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  2 days ago

  Marinades 101: How to Build Flavor for Cooking Meat, Fish, and Vegetables

  FOOD & WINE - Diana Perez

  The right blend of salt, oil, seasonings and acid can boost the flavor of meat, fish, and vegetables — and even double as a sauce or dressing. Salt, oil, flavorings, and acid: These are the building blocks of marinades we use to infuse flavor into meat, fish, or vegetables before cooking. They range …

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  3 days ago

  Meet the Sauce Every Pitmaster Agrees Is Essential to the Best Barbecue

  FOOD & WINE - Andee Gosnell

  Pitmasters agree — This sauce is essential to the best barbecue. If you don’t know about mop sauce, it’s time you learned about this sauce, the secret ingredient for keeping beef brisket, pork butt, and ribs tender and moist as they cook on the barbecue for hours. Mop sauce is magic in the Food & …

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  4 days ago

  How to Smoke Ribs Like a Pro

  FOOD & WINE - Adam Dolge

  Light a fire and spend the afternoon getting ready for smoky, tender baby back ribs, spare ribs, and St Louis-style ribs. Not much compares to a platter of perfectly smoked pork ribs slathered in sticky, sweet and tangy barbecue sauce. Sure, you could travel to your state’s best BBQ joint and grab a …

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  5 days ago

  Here's Why Chefs Are So Particular About Kitchen Tape and Sharpies

  FOOD & WINE - Matt Jennings

  Tape color, handwriting, and tape cutting are just the beginning. Professional restaurant kitchens are chaos. Beautiful chaos, but chaos nonetheless. Even in the calmest of circumstances — those dinner services that drift like clouds barely hanging onto a light breeze — there is still unseen turmoil …

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  What Is Cassava Flour? Everything to Know About the Gluten-Free Flour

  FOOD & WINE - Maggie Hennessy

  Slightly earthy and nutty, this nutrient-dense flour is used in a wide range of global cuisines. Here’s how to stock up — and use it in your cooking. The gluten-free flour aisle is rife with choice these days, and among the plethora of options you might find cassava flour. This nutrient-dense …

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  How to Turn Stale Doughnuts Into a New Sweet Treat

  FOOD & WINE - Merlyn Miller

  It’s worth letting a dozen doughnuts go stale just so you can try this delicious trick. My dad didn’t cook often when I was growing up, but the dishes he did make were excellent. There’s one cooking hack he’d pull out for breakfast that I still use today: re-frying doughnuts. He learned it from his …