Tips & Tricks

Get your Fuji on with Appetites, an awesome iPad app!

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Back in March I spent the day with the amazing folks at Clear Media filming step-by-step cooking classes for a fabulous new iPad app called Appetites!  Appetites features cooking classes filmed step-by-step from the viewer’s point of view so that you can really see how something is done.  These classes aren’t just recipes.  If you […]

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Whole-Wheat Pumpkin Blueberry Pancakes from Chris Garboski

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How’s the pancaking going?  I can’t wait to hear how everyone has been celebrating!  Yesterday I spent time in the Fuji Test Kitchen coming up with a fun recipe to celebrate Hinamatsuri tomorrow.  Can’t wait to share!  But for today, I’ve got an extra special treat.  My friend Chris Garboski is sharing her favorite pancake […]

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Taylor Mathis Reveals the Secrets to Taking Perfect Pancake Photos

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How’s the pancaking going in your house?  Tomorrow, March 1st, is considered to be Pancake Day by some (and Mardi Gras being the other).  Are you celebrating?  Don’t miss out on my post about my favorite Pancake Paraphernalia—things you never knew you needed, like Star Wars pancake molds.  I’m continuing my exploration of all things […]

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How To Sharpen a Knife With a Steel

Thanksgiving has come and gone and we’ve spent several days feasting on leftovers. But after all that turkey carving, chances are that your knives aren’t quite as sharp as they used to be.  No one wants to work with a dull knife, so as the next post in the LFM Knife Series I asked the […]

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POM Dinner Party—A Japanese Harvest Feast

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Have you voted yet today? You can vote once every day between now and December 31st! Help me win the title of favorite Crescent Cook and be entered for the chance to win $5,000! (See more voting details at the end of this post.)* ============================================= Just as a preliminary note, if you’re sick of hearing […]

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From Blossom to Bottle—A Pomegranate Story.

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Have you voted yet today? You can vote once every day between now and December 31st! Help me win the title of favorite Crescent Cook and be entered for the chance to win $5,000! (See more voting details at the end of this post.)* ============================================= On Saturday I threw a pomegranate harvest dinner at my […]

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Lemongrass 101

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Have you voted yet today? You can vote once every day between now and December 31st! Help me win the title of favorite Crescent Cook and be entered for the chance to win $5,000! (See more voting details at the end of this post.)* ============================================= Thai and Vietnamese make the list of some of my […]

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Quail Egg Ninja & Star Onigiri—Yes, you too can have a Food Ninja Bento!!

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Have you voted yet today? You can vote once every day between now and December 31st! Help me win the title of favorite Crescent Cook and be entered for the chance to win $5,000! (See more voting details at the end of this post.)* Oh, and y’all better be entering our awesome Food Ninja Contest […]

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Fillet, Chef’s, and Paring Knife Tests—The quest to pick out a knife that works for you.

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Have you voted yet today? You can vote once every day between now and December 31st! Help me win the title of favorite Crescent Cook and be entered for the chance to win $5,000! (See more voting details at the end of this post.)* Oh, and y’all better be entering our awesome Food Ninja Contest […]

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Gail, from One Tough Cookie, Inc., shares her favorite tools for cookie decorators!

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I am so excited for today’s post.  Gail, from One Tough Cookie, Inc., is sharing a list of her favorite tools that every cookie maker/decorator should have.  This is SUCH a treat! Back in April I was commissioned to make two Swedish princess tortes for a bridal shower.  The day that I made the tortes […]

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