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Six Ways to Cook for a Crowd Without Being a Kitchen Wench

June 26, 2017

Top Party Food Tips: How Not to be a Kitchen Wench Graphic

Ever feel like you’re chained to the stove while everyone else at the party is mingling? I’ll raise my own hand for that one. That goes double for cookout season when the party moves outside. It’s like that time when you were eight and your mom made you sit in time-out by the window while all your friends were living it up on the trampoline. Ooof.

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Filed Under: How-To, Party, Planning Tagged With: how to, party food, planning, tips

How to Roast Peppers in an Oven

December 15, 2016

Oven-Roasted Peppers

It is absolutely incredible how much you can change the flavor of peppers just by roasting them instead of sautéing or sweating them. Let me count the ways: 1. Roasting adds a smoky touch from the charred skin. The waxy skin of peppers burns up quickly in the oven, acting as a smoky shell for the flesh. 2….

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Filed Under: Fundamentals, How-To, Method, Planning, Recipe, Vegetarian Tagged With: how to, method, peppers, recipes, roasting, vegetarian

How to Roast Garlic in an Oven

November 21, 2016

Olive Oil being poured over garlic for roasting

Sautéeing garlic is one of the best ways to build a savory foundation for a dish, but I would argue the best trick up garlic’s sleeve takes a little more coaxing. That’s right—roasted garlic is where it’s at. True story: when I was little, I thought all garlic was like roasted garlic by default.

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Filed Under: Comfort Food, Fundamentals, How-To, Make-ahead, Method, Recipe Tagged With: fundamentals, garlic, method, recipes, roasting

Wedding Cake Revisited: How to Eat A Year-Old Cake

November 3, 2016

How to eat a year-old wedding cake graphic

The perfect anniversary dessert. Dry on the outside, gooey on the inside.

Tastes mostly like the ice you used to scrape off the sides of the pizza bagel freezer at the grocery store when you were little (you know you did!), yet smells reminiscent of broccoli and marinara sauce. Cuts like bread pudding and has a mysterious stream of water leaking out of the bottom.

Romantic, right?

Is that how you picture year-old frozen wedding cake? We need to talk. It doesn’t have to be that way.

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Filed Under: Dessert, How-To, Life, Method, Uncategorized Tagged With: cake, method

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Hey, I'm Leannda! I'm into healthy eating, but I'm always down for some tiramisu. When I'm not cooking I'm probably teaching or sideline reporting. I live outside Knoxville, Tennessee with my husband, Adam; daughter, Siena; and our cats, Professor and Steely. Read More…

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