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How To: Make Roux

Learn how to make roux. A roux is the traditional French way to thicken and enrich gravies, sauces, and soups. The technique dates back more than three hundred years. To make roux, you'll need flour, clarified butter, and a whisk.

How To: Origami a 3D turtle

See how to origami a 3D turtle. Try your hands at a little three-dimensional origami, a different approach to traditional Japanese origami, which is the art of paper folding. 3D origami is a little tougher though, because you're creating modular pieces that fit together to create a whole... a whole 3D turtle.

How To: Use indirect illumination in modo

Devolped by the same team of engineers responsible for LightWave 3D, modo, lowercase, delivers the next evolution of 3D modeling, painting and rendering in a single integrated and accelerated package for the Mac and PC. And now, modo is a true end-to-end solution that includes true 3D sculpting tools, animation and network rendering! More than just features, modo is a truly elegant integration of technology, raw horsepower and refined workflow. With such a wealth of inbuilt features, however,...

How To: Cook Czech plum cakes

Plum cake is a traditional Czech dessert. Follow along with this cooking how-to video to learn how to make a plum cake from scratch. Watch these two Czech girls as they show you how to prepare it. The ingredients you need for the cake are: butter, salt, milk, yeast, egg yolks, sugar, plums, and flour. Don't forget to glaze the baked bread with melted butter.

How To: Make Czech beef goulash

Goulash is very tasty traditional Czech dish, it is a hearty stew like dish. Follow along with this cooking how to video to learn how to make goulash. Watch these two Czech boys as they show you how to prepare it. The ingredients you need for gula are: beef, onion, paprika, pepper, salt, flour, water and fat(lard).

How To: Cook Czech potato pancakes (bramborák)

Bramborak is a very tasty traditional Czech dish. Follow along with this cooking how to video to learn how to make potato pancakes. Check potato pancakes are more commonly known as bramborak. Watch these two Czech boys as they show you how to prepare it. The ingredients you need for potato pancakes are: potatoes, egg, milk, garlic, rosemary, pepper, salt, salmon, flour, and oil.

How To: Lower the cost of home heating

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.

How To: Make a wick holder for oil lamps

This instructional lampworking video demonstrates how to make a wick holder for an oil lamp. With a lampwork torch you can melt a small glass tube which you can use to hold a wick upright in a traditional oil lamp. This glass tube keeps the wick from slipping into the treacherous oil and preserves the flame.

How To: Paint bamboo in Chinese ink painting

Watch this instructional painting video to paint bamboo using sumi-e ink and Chinese rice paper. This fluid method of painting does not allow much room for mistakes. Every brush stroke counts. You should go look at some real bamboo to absorb a real sense of the plant. Spirit and technique are required to paint bamboo in the traditional style.

How To: Make chainmail

This instructional metalsmithing video demonstrates the basics of making chainmail. Making traditional chainmail is a long and involved process. First, you must spin the wire into a spool. Then you have to cut the coil into individual rings. Embark on the long process of closing and linking the metal rings.

How To: Massage sore muscles

After working out, who doesn't need a nice deep muscles massage. Relaxing and massaging sore muscles is a must for any athlete. Get expert tips and advice on massage and other treatments in this massage how to video. Start with a light massage, move to a shaking movement and finish with a medium pounding technique.

How To: Origami a four cornered diamond box

Watch this instructional origami video to fold a four cornered diamond box. There are several variations of the traditional Japanese origami diamond box, but this one has a slightly more complex structure. You will need four pieces of origami project to complete this origami project.

How To: Knit stranded color work

Learn how to add stranded color work to your knitting with this knitting tutorial. Use traditional Shetland island motifs to create delicate, shimmering patterns. Knitters usually hold the background color with the right hand and the additional color with the left hand. Use thinner yarns for these projects to compensate for the thickness of the "floating" yarn.

How To: Make a raw marinated kale cole slaw

In this episode of Jenna's Healthy Kitchen, Jenna's guest chef Evona Poplawski demonstrates how to prepare a marinated kale cole slaw recipe that is delicious and very nutritious. Evona is a raw (living) food chef who trained at the Living Light Culinary Arts Institute. She's also the co-founder of Veggie Magic Foods based in Sarasota, Florida. Watch this cooking how to video to learn how to make this raw food recipe.

How To: Apply a Hayden Panetierre red carpet makeup look

This makeup look was inspired by a red carpet look by the actress Hayden Panettiere. The cosmetic products used to create this look are Revlon Colorstay foundation, Clarins Instant Light shimmering lotion, Shu Uemura ME Gold e/s, Estee Lauder shimmering powder in Light Snow, Urban Decay primer potion, MAC Vanilla, White & Melon pigments, MAC Satin Taupe e/s, Shu Uemura ME Gold, Blacktrack fluidliner, brown & black eyeliner pencil, Rimmel Tiramisu lipliner, Rimmel Supersexy lipstick, MAC Corps...