How To: Host your first Christmas dinner
Hosting your first holiday dinner? These tips & tricks will help you pull together a fabulous party without losing your holiday spirit or mind!
Hosting your first holiday dinner? These tips & tricks will help you pull together a fabulous party without losing your holiday spirit or mind!
Cook book author, Susan McIntosh shares tips on how to get creative with grits and goes over different ideas for dishes that can combine grits with other delicious sides. Creamy Grits with Ham and Red-Eye Gravy, Pork with Mushrooms and Two-Corn Grits, Italian Sausage over Garlic Polenta, and Anniversary Shrimp and Grits are just a few available in her all-things grits cookbook: "Glorious Grits: America's Favorite Comfort Food".
This little tutorial will show you how to make you Cheetos snack chips more delicious. This Cheeto mod is perfect for customizing your favorite food. It even makes Cheetos healthier with a dose of real lime juice!
For a health conscious change of pace, try a tuna burger! They are so easy to make, all you have to get is some canned tuna, which you probably already have in our pantry. This cooking how-to video is part of Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller show hosted by Robin Miller.
We all love pancakes, but how making them nutritious out of whole grains. In this how to video the Mark Bittman, from the NY Times, makes nutritious pancakes delicious. Watch as he mixes up fluffy and light pancakes spiced with cinnamon and coriander. Try this recipe from the food section. Top your homemade whole grain flap jacks with your favorite toppings.
Just because you are eating vegan food now doesn't mean you have to give up pizza. This pizza how to video tutorial demonstrates how to prepare a completely vegan pizza pie from scratch. Watch and learn how easy it is to make. Top your pizza with your favorite veggie toppings and bake.
This pork dish is a favorite southern Cantonese dish,it is served at most Chinese restaurants in America. Watch this how to video cooking tutorial and let chef Kai show you how to stir fry pork with blackbean sauce. Skip the take out tonight, cook your own Chinese food at home instead.
Baciole is thin slices of tender meat filled with our favorite Italian foods and simmered in a homemade rich tomato sauce. If this sounds like something you would like to make then keep watching. In this how to video chef Jim shows you how to cook up an Italian braciole with chicken.
Indian food is becoming a favorite of chef Jim's. Watch this how to video tutorial as he shows you how to make and Indian inspired lamb burger. Add some chili for spiciness and top off with a cool raita.
One translation of “wonton” means “swallowing clouds” and has always been one of my favorite all-time food translations (and properly made a very accurate one). Chef John is having the family over today and wonton soup is on the menu! He will be doing it with ground turkey instead of the pork you’ll see in the recipe clip.
This dressing is so easy to make, just throw all the ingredients into a food processor and you're done! Try this creamy curry dressing on chicken or your favorite salad, it is eco friendly too.
Yogurt rice (also called curd rice) is an all time favorite comfort food and a wonderfully soothing end to a spicy Indian meal. See how to make yogurt rice and get rid of all those rice leftovers in the fridge!
Who says you can only get Homer's favorite food in Springfield? In the first part of this tutorial, you'll learn how easy it is to make a plain cartoon style (specifically Simpsons style) doughnut using CINEMA 4D. In part two you'll slather it with icing.
Whether you've stumbled upon an interesting location you want to bookmark for later, need to remember where you park your bicycle or vehicle, or want to keep track of your favorite food truck locations, Apple Maps makes it easy.
If you want to become a food Instagram star, you may want to consider having babies. Well, to be more specific, you might need Mike Chau's two adorable children, Matthew and Samantha.
No crème brûlée is worth its custard without the crackled, caramelized crust it's famous for. For this reason alone, many cooks have a brûlée torch sitting somewhere in their cabinets.
Seriously, what's not to love about a banana cream pie? Naturallly creamy, sweet bananas, crispy pie crust, and mountains of whipped cream make this comfort food dessert one of our all-time favorites.
Paula shows how easy it is to bake your own custom fortune cookies. You won't have to order Chinese food to get a bunch of fortune cookies anymore. This cooking how-to video is part of Paula's Best Dishes show hosted by Paula Deen. What happens when America's favorite southern cook opens up her kitchen to family, friends, viewers and the best home cooks in the country? It's anyone's guess! Paula Deen is cooking up something new as she rescues viewer recipes, shares stories and traditions with...
Paula bakes a batch of lemon and tea infused Arnold Palmer cupcakes. Arnold Palmer cupcakes are a great way to spruce up cupcakes. This cooking how-to video is part of Paula's Best Dishes show hosted by Paula Deen. What happens when America's favorite southern cook opens up her kitchen to family, friends, viewers and the best home cooks in the country? It's anyone's guess! Paula Deen is cooking up something new as she rescues viewer recipes, shares stories and traditions with friends and stra...
If you're looking for some natural dog food recipes or homemade dog food, this recipe from the Natural Pet Food Cookbook is a great start. Chef Jason Hill of Chef Tips puts Bandit's Beef Stew to the test, and this dog food recipe was approved with enthusiasm by his family's Shih Tzu puppy, Sugar. This recipe can be prepared as an organic dog food with the right ingredients. Just choose canned organic vegetables when preparing this meal. It's also a human grade dog food, as Chef Jason Hill att...
Edible bowls are glorious for plenty of reasons. They create fewer dishes, they're pretty to look at, and, well... you can eat them. There are many different options out there you can choose, like bacon cups, hollowed out apples, and molded hash browns, but these are 6 personal favorites of ours to use as edible food vessels.
Welcome to the fragrant world of Cornish Indian food. Chef and food writer Anjum Anand shows a local Cornish couple the best way to cook mussels in a traditional Indian style. Great video from BBC food programme 'Indian Food Made Easy'.
In Turkey, near the Syrian border, the Hairy Bikers demonstrate the best way to build and cook the perfect doner kebab. Brilliant recipe clip from BBC food-lovers show 'Hairy Bikers Cook Book'.
CJ Jackson, Director of the Billingsgate Seafood Training School shows how best to fillet a mackerel.
This how-to video explains how to dehydrate food for backpacking or camping. This is very helpful, and could make meat last for up to 6 months. This could save a lot of money in the long run.
This instructional how-to video is hosted by Simply Ming’s chef Ming Tsai. Watch this cooking lesson as Ming shows you how to flip food in a pan. Tossing food in a pan is a simple technique that any anyone can learn to do. Once you've mastered the art of flipping food you can impress all your friends at your next dinner party.
Eating healthy poses a challenge nowadays with so many options that taste great but aren't really good for you. Nutritionists have made it their life's work to understand what actually does a body good. Here's how you can follow their example.
Marie Dubuque offers tips on keeping a conversation flowing and avoiding awkward silences. She suggests asking the other person about themselves. Everyone loves to talk about themselves, and sometimes if you ask one question they go on and on. Ask about their favorite food, favorite restaurant, how they get along with relatives. Questions about in-laws can lead to some interesting dialog and can get the conversation going better than it was before.
This video shows us how to make a healthy artichoke guacamole. Prepare 6 cooked large fresh artichoke. Remove the hearts and bottoms from the artichoke and place in a medium-sized bowl. Mash it with a fork or simply use a food processor. Add the juice of a lime or a lemon, 4 tbsp of reduced-fat mayonnaise and 1/2 cup of fat-free sour cream. Put garlic, salt and pepper to taste and 1/2 cup of your favorite salsa. Blend all the ingredients. Finally, serve together with the artichoke leaves or y...
Paula and Bobby Deen create frozen pops from a ready-made cheesecake. Follow along and learn how absolutely easy these cheesecake surprise pops are to put together. This cooking how-to video is part of Paula's Best Dishes show hosted by Paula Deen. What happens when America's favorite southern cook opens up her kitchen to family, friends, viewers and the best home cooks in the country? It's anyone's guess! Paula Deen is cooking up something new as she rescues viewer recipes, shares stories an...
Paula combines two favorites, coffee and chocolate, in a yummy mousse. This cooking how-to video is part of Paula's Best Dishes show hosted by Paula Deen. What happens when America's favorite southern cook opens up her kitchen to family, friends, viewers and the best home cooks in the country? It's anyone's guess! Paula Deen is cooking up something new as she rescues viewer recipes, shares stories and traditions with friends and strangers alike, while learning the secrets of some of America's...
Need to lose weight but the thought of giving up all your favorite foods like pasta, white bread and starch make you queasy? Don't worry! Modify your diet with these great tips, and you won't feel like you're giving up a thing! Why don't you try adding more vegetables and protein, so you won't eat as many carbs? It's a great way to fool your body into eating better.
America's favorite barbecue food, hamburgers are an easy but satisfying meal. Learn the ins and outs of burger grilling.
One of my favorite summer time food moments is that first perfectly sweet, ripe and juicy melon, wrapped with a thin slice of Prosciutto. This recipe is inspired by that same combination, only this time the cold sweet melon is being replaced by hot sweet prawns.
Many survivalists believe that MRE's are the way to go for survival food supplies, but they are expensive for civilians and there are storebought options that work just as well. This video will teach you about a wide variety of storebought foods that will keep for ages and make great fuel for any survival kit.
The Hairy Bikers explain the best way to cook Noah's Pudding, a milk and rice based dessert. Delicious recipe idea from BBC foodshow 'Hairy Biker's Cook Book'.
Simon King, one of the Hairy Bikers falls off the dock in Vietnam during filming leaving Dave Myers alone to cook a delicious crispy beef recipe. Great idea for dinner from BBC cooking show 'Hairy Bikers Cook Book'.
The Hairy Bikers demonstrate an easy step-by-step guide to making a traditional Palak Paneer dish in India. Great recipe idea from BBC cookery show 'Hairy Bikers Ride Again'.
Stuck for supper? Try this delicious wheat-free recipe idea from the Hairy Bikers Cook Book - an Indian lentil and rice flour doughnut recipe known as a Vada.
I've always had an affinity for pretty wine bottles. When I was younger, my parents and my siblings would give me their empty wine bottles so I could collect them, and I loved every single one.