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Port vs Sherry vs Madeira: Fortified Wines Compared
Port is sweet, most sherry is dry, and Madeira is aged with heat. How the three fortified wines differ, plus serving temperatures…
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What to Eat in Naples: Pizza, Sfogliatella and Street Food
Pizza at Da Michele and Sorbillo, fried pizza, a cuoppo of street snacks, sfogliatella and babà: what to eat in Naples, where…
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The Searing Meat Myth and 5 Other Cooking Myths, Checked
Searing doesn’t seal in juices, pink pork can be safe, and flambéing leaves most of the alcohol behind. Six cooking myths checked…
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How Restaurants Can Build a Food Content Strategy That Reaches Beyond Their Menu
A restaurant’s food story doesn’t have to end when a guest leaves the table. The people who enjoy your dishes may also…
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Roasted Butternut Squash Soup You Can Freeze
Roast the squash first for a deeper flavour, blend it safely, then freeze the rest. A step-by-step butternut soup with USDA-backed storage…
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Cast Iron vs Carbon Steel Skillet vs Stainless Steel
Cast iron holds heat, carbon steel responds fast, stainless shrugs off acid. A side-by-side comparison to help you pick the skillet that…
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What to Eat in Oaxaca: Moles, Markets and Mezcal
Seven moles, tlayudas, chapulines and tejate: a dish-by-dish guide to eating in Oaxaca, with the two central markets and three places confirmed…
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How to Split the Bill at a Restaurant Without Awkwardness
A worked dinner for six shows how to split the bill at a restaurant fairly: agree early, choose separate checks or one…
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Eggs and Cholesterol: Common Myths vs the Facts
Is an egg a day fine? We check five egg myths against AHA, Harvard and federal guidance, from the old 300 mg…
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How Long to Rest Meat, and Why It Actually Matters
Rest steaks, chops and roasts at least 3 minutes, and a turkey about 20. Here is how carryover cooking works and how…
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Hard Cider Styles: A Buyer’s Guide for Fall
Dry or sweet, modern or heritage, Normandy or Asturias. How to tell hard cider styles apart, read the label, and pick the…
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Should Restaurants Still Serve Free Bread? How Some Are Rethinking The Basket
The free bread basket used to be a given at sit-down restaurants. It showed up before the menus were even open, and…
