Chef Elliot Prag of the Natural Gourmet Institute shows Sunita Reed how to make shiitake mushrooms taste like bacon and bring out their Umami flavor. All you need is olive oil and sea salt. Learn how to make shitake mushrooms taste like bacon - the concentrated umami flavor is key.
The art of floral arrangement is a fun & valuable skill. Dana Plazyk lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements.
Anyone can snap a blurry picture of a friend standing in front of a tourist attraction, but with just a little more effort, you can take great shots. Learn how to take great photographs with this instructional video from Howcast. You will need a camera and a flash (flash optional). Tip: Natural light is always preferable, but if you're indoors or it's cloudy, use a flash to keep your subjects well lit.
Ashamed that you gave into the convenience of an artificial tree? Fool people into thinking you chopped it down yourself. You need an artificial tree, pinecones or sprigs of pine, and an aerosol can or satchel of pine or evergreen scent. Tip: Use natural decorations!
This will blow you away! 2 unopened 12 ounce cans of cola weigh the same, right? No they do not. That's why Diet Coke floats, but regular sugared Coke sinks. The extra weight comes from the natural sugar in Coca Cola and Pepsi that is not present in a can of diet.
You probably take a shower almost every day. You might as well do it right. You will need a natural-bristle body brush, a loofah, soap or body wash, a bath towel, and moisturizer. This how-to video is the end all be all guide to showers. You've been doing them all along (let's hope), but here's how to do it right.
Celebrity natural foods chef, Bethenny Frankel, shows you how to make a delicious argula salad (The Steve Jobs Salad) guest starring Justine. Healthy and easy, this recipe is perfect as an appetizer, lunch or dinner. Follow along with this cooking how-to video to learn how to prepare this fresh arugula salad. Top of the green salad with cherry tomatoes, pine nuts, and olive oil.
Celebrity natural foods chef, Bethenny Frankel, shows you how to make a hard boiled egg. Sounds easy, but can also be easy to screw up. Follow along with this cooking how-to video as she demonstrates how to cook and idiot proof hard boiled egg.
Celebrity natural food chef, Bethenny Frankel, shows you how to make the perfect scrambled eggs in this cooking how-to video. A simple recipe that will help you achieve a delicious breakfast. Follow along and learn how to make the perfect scrambled eggs every time.
Think every model you see in a magazine has perfectly smooth skin? Sure, but don't worry, it's not natural! You can do the exact same thing in Photoshop with this tutorial. Watch and learn how to smooth skin by retouching portraits with blur tools in Photoshop CS3.
Whether you use electricity, natural gas or heating oil, there are many practical steps you can take to reduce your overall heat consumption and energy bills. In addition, multi-fuel stoves and fireplaces are fast gaining popularity as alternatives to traditional heat sources. Watch this video home improvement tutorial and learn how to lower the cost of home heating.
Want to cut marble, porcelain, slate, granite or any natural stone tile with a diamond wheel cutter? This video guide will show you how. For detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started cutting your own title with a wheel cutter, take a look.
Wondering how to go about drilling porcelain tile without damaging it? In this video tutorial, you will learn how to drill through tough porcelain tiles using diamond coated hole saws, which also work work on natural stone and marble. Get started drilling porcelain tile quickly and efficiently with this how-to.
Watch this training video for making Earth Loop Geothermal Slinkies. Geothermal technology takes advantage of the earth's natural heat-storing ability. A geothermal system include three main pieces of equipment: underground piping, a heat pump and an air-handling system. The geothermal process is based on a simple premise: Below the frost line - usually about six feet deep – the earth is a constant temperature of about 50 degrees Fahrenheit all year long.
Check out this instructional acoustic guitar video that shows you how to play the E phrygian scale on an open E string. All of the natural notes on the E string gives us the E phrygian scale. This lesson is a great way to learn your fretboard. Improve your guitar skills by watching this short tutorial video to learn to play the E phrygian scale.
Here are some photography tricks used to create visually effective portraits and techniques used to get more natural looking portraits. Turn off the flash, survey the scene, adjust your camera to pick up the darkest skin tone, and most importantly, be patient with your subject. This instructional photography video demonstrates how to take free spirited and naturalistic children's photo portraits with a point and shoot camera.
Artifical harmonics are a little different from natural harmonics as each requires two fingers to create one note. In this video violin lesson, you'll learn how to finger and play artificial harmonics on your own violin. For more information, or to get started, press play! (NB: When playing artificial harmonics, the finger's contact with the string should be reduced to the smallest point possible.)
Instead of trying to fake a crease, Asian girls or anyone with a mono lid, can play up the beautiful natural shape of their eye with the technique demonstrated in this makeup how-to video. The cosmetics used to create this look are The Makeup Store Pencil Eyeliner, Drugstore White Eye Pencil, The Body Shop Liquid Eyeliner, Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler, and Shiseido Lasting Lift Mascara. Watch this video makeup application tutorial and learn how to create a dramatic angled Asian eye look with eye...
This instructional sewing video demonstrates how to sew a ruffle. Choose any type of fabric and some stretchy material. Sew the stretchy material onto the fabric while the elastic is stretched out. When you let it relax the fabric will retain a natural ruffle. Try it out at home with your own designs.
The wrong kind of makeup can make you look tired, but with the advice from this how-to video, your skin is going to look fresh and glowing. Use MAC's mineralized satinfinish foundation NC42, msf natural med dark, select moisture concealer NW37, sunbasque blush, msf light flush, fix plus, and strobe cream to replicate this cosmetic look. Learn how to create this glowing skin MAC look by watching this video makeup application tutorial.
A great nail shape can be achieved with natural nails. To file without damaging the nail, never use a metal file and only ever file clean, unpolished nails. Watch this video manicure tutorial from nail artist Anna and learn how to properly file your nails.
Here are some examples of fingertricks that can be used for the Fridrich F2L on the Rubik's Cube. If your Cube is not properly lubricated, you will not be able to perform any of these fingertricks, so go lube it up before you begin.
Looking for a healthy dessert? You say pee-cans, I say pe-cahns. Sugar glazed pecans can be served as a holiday dessert, a festive snack, a gift for a friend, or an everyday healthy snack. Four eggs, non-stick spray, ginger ale (for effervescence), salt cinnamon, sugar, and eight cups of pecans. Baking the nuts will help release their natural flavor.
This video manicure tutorial shows an elaborate ribbon-style design that can be painted on acrylic or if they grow long enough, natural nails. You will need white, pink, black, and sparkly nail polish. Watch this instructional video, follow along, and learn how to recreate this ribbon style manicure on your own nails.
Bored of basic French manicures? This nail look can be created either on acrylics or if they grow long enough, your natural nails. You will need white, black, and purple nail polish. Watch this video manicure tutorial and learn how to create a white, black, and purple revamped French manicure look.
Your Apple computer keyboard, over time, can accumulate quite a lot of dirt and sticky gunk. It is only natural, then, that you should want to clean it from time to time. In this tutorial, Gary Rosenzweig talks about his success in putting his Mac keyboard in the dishwasher and the risk you take when you try this extreme method. Take a look!
Watch this instructional cosmetics video to apply makeup for a look based on M.A.C's Lightly Ripe face chart using the Spiced Chocolate quad from the Cult of Cherry collection. The products used to create the look in this video are: M.A.C Spiced Chocolate quad, M.A.C Eye Shadow Brule and Brown Script,
This instructional gardening video demonstrates how to build three tiered walls into a slope to create a flowing curved garden. If you are gardening on a slope, you may want to build small walls to create level gardening areas. Use local stones to provide a rustic, natural look to your terraced garden.
Watch this how to video tutorial and see how easy it is to grill the perfect hot dog (skinless or natural casing) at your next BBQ. With these easy to learn "tips and tricks" by the BBQ Pit Boys you will learn to master the barbecue. Fire up the grill and cook yourself some hot dogs.
Check out this instructional harmonica video to learn how to play that harp riff in the Green Onions video. This tutorial uses the Lee Oskar harmonica in the Natural Minor tuning. But this technique is not very common and instead provides instruction using the Hohner Marine Band DeLuxe. Check out this video and practice some harp riff variations.
We usually see our parents suffering from arthritis and sometimes we ourselves have joint pain too. In this how to video Pharmacologist Joe Graedon shows you how to treat arthritis and joint pain with natural remedies. Learn how vitamin D, fish oil, gin soaked raisins, cherry juice, and turmeric can help ease with arthritis and joint pain.
Everyone has suffered from heartburn at one time or another. Learn how to treat heartburn with home remedies from Pharmacologist Joe Graedon. Watch as he shows you how baking soda can help neutralize the acid in your stomach. If you suffer from high blood pressure consider using natural alternatives like chamomile and ginger to treat heartburn.
Heart disease is a number one killer, that is why it is important to keep our cholesterol under control. In this how to video Pharmacologist Joe Graedon shows you how to manage your cholesterol with a few home remedies. Did you know that psyllium, niacin, red yeast rice and fish oil supplements can help lower your cholesterol naturally? Watch and learn more about other home remedies such as chocolate, cinnamon, and walnuts and how they can help lower cholesterol also.
You are sneezing and you eyes are all red and itchy, that can only mean one thing it is allergy season. Watch this how to video and learn natural home remedies and treatments for allergies from pharmacologist Joe Graedon. He shows you how to stop the allergies with a few over the counter products or even a nettle, an herbal supplement.
You can have a beautiful, finished deck even when it has been exposed to the elements. Learn how to refinish a deck with this step by step tutorial. You will have to sand the wood in order reveal the natural wood color of your deck. Watch this how to video and you will have a smooth, well maintained deck in no time.
You can make spa quality body scrubs and lotions at home. Skin care doesn't need to be expensive to be effective; watch this video beauty tutorial and learn how to make skin care products out of natural ingredients for the fraction of the cost.
This is a makeup tutorial video which will teach you to apply Loreal HiP eye makeup for a cute blue eyeshadow look.
Always wanted to use natural cloth cotton diapers for your baby but didn't know how to fold them? Then watch this how to video and learn how to do the boy, girl, and the new baby fold. Keep you baby dry.
For a natural alternative to wallpaper or poster glue, consider using wheat paste. This clear, permanent adhesive is used by artists and decorators and is simple to make.
Recycling old jars into vases or containers is a good way to reuse them, but sometimes it seems like an impossible task to get the sticky labels and goo off of the glass. Check out these all-natural, easy tips, and you'll be label-free in no time.
