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How To: Make Italian pasta salad with Giada De Laurentiis

In this clip, learn how to make a traditional pasta salad from Food Network host, Giada De Laurentiis. Giada has been eating pasta since the day she was born and was raised in a big Italian household. In this clip, she shows you one of her favorite recipes - straight from her Mom's kitchen. This pasta salad will serve up great at any get together and is absolutely delicious.

How To: Sharpen a knife with a knife steel

Knives gone dull? This chef's guide offers instructions on how to sharpen your kitchen utensils using a knife steel. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this free video tutorial can present a comprehensive overview of the process in just under three minutes' time. For detailed instructions, as well as to get started sharpening your own knives, watch this helpful how-to.

How To: Install kitchen tile and apply grout

In this Home & Garden video tutorial you will learn how to install kitchen tile and apply grout. Take measurement of the area that is to be tiled. If you want to make a mosaic with the tiles, cut the tiles as per the design and layout the mosaic on a flat surface. Apply setting compound on the surface and fix the tiles as per the design. If there are diagonal cut, use a speed square to establish 45 degree angle. To bridge the thickness difference between glass and ceramic tiles, use the lamin...

How To: Cook chicken with mole sauce

Cook up one of the most beloved and classic dishes around with this recipe for chicken mole. This easy to follow recipe from Cookus Interruptus incorporates all of the delicious, multi-faceted flavors of chicken mole without any of the intimidating and confusing kitchen talk. This video will show you how to cook chicken mole.

How To: Make a delicious meat lovers wrap

Are you in college? Too lazy to make a proper meal? Too cheap or poor to go out to dinner? But, still have that sophisticated pallet, this video will show you exactly how to eat like rich person and make these delicious meat lover wraps to enjoy any night of week. Don't be afraid to enter the kitchen after watching this video you'll be eager to have dinner guest.

How To: Make noodles with mushrooms on a budget

This video teaches you a wonderful alternative to eating ramen noodles, or eating on a budget. This creative easy to make dish is great for a college student, or anybody unfamiliar of the kitchen. Sick of those simple flavored ramen noodles? Well this tutorial shows you how to spruce up this dish in no time for yourself or your guest.

How To: Open a stubborn jar

Want a quick meal, but the jar won't open? Here are some tips: try slamming it on your kitchen counter-top upside down, but not with enough pressure to break the jar. Another option is running hot water over the lid of the jar, to loosen it up. You can wear rubber gloves to give yourself a better grip, as well. This should solve any hurdles in the way of last-minute dinner preparations.

How To: Cook Delicious Trout with Just Salt and Newspaper

Chef Keith Floyd learns an alternative way to cook fish at home with old newspaper in this fascinating recipe video from BBC cookery show 'Floyd on Fish'. You'll see exactly how easy it is to bake yourself a delicious Newspaper Trout in your own kitchen. But we suggest you skip the funnies section.

How To: Bake rice cooker bread

Great recipe - it really works. From Yakitate Japan, a really good anime series. Baking bread usually means turning on the oven, heating up the kitchen and making a minor mess. Bake bread on the counter or stove, by baking it in a rice cooker. It's clean & easy to clean up. No oven either!

How To: Open cans as a one arm amputee with prosthetics

How to use a can opener with one hand or without a prosthesis. This is an adaptive equipment tutorial for handicapped, disabled or individuals that have lost limbs to amputation. This trick is important to ensure healthy living and daily tasks like opening food in the kitchen. Live without limits!

How To: Hold a knife with a prosthetic hook for amputees

A below elbow arm amputee demonstrates how to hold and use a knife with his prosthetic hook. This is an adaptive living video that helps handicapped, disabled or individuals that have lost a limb due to amputation. Using a prosthetic hand or hook can be challenging in the kitchen. Using a hook to hold and use a knife is an important skill to learn when using prosthetic limb adaptive equipment.

How To: Pick and open a coconut

Getting into the inside of a coconut can be tough but this episode will show you an easy and quick way to crack open a coconut. Leave the tools in the garage. Forget about trying to cut the shell. All you need is a sturdy kitchen knife and a flick of the wrist.

How To: Fix a loose kitchen cabinet door

How to fix those loose and jiggly cupboard doors on your kitchen or bathroom cabinets. For this repair, you're going to need a flat head or phillips head screwdriver. Now, the type of screwdriver you're going to need is really dependent on the type of screw you have holding your cabinet door to your cabinet. We're going to use a phillips head screwdriver because, as you can see here, the top of our screw head is shaped like that of a crosshair. If it were shaped like one long groove in a stra...

How To: Open Bottles in Amazing Ways

See how to open a bottle of champagne with a kitchen knife, a wine bottle with a ribbon, and a bottle of beer with a paper note! Watch the video below for the full instructions, or hit up the brief guide below.

How To: Make a Pendant Lamp

Not sure how or what kind of lights to add to a room in your rental? Consider making your own pendant lamps from materials you can recycle from your closet and kitchen. This is a do it yourself lighting project on a budget that's perfect for renters and anyone needing to add light to a room. You'll see how easy it is to make customized pendant lamps that will add that extra touch of style to any room, no electrical wiring needed!

How To: Fold a plastic shopping bag in on itself for easy storage

Many Americans save all of the plastic bags that they take home from stores. They get used sometimes, but mostly they just accumulate in some corner of the kitchen until there are so many that you are FORCED to throw some away. If you have this problem, watch this video to learn how to fold plastic shopping bags in on themselves into a tiny package that takes up less room and is easier to grab than a balled-up bag.

How To: Dice, mince and slice onions and shallots

Developing your knife skills are the true way to becoming a better cook, or chef, in the kitchen. And lesson 101 for developing those knife skills are dicing, slicing and mincing. In this video, chef Jason Hill shows you the techniques that he uses for dicing and slicing onions and mincing shallots.

How To: Properly caulk like a pro

Caulking can seem like a tough job that requires a lot of patience and skill. In fact, it only requires a couple of tools: caulk, some tape, and a wet rag. In this tutorial from the DIY network, you'll find out how to caulk like a pro using those tools listed. It's an easy task that will have your kitchen or bath looking brand new. Good luck and enjoy!

How To: Decorate a robot birthday cake

What could be a cooler cake for a little boy's birthday than a robot? This awesome cake comes straight from Betty Crocker's kitchen and will delight young and old with its funky robotic charm. Follow along with this video and start decorating your own little guy.

How To: Stretch out a pair of shoes using a Ziploc bag & water

Break in a pair of pinchy shoes without breaking the bank in the process. This clip demonstrates how to use a water-filled Ziploc bag and your kitchen freezer to stretch out a pair of too-tight (but otherwise lovely) pair of shoes. For specifics, including step-by-step instructions, and to get started trying out this shoe stretching trick yourself, give this guide a gander.

How To: Cure oversalted soups and gravies

It happens to the best of us. You've toiled in the kitchen all day, carefully cooking a delicate soup, only to find that there's too much salt! You don't have to throw it out. You can save that soup from its own saltiness. This video will show you how to cure oversalted soups and gravies.

How To: Prepare an artichoke to cook it

Step by step guide to preparing a raw artichoke for cooking. Using a knife, take a washed artichoke and trim the top part and stem around 1 inch up from each side. Using a kitchen scissors, trim the leaves. Rub some lemon juice onto the leaves and stem to prevent it from turning brown. The artichoke is now ready to be cooked.

How To: Open a jar with a prosthetic arm

A below elbow arm amputee demonstrates how to open a jar with his prosthetic hook. This is an adaptive equipment tutorial for handicapped, disabled or individuals that have lost limbs to amputation. The prosthetic arm outfitted with a hook or hand can be body powered or myoelectric. The operation is important to ensure healthy living and daily tasks like opening jars, bottles and lids in the kitchen.

How To: Make sun-dried tomatoes

In this cooking how-to video, Dave moves into the kitchen to show you how to make sun dried tomatoes from plum tomatoes. Follow along and learn how make tomatoes that will last you all winter long. Making these sun-dried tomatoes doesn't require you to lay them out in the sun, just dry them in your oven. Before you know it you'll have tasty sun-dried tomatoes.