Preparing Cake Pans Watch this video as Bridget Lancaster from America's Test Kitchen Cooking School shares her tips to prevent cakes and cupcakes from sticking to pans:

Kitchen Safety As we approach the days of YomTov, we spend hours, and hours, and hours cooking and baking in our kitchens-- slicing, chopping, dicing, mixing, simmering, reaching– Get the picture? Artwork by Carl Wiens for the New York Times A recent article in the New York Times by one of our...

Remember schmaltz? Your mom and Bubbie likely used a lot of it in their cooking. Schmaltz, or chicken fat, has a great flavor and richness, and is part of Jewish culinary tradition. Rendered chicken fat adds rich flavor to many recipes and makes use of parts of the bird that would otherwise be...

Try this with basil, tarragon, parsley, thyme, and sage for fresh garden herbs year round. After freezing the herbs in the olive oil, simply pop out and place in plastic freezer bags. Use these herb cubes as recipe starters.

Dental Floss in the Kitchen5 Tips Dental floss is not only for cleaning between your teeth - it also is a handy kitchen tool! When a recipe calls for splitting a cake into two or more layers horizontally, toothpicks and dental floss make this task easy. Use several toothpicks placed at the proper...

Corn Tips Cutting kernels off the cob Cut corn from the cob without a mess. Place an ear in the center of a Bundt pan. As you slide the knife down, the corn will fall into the pan. Sweet Corn even SweeterAdding some sugar to the water used to cook to the corn will enhance its sweetness Decorate...

How to make them last longer and eliminate rusting When you purchase a box of steel wool pads, immediately take a pair of scissors and cut each pad into halves. After years of having to throw away rusted and unused and smelly pads, you'll decide that this will be much more economical. In fact,...

From Cooking.com: How to Carve a Turkeywith Professional Chef Gordon Drysdale.

10 Ways to Flavor Whipped Cream by Alice Medrich, Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts As much as I adore plain whipped cream, I also love that it can be flavored. It loses its marvelous neutral character and becomes a flavor component in its own right, and sometimes that is exactly what you want. 1....

A Pear Guide There are over 3,000 known pear varieties grown around the world, but only a handful of heirloom varieties have been carefully cultivated into the juicy, delicious fruit known as Northwest–grown USA Pears. Each has a distinctive character, texture, and flavor. Try them all to find...