News: NYT slideshow on container gardening
These are some great new container gardening kits. I've always had issues with starting stuff from seed, but these make it look easy as pie.
These are some great new container gardening kits. I've always had issues with starting stuff from seed, but these make it look easy as pie.
You'll need a lot of equipment and ingredients for this dish, but it's worth it! You will need: 2 large eggplants, 2 tablespoons salt and 1 teaspoon, 3/4 cup olive oil, 1 tablespoon black pepper, 1 tablespoon garlic powder, 2 pounds potatoes, 1 1/2 pounds ground beef or lamb, 2 cups chopped yellow onion, 2 cups tomatos sauce, 1/2 cup red wine, 1 cup seeded and diced tomatoes, 3 cloves chopped garlic, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 tablespoon oregano, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/4 cup parsley, 4 cups whole mi...
This recipe shows you a basic Old Fashioned cocktail, using 2 ounces rye or bourbon whiskey, one sugar cube and a dash of Angostura bitters. And then you're shown a modern update, calling for: 2 ounces whiskey, one sugar cube, 3 wedges of orange, Angostura bitters and 1/2 ounce maraschino cherry marinade. The marinade itself requires: 8 ounces organic grape juice, 6-10 ounces lemon juice, 3 stalks of bruised lemongrass, 16 ounces raw sugar, 32 ounces water, 1 tablespoon anise seeds, 2 tablesp...
This Halloween, serve up a treat to your friends and children with these spooky ghost-shaped meringues. If you love meringue desserts, this will be quite the Halloween treat, with their adorable anise eyes.
Sink your teeth into some dry-cured ham— prosciutto. But that's not all— this prosciutto is just the outer layer of some delicious tuna with queso fresco and basil stuffing, topped with Poe-Co Loco Seasoning and chile corn purée.
A whole salt-crusted fish? What does that mean? You basically cook a whole fish in a blanket of salt. Well, it's not just salt, but it's mostly salt. You bake it and then you remove the crusted salty layer before eating. You then remove the fish skin to get to the edible goodies. The salt basically dries out the skin so you can remove it.
Commonly associated with cleaning and disinfecting items around the home, bleach can also be used as a water sterilization method in an emergency situation when you do not have access to clean, running water. Simply add 6 drops of bleach to a gallon of water and wait for 30 minutes before drinking.
Want to mix up the flavor profile of the food you are feeding your dog? Show your pooch some extra love with homemade dog treats recipes that are healthy, organic, and do not use any weird, overly processed chemicals in the ingredients.
Are you expecting a lot of guests for an upcoming holiday party? To make your home smell like the holiday season, simmer orange peels, cinnamon sticks, cranberries, and cloves with water on a stovetop for several hours to make your indoor space smell really good.
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, but there's no need to spend a lot of time or money on a fancy centerpiece for the dinner table.
If you still have no idea what to wear for Halloween, but don't want to spend a lot of money or time putting together a costume that doesn't completely suck, welcome to the club.
You can brew your own beer on the stove, in a keg, or even inside a pumpkin, but those all look boring next to The Wobbly Boot Pico Brewery, the most sophisticated home-brewing system you'll ever see. Built by Ben_B, an engineer at National Instruments, the brewery sits on a steel frame with two incredibly shiny kegs. There's an LCD touch-panel PC, and Ben even made his own app to make it fully automated. The app lets him save recipes and also monitors the temperature of the beer. It keeps tr...
Plantable paper? America throws out 49 million tons of paper annually. That's almost a third of U.S trash!
Ingredients 1/2 cup tightly packed cilantro leaves
Cookies… when you think of them, you think of sugar, nuts… chocolate, but the one thing you never imagine is peppers. But once you try these green chile pepper cookies, you'll never go back to the average Toll House variety. Maria Collins bakes a batch of sweet, tangy and crunchy cookies made with corneal, whole wheat and oat flour. Roasted Anaheim and serrano green chiles add just the right touch of heat while fresh lime juice in the cookie dough and finishing glaze makes this a citrus lover...
Maki is a great Japanese sushi dish consisting of sushi and raw vegetables, wrapped in seaweed. Well, if you want to make your own maki at home, learn from a professional, like in this video. He'll teach you how to make the perfect spicy salmon maki sushi roll.
Welcome to WonderHowTo's first Weekly Community Roundup! Each week we will be featuring the best projects from the community, as well as ongoing challenges and activities you can partake in. WonderHowTo is made up niche communities called Worlds, so if you've yet to join one, get a taste of what's been happening this week in the highlighted Worlds below...
What's a cataplana? It's a delicious Portuguese dish and the cookware it's made in, shaped like a clam. So make sure you have a cataplana before you try out this recipe for Portuguese cataplana. It's super tasty, with lisbon sauce, stew, and seafood!
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to remove crabgrass. Steps:
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to remove a tree stump. Steps:
Everything you need to know about the FarmVille Orchards and how to Master Trees in FarmVille! **Please scroll down and check out my awesome Tree Mastery Chart**
Scroll to the bottom to see what the bee feature is good for! The bees are here! Farmville users have been requesting bees since the beginning of the game and a year later, they have finally given them to us! This feature is more complex than just an item though, so check back here for more information about them as I figure it out :)
There are different ways to knit a Mobius scarf. I call this one the Fake Mobius. Check out the video demonstration below, then proceed to the written tips and pictures.
So easy, and so tasty! To make these, you will need: 2 teaspoons of sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast, 1 1/2 cups warm water, 2 cups all purpose flour, 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, 1 tablespoon fennel seeds, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 7 tablespoons olive oil and 3 1/2 more cups all purpose flour. Serve with olive oil and balsamic vineagar! Make crispy Parmesan and fennel Italian breadsticks.
Perfect for a Valentine's Day dinner! You will need 12 fresh oysters, dry white wine, cava vinegar, grape seed oil and rooibus tea with bergamot. For the emulsion, you will need egg, canola oil, lemon juice, saffron, dry white wine, garlic and Tabasco sauce. Garnish with chives, grains of paradise, esplette chili and herb flowers. Make tea infused oyster escabeche for Valentine's Day.
Pork and applesauce go together like oil and vinegar. It just works. Watch this video to learn how to make a delicious pork loin that's been brined and rubbed with delicious spices. The combination of the salty brine solution and spice rub, will result in a flavorful, juicy pork dish that no one can resist.
If you've read my darknet series, you've probably got a pretty good idea of what I2P actually is and is capable of. One of the features of I2P is that it's designed with P2P file sharing in mind. Using a built-in service called I2PSnark, you can host and seed torrents quickly and easily!
Earlier we've looked at starting off in Survival mode, plus simple combat. Now we look at a more refreshing aspect of Minecraft: Food!
Ingredients 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
A delicious vegetarian recipe from Nepal! You will need: 16 ounces finely chopped cabbage, 4 ounces shredded cheese, 1 ounce black pepper, 2 ounces soy sauce, whole spinach leaves, 1/4 cup grated carrot, 5 spice blend, turmeric powder, vegetable oil and momo wrappers. For the sesame chutney, you will need: 2 medium tomatoes, 3 chili peppers, 1 ounce sauteed sesame seeds, 1-2 ginger slices, 10 chopped cloves of garlic, lemon juice, vegetable oil and salt. Make a Nepalese vegetable momo with se...
Yum! Learn how to make fresh, delicious pomegranate salad with pistachios. Not only is this absolutely delicious, but it's also so colorful and will liven up any table. It's crunchy, creamy, sweet, savory. A feast for the senses!
Is it a tajine? A casserole? A stew? Waz and Lenny make their version of a classic Moroccan dish, accompanied by cous cous. Follow along in this cooking how-to video and learn the recipe for Moroccan tajine. All the ingredients you need for tajine are: onions, olive oil, lemon rind, red chili, beef, coriander seeds, olives, bay leaves and cloves. Make Moroccan tajine with beef.
Infusing liquor with different flavors (seeds, herbs, spiced, fruits, cocoa nibs, etc.) is easier than you may think. All you need is an iSi Cream Whipper (re: nitrous oxide).
Update! We've now sent 1 billion school supplies!
Here's another slightly under-the-table D.I.Y. project for you (though much less gritty than today's earlier example).
Making a pulled pork sandwich requires great skill, and the best kind of pulled pork sandwich comes from the smoker (if you're lucky enough to own one). A smoker is the absolute best way to cook pork!Mark Patuto mixes a sweet dry rub to get things started and a citrus, brown sugar, honey and apple cider vinegar marinade-type spray is added every 10-15 minutes over the course of 4-5 hours! How good does that make the finished product? Killer!
Here's a noncomprehensive list of current features confirmed and experienced in Minecraft 1.8. If you have anything to add, please do so in the comment section below.
The microwave has an extraordinary number of uses that goes above and beyond reheating your cold leftovers from last night's dinner. For food-related uses, the microwave can also make your lemons more squeezable for maximum juice output, roast garlic heads, decrystallize hardened honey, dry up fresh herbs, and more.
Ingredients: 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
Apple slices are so meh... that is, until you add bunny ears to them. A long-standing staple of bento lunches in Japanese and Japanese-American households, bunny-shaped apple slices are quite easy to make and sure to bring a smile to your face—or you child's face.