter can be worse than steering through an asteroid field. Luckily, lots of intrepid galactic heroes have faced faulty memories, and created some handy techniques for remembering.
HowTo: Boost Your WiFi Signal With a Tin Can
Budget Hack's cheap Wifi range extender works off of the age old concept of adding tin foil to your TV's rabbit ears. The materials are cheap, and the project is relatively easy (if you're willing to pick up some soldering skills).
News: Dark Side of the Lens - DP Allan Wilson
"If I only scrape a living, at least it's a living worth scraping. I feel genuinely lucky to - hand on heart - say I love doing what I do and I may never be a rich man. If I live long enough, I'll certainly have a tale or two for the nephews, and I dig the thought of that."
News: 7 Disney Movies Based on R-Rated Stories
via Cracked Think Disney came up with all those fairytales on its own? No way. The Mouse House single-handedly ripped off dozens of classic tales, turning adult fare into kid-friendly cartoons!
News: Chinese Dropout Builds Submarine
Amateur Chinese inventor, Tao Xiangli, has built his own homemade submarine. Drawing inspiration from the James Bond and Terminator movies, Xiangli's tinkering is quite impressive, considering his education came to a halt at the fifth grade.
How To: Install kitchen cabinets with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to install kitchen cabinets. Steps:
How To: Repair a kitchen sink sprayer with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to repair a kitchen sink sprayer. Steps:
How To: 8 DIY Beauty Tips for Exterminating Zits
Acne medication can get expensive, but there are many common household items lying around your kitchen and bathroom that are perfect to use as a facial, face wash, or on-the-spot zit treatment to decrease the redness of acne and, more importantly, prevent future pimples from cropping up on your beautiful face.
How To: Your DIY Bug Repellent Guide to Common Household Pests
Contrary to popular belief, eliminating household pests from your home can be accomplished without completely bombing your living space with a mess of toxic fumes. Whether you have annoying fruit flies in the kitchen, fleas on your beloved pet or silverfish lurking around your bathroom, it is very likely that a DIY, non-toxic and super inexpensive solution exists for your household bug problem.
How To: Cook and peel the perfect hard boiled egg
How do you know when a boiled egg is done? By the time you crack it open to check, it's too late! And peeling an egg can sometimes be a tricky business, too. Fortunately, this video by a professional chef is here to explain an easy solution to both kitchen quandries! Cook and peel the perfect hard boiled egg.
How To: Make a creamy, fruity ambrosia salad
A popular dessert salad, especially during the warm weather, is the ambrosia salad. This dish is a delcious mix of whippped cream, fruit and a few marshmallows for garnish. This video even shows you how to make your own whipped cream using a kitchen mixer! Make a creamy, fruity ambrosia salad.
How To: Build an attractive breakfast nook in your home
If you own a home with a big kitchen and are looking for a way to optimize the space, this tutorial may have what you need. This video will show you what supplies are needed in order to create a helpful seating area for a corner of your room, known also as a breakfast nook. Enjoy! Build an attractive breakfast nook in your home.
How To: Build a pull-out trash bin
Learn how to build and install a pull-out trash bin for your kitchen cabinets; watch a video of bin construction and installation. Build a pull-out trash bin.
How To: 9 Easy Ways to Remove Moles from Your Skin at Home
While you can go to the doctor to have an unsightly mole professionally removed, there is a good chance that a DIY home remedy can reduce or completely eliminate the appearance of your mole using items found in your kitchen or medicine cabinet for a much cheaper price.
How To: 10 Ways to Use Exam Gloves in the Kitchen
While medical exam gloves are commonly associated with hospitals and not the kitchen, they actually are unexpectedly useful for a number of cooking and cleaning uses that require handling extremely messy things.
How To: The 10 Germiest Things in Your Home & How to Clean Them
Did you know that one of the most germ-infested items in your home is probably your kitchen sponge? It is full of bacteria and germs that thrive in dark, moist places. To ensure that your sponge is at its maximum cleaning potential, not simply a breeding ground for more germs, zap it in the microwave for two minutes or simply toss it in the dishwasher with your next load of dirty dishes.
How To: 6 Cheap & Easy Ways to Clean Your Garbage Disposal
With all the kitchen sink debris that goes down the drain, it should be no surprise that your garbage disposal sometimes gets a little smelly and needs some extra cleaning. Using common household items from your kitchen or medicine cabinet, you can easily clean your garbage disposal in ten minutes or less using one of the following six DIY methods listed below.
How To: 5 DIY Methods for Unclogging a Clogged Toilet Without a Plunger
Got a clogged toilet on your hands? Before you call the plumber or bust out the plunger, try one of the five DIY methods listed below, all of them incorporating common tools or ingredients easily found in your closet, kitchen or medicine cabinet.
How To: 12 Extraordinary Uses for Apple Cider Vinegar
Are your teeth starting to look a little on the yellow side? Try rubbing apple cider vinegar directly on them before rinsing with water. It's a super quick way to whiten teeth on the spot.
How To: 20 Non-Cooking Uses for Olive Oil
If you ever run out of shaving cream in the morning, just step over from your bathroom to the kitchen and use olive oil as a substitute. Not only does it save you a future trip to the drug store, it also helps moisturize your skin.
How To: 16 Nifty Uses for Over-the-Door Shoe Organizers—No Shoes Involved
If you don't have enough shoes to justify an over-the-door shoe organizer, you can still buy them for your home because they can pretty much organize anything that is small and can fit in a pocket.
How To: Live Without a Refrigerator
Believe it or not, it is absolutely possible to get by without a big refrigerator in your kitchen. After all, before refrigerators became a household staple in the last century, people somehow managed to store their perishable fruits, vegetables, legumes and meats for an extended period of time with ice boxes, root cellars, evaporative cooling pots, preserving, canning and more.
How To: 14 Weirdly Useful (And Non-Drinkable) Uses for Soda Pop
If you just gave up drinking soda and you don't know what to do with the six-pack of Coke gathering dust in your garage, then this article is perfect for you. The acidity, sugar content and carbonated nature of most soda drinks are perfect for a number of surprisingly practical uses for DIY home projects, garden work, kitchen cleanup, car maintenance, cooking and more.
How To: 13 Cool Ways to Use Rubber Bands
Other than holding together bundles of pens or creating a miniature catapult for a science project, rubber bands have many other surprisingly practical uses in the kitchen, office, for DIY home projects and more.
How To: 13 Unexpected Uses for Salt
If you want to cut down on your sodium intake but don't want to get rid of all the salt in the kitchen, you're in luck. Salt has many unexpected uses, ranging from killing weeds to removing perspiration stains from garments to extending the shelf life of your new natural bristle broom.
News: I Want a Robo-Chef in My Kitchen
This year's FOOMA International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition had a few robots I wouldn't mind hanging around my kitchen. The sushi-bot's hand is amazing... if only it could make the sushi, not just transport it. Oh well. There's always next year.
How To: Install undercabinet LED lighting
Learn how to install safe, dimmable LED lights underneath cabinets in a kitchen or workshop. Step-by-step video instructions of the entire process. Install undercabinet LED lighting.
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How To: Cook coconut fish curry
Love curry? Can't get enough fish in your diet? Try this great recipe for coconut fish curry. You don't have to fillet the fish yourself, y'know. Follow along as the Crash Test Kitchen chefs show you how to make this seafood curry dish. Cook coconut fish curry.
How To: Bake Portuguese custard tarts aka pasteis de nata
Watch this cooking how to video and learn how to make pasteis de nata, or Portuguese custard tarts. These custard like desserts are very much like flan in flavor with the brown caramel on the top. Follow along in this cooking video lesson as the Crash Test Kitchen chefs shows you how to make Portuguese custard tarts. Bake Portuguese custard tarts aka pasteis de nata.
How To: Bake bread in a crockpot
Crock pots are great for slow cooking meals, but have you ever tried using it to bake bread? Well our Crash Test Kitchen Chefs did in this cooking how-to video. Follow along in this video cooking lesson and see if you can bake bread in a crockpot. Bake bread in a crockpot.
How To: Cook Indian tandoori chicken
Here is a great recipe for tandoori chicken that you can make at home. Follow along in this cooking how-to video as the Test Kitchen Chefs show you how to cook Indian style tandoori chicken. All you need is soaked skewers, chicken breasts, tandoori masala spice, and yogurt. Cook Indian tandoori chicken.
How To: Install a dishwasher yourself
Bored of wasting time standing in front of the sink washing dishes? Rather be anywhere else than in your kitchen wearing marigolds? Don't fear, there is a light at the end of the greasy, crumby food tunnel - Get a dishwasher! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to install a dishwasher yourself. Install a dishwasher yourself.
How To: Prepare your wall or floor for tiling
So you've decided to tile your bathroom or kitchen but where on earth do you start? Watch this video tutorial to learn how to prepare your wall or floor for tiling.
How To: Make truffle cream cheese with Gordon Ramsay
Watch as Gordon Ramsay comes into your kitchen to show you how to cook like pro. In this how to video he whips up his special cheese recipe. This cream cheese, sour cream, and truffle oil mix makes a perfect appetizer. Make truffle cream cheese with Gordon Ramsay.
How To: Make a Baileys baked Alaska with Gordon Ramsay
Watch as Gordon Ramsay comes into your kitchen to show you how to cook like pro. Watch this how to video and uncover the mystery behind a Bailey's ice cream baked Alaska dessert. Here's a hint, part of the secret includes making the Italian meringue that surrounds this delicious dessert. Make a Baileys baked Alaska with Gordon Ramsay.
How To: Make veal escalope with caponata with Gordon Ramsay
Watch as Gordon Ramsay comes into your kitchen to show you how to cook like pro. In this video he demonstrates how to cook a delicious veal escalope with caponata recipe. Its like a ratatouille without the tomato puree. Make veal escalope with caponata with Gordon Ramsay.
How To: Make tandoori spiced halibut with Gordon Ramsay
Watch as Gordon Ramsay comes into your kitchen to show you how to cook like pro. He'll show you how to make a tandoori spiced halibut with cucumber. Its a great way to add variety to your dinners. Make tandoori spiced halibut with Gordon Ramsay.