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How To: Bake Portuguese custard tarts

Cook up a delicious Portuguese dessert called Pastel de natta, or simply custard tarts. Creamy custard tarts make a simple dessert after any dinner. Watch this how to video and learn how prepare and bake Portuguese custard tarts with UKTV Food's New British Kitchen.

How To: Spread a deck of cards

In this magic card trick tutorial, learn how to spread a deck of cards and impress your spectators. Magicians use this trick to show off their skills, but it's deceivingly simple to perform. This magic trick is also known as a table spread or a flourish.

How To: Mix a dry martini cocktail

Ahh yes, the classic dry martini. Don't know how to make it? Watch this then. You will need vermouth, gin, and some olives for garnish. Sounds simple, but don't be fooled. This drink is all about technique. Watch this video cocktail-mixing tutorial and learn how to make a dry martini.

How To: Mix a daiquiri cocktail

Completing the holy trilogy of Cuban drinks (including the mojito and the Cuba Libre), the daiquiri has become a bit bastardized because of ready made mixes. Mixologist Angus Winchester shows the recipe for the original straight up version of the daiquiri. You will need lime juice, Cuban rum, and simple syrup. Watch this specialty drink-mixing video and learn how to make the classic daiquiri cocktail.

How To: Origami lighted party cubes

Follow a few simple steps to make a set of vellum origami cubes. Then enhance the cubes with decorative paper, sequins, and sticky Zots. With a string of small white or colored lights, the origami cubes serve as perfect homemade party lanterns. More than an origami lesson, vellum lantern cubes can provide mood lighting for any room.

How To: Mix a Pisco sour Peruvian cocktail

You don't need to travel to Cusco, Peru to enjoy a delicious cocktail. Limes, simple syrup, Pisco brandy, and egg white make up the famous Peruvian Pisco Sour cocktail. Watch this video beverage-making tutorial and learn how to mix a Pisco Sour Peruvian cocktail at home.

How To: Make an emergency magnifier

Forgot your glasses? Can't read the print? You can use a technology that has been studied for over a millennium! By making pinholes in a piece of tape, make an emergency magnifier. Watch this video survival training and learn how to make a simple magnifying glass.

How To: Remember a list of random words

In this video, US Memory Champion Chester Santos teaches you how to expand and improve your memory by using a few simple techniques. Word visualizing allows you to create associations which help to remember individual words. Memory can be increased in a fun and easy way by taking advantage of Santos' cool and unique method of associative thinking. You will hopefully never forget your shopping list again!

How To: Clean a DSLR camera

In this video segment, Veronica Belmont of Ask Mahalo shows how to clean a digital SLR camera. Follow the simple steps to get better quality photographs. Watch this video photography tutorial and learn how to clean a digital SLR camera and get crystal clear pictures.

How To: Use bobby pins to make three cute hairstyles

All you need for a quick new look is a handful of run-of-the-mill bobby pins. You will however need medium to long hair, a brush or comb, styling gel or mousse, a ponytail holder, as well as those bobby pins. This video hair-styling tutorial shows how to create three simple updo hairstyles.

How To: Unravel yarn by the stitch to fix a knitting mistake

This is an easy, up close, demonstration of one way to unravel your knitting when you make a mistake. By Judy Graham, Knitter to the Stars, who's knits have appeared in movies, TV, and concerts for over 30 years and who has been hand knitting for over 50 years. Watch this video knitting tutorial and learn a simple way to unravel the yarn from a project to undo a mistake in your knitting.

How To: Mix a Frangelico Zesti cocktail

See how easy it is to take the mystery out of making delicious cocktails when Manuel shows the simple method of building a drink with 3 basic ingredients. You will need Frangelico hazelnut liqueur, lime, and ice. Watch this video beverage-making tutorial and learn how to mix a Frangelico Zesti cocktail.

How To: Mix a Joe Crow cocktail

Once again the enigmatic Manuel from the popular program "Mixing with the Best" teaches us that there is more than one way to drink tequila. This simple mix will make you befriend Mexico's favorite son all over again. Mannie shows how to mix up a Joe Crow tequila cocktail. You will need tequila, lemonade, and lime juice.

How To: Mix a chili and passion fruit martini cocktail

Steve Drew from Bar Delicious Nelson, New Zealand makes a Chili and Passionfruit Martini using 26000 Vodka. You'll need a whole red chili, passion fruit pulp, simple syrup, vodka, and vermouth. Watch this video beverage-making tutorial and learn how to mix a chili and passion fruit martini cocktail.

How To: Perform a quarter change magic trick

Learn how to perform the giant quarter change in this instructional video which takes you through this simple size changing coin magic trick step by step. You will need a a quarter and a prop giant quarter. Palming is an essential skill for many magic tricks, and creates the illusion of pulling an object out of thin air or changing objects into something else. Watch this video magic tutorial and find out how to perform a quarter change magic trick.

How To: Origami a beautiful hyperbolic arch

If you have some time to kill, this is the perfect origami project to try. Admire the beauty of the structure and ponder the mathematical paradox of making curves from straight lines. This hyperbolic origami arch structure is derived from what is mathematically termed "hyperbolas". Watch this origami video and learn how simple it is to fold a mathematically inspired hyperbolic arch.

How To: Play harmonica one hole at a time

Watch this harmonica tutorial video to learn how to play the harmonica one hole at a time. The instructions for the exercise in this how-to video are helpful for harmonica players of any level, and the exercise will help build your creativity. Start simple and then increase complexity. Playing the harmonica one hole at a time will be easy using the tips in this instructional video.

How To: Arrange hymns for beginner piano students

If you're a piano teacher and need help arranging church hymns for your beginner students, this piano tutorial video will help you out. This lesson contains instructions on how to arrange hymns using basic triads and simple melodies and harmonies so that beginners will be able to play them. You'll be able to arrange hymns simply and beautifully after watching this helpful how-to video.

How To: Build a plastic bag dispenser

Tired of plastic shopping bags everywhere? This instructional video shows a simple, practical, project you can do at home. All you need is a pastic bottle. Tidy up your kitchen from the clutter of plastic bags by making this handy plastic bag dispenser.