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Learn to Love Brussels Sprouts like Jacques Pepin

The famous French chef shows how to cook sprouts in a way that will even convince kids.

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Watch Artistry in Motion as Pressed Duck is Prepared at L'Aise

Watch how the French art of duck pressing has been revived at À L'aise restaurant in Oslo in their signature dish, and ode to Norwegian wild duck.

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How to Make Vegan Macarons: Video Recipes and Tips

Master the perfect eggless macaron from these video clips, whether you prefer classic or chocolate, you can open up a world of sugar filled fun.

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Revolutionise your Grill Game with Smash and Trash Burgers

Here are the ultimate burgers that are guaranteed to beat all others this summer - crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. Follow ChefSteps secret tips for smash and trash burgers and you'll never go wrong.

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Funfetti Cake: How to Make the Ultimate Celebration Cake

Learn how to make funfetti cake and you'll never be short of a celebratory cake again! See the simple recipes to make your occasion.

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Watch Josh Niland Masterfully Break Down a Kingfish

Watch the Australian 'fish wizard' doing what he does best in this mesmerising clip, as he masterfully breaks down a large kingfish, from head to tail.,

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Cereal Pancakes: The Miniature Breakfast Pancakes

Meet the mini pancake sensation taking over social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram.

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Sébastien Gaudard's "Puits d'Amour" is Dessert Perfection

If life in lockdown has awakened your sweet tooth, this is the French pastry of dreams you'll want to be whipping up next, otherwise known as "wells of love."

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How to Make Almond Milk at Home

Have you run out of almond milk? Discover how to prepare your own nut milk at home and why the consumption of nut milks has increased in the past years.

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How to Make Mimosa Cake: The Italian Celebratory Sponge

Learn how to make this delicious Italian sponge cake and celebrate International Women's Day, or any other day worth indulging!

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How to Make Good Coffee at Home: 7 Types of Coffee

If you're missing your morning hit of caffeine freshly brewed by your local barista, you can still have a go at home with surprisingly convincing results. From espresso to flat white and caffe latte, here's how to re-create those coffee-shop favourites in your own kitchen without a machine.

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Watch Michelin Chefs Cook Ground Beef

Ground beef recipes are given star treatment in the hands of Michelin starred chefs like April Bloomfield, Marco Pierre White and Gordon Ramsay, as they put their spin on classic comfort food dishes, from burgers to chilli beef lettuce wraps.

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13 Essential Baking Substitutes for When you Need Cake

Missing some essential baking ingredients? With a few handy hints and a few swop in ingredients, you can still channel your inner baker to produce some equally remarkable results. Here's a list of how to manage when you're missing a key ingredient.

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Poolish or Biga: Meet the Starters that Add Character to your Bake

Poolish, also called liquid biga or yeast, is a leavening method used in indirect baking. It's a pre-ferment that makes baked goods soft, fragrant and aromatic, especially bread and pizza.

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27 Tips and Techniques to Make Fresh Food Last Longer

Tired of bananas going bad, forgotten sauces at the back of the fridge and stale bread? With a few tips, you'll be able to make your fresh produce and pantry essentials last longer. Find out here.

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3 Different Yeasts and How to Use Them

If you've unleashed your inner baker in quarantine and managed to find yeast in these unprecedented times, you'll have discovered they were not all created equal. Here's the lowdown on the three main commercially available yeasts.

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12 things you didn’t know you could freeze

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Buttery Beer Bread is Your Lockdown Essential

Buttery beer bread is the lockdown essential you didn't know you needed. Learn how to make delicious beer bread.

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How to Pickle Almost Anything

Pickling fresh vegetables is so easy to do at home and it will provide you with crunchy, tangy pickles to add to anything throughout the whole year.

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How to Make a Poke Cake: Delicious Tips and Recipes

Time to bake? Then try a poke cake! The irresistible retro throwback for fun flavourful baking.

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Yeast Free Bread Recipes for Easy Homemade Bread

Out of yeast? Don't that stop your need to knead! Here are 5 easy recipes for making delicious home made bread, no yeast required.

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Ferran Adriá cooks with us through Coronavirus

Chef Ferran Adria is helping us through coronavirus crisis with a cooking course on twitter with recipes and tips for cooking in an emergency.

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Milk Street is Offering Free Online Cooking Courses

Enrol in a free online cooking course with Christopher Kimballs' Milk Street and learn how to perfect your pasta, master your multicooker, char your carrots and much much more with over a dozen courses to choose from.

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How to Make a Perfect Pizza at Home

Do you want to enhance your time, maybe while on lockdown? Learn from the best and make restaurant-style pizza at home!

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Kitchen Quarantine with Massimo Bottura - Tortellini in brodo and tortellini in panna (cream)

Watch as Bottura has fun making this classic favourite for dinner in his home kitchen surrounded by his family.

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Kitchen Quarantine with Massimo Bottura - Thai Curry

Watch as 3 Michelin starred Italian chef Massimo Bottura makes a vegetable thai curry using paste from Indian chef Gaggan Anand for dinner in his family's ho

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Kitchen Quarantine with Massimo Bottura - Warm Bollito Salad

Watch as Massimo Bottura cooks up an incredible feast for his family's saturday night dinner; a selection of boiled meats, mayonnaise, a salad with herbs and

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Massimo Bottura and Family Launch "Kitchen Quarantine" Cooking Show

Join Massimo Bottura and family in their home kitchen every evening as they cook a quarantined meal from scratch. The show we all need right now.

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Thomas Keller's 3 Tips to up Your Cooking Game

These 3 tips from Chef Thomas Keller can enhance flavour and up your home cooking game.

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5 Essential Cookbooks for Every Serious Foodie

Here are five essential cooking books that every foodie should have.

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63 Different Ways to Cook a Potato

Mashed, fried, roasted, boiled, that’s four, but what about another 59 ways? Check out all the ways to cook a potato in this video by Bon Appétit.

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6 one pot recipes perfect for easy January cooking

Chicken pot pie, spicy sausage rice, chicken casserole, duck curry and more - ease yourself into cooking post-holidays with these one pot cooking recipes.

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Foods that bring good luck in the new year

Did you know pomegranates and noodles represent good fortune? Here's a list of other "good luck" foods consumed around the globe on New Year's Eve.

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Don't bin it! 10 ideas on how to use your Christmas leftovers

Don't be a food waster! From leftovers to gourmet, turn your Christmas leftovers into delicious dishes to get excited about all over again. From a Naples-style frittata, to fried rice, here are some recipe ideas.

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Pasta frittata with rocket

In Naples, any leftover pasta, with or without sauce, is made into a pasta frittata the next day. Try it yourself, it's a great way to reuse food that ordinarily would go to waste!

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Fish Baked in Salt Crust with Lemon and Thyme

Baking an entire fish in salt is an old technique that results in perfectly seasoned, flaky fish.

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The sweet side of miso: 6 recipes to try

Consider miso your secret weapon to the best brownies, caramel and apple cake. This funky fermented soybean paste adds an umami kick and sophisticated saltiness to desserts that's a whole other level.

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10 of the best Christmas desserts ever

Looking for the perfect Christmas desserts? Treat yourself and the ones you love to these mouthwatering holiday sweets that are totally worth the calories!

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10 Tasty Vegan Thanksgiving Appetizers

Need ideas for a vegan-friendly Thanksgiving menu? Get the recipes for vegan appetizers like couscous cakes, Michelin-star chef Swiss chard tart, cabbage sushi and more.

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5 Soups for fall evenings

Cool evenings call for warm soups. Here are five fall soup recipes to make part of your fall kitchen repertoire.

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A guide to 12 apple varieties and what they are good for

Not sure which apples are best for baking, making sauce or eating raw? Here's a guide for 12 apple varieties and what to do with them.

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5+1 easy lentil recipes to fix any weeknight dinner drama

Your weeknight dinner hero ingredient is most likely already in your pantry: lentils. Try out these six different recipes that maximise the versatility of this humble legume, from soup to bakes and mouthwatering croquettes.

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Cyber Monday Sous Vide Deals

Now's the time to take the plunge into the perfectly circulated hot water bath. Check out our picks for Cyber Monday deals on sous vide machines.

Kernza: What is it and how to cook with it

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Kernza: What is it and how to cook with it

Kernza could be one of the big food trends of 2019. But what is it and how do you use it in cooking?

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How to Make Arancini like a Sicilian: 5 Top Tips

Master baker Tommaso Cannata from Sicily, shares his advice on how to create this Sicilian street food par excellence.

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Netflix’s New Food Series Teaches The Fundamentals of Cooking

Netflix’s new food show, Salt Fat Acid Heat, demystifies the fundamentals of food by explaining the “holy grail” elements of cooking.

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Watch Seiji Yamamoto Make His Famous Eel Dish

Watch Michelin starred chef Seiji Yamamoto as he prepares the world famous eel dish at his RyuGin restaurant in Tokyo. Never seen so much caramelisation.

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How to Caramelize Onions

Learn how to caramelize onions and get that beautiful sweet onion taste using different methods.

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Joël Robuchon Made The World's Best Mashed Potatoes: Here's The Recipe

Watch Joël Robuchon as he makes his world famous mashed potatoes: Purée de pommes de terre. The dish that made him world famous relies on delicious technique.

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How to Make Classic Steak Sauces: 5 Great Video Recipes

Learn how to make steak sauce with these five video recipes focused on classic steak sauces.

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Chef Says An Ice Cube Is the Trick to Make Juicy Burgers

Check out this chef tip for how to make juicy burgers. All it takes is some good grill control and a few ice cubes.

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20+ Ways to Plate Sauces

Go pro with your presentation with these three videos featuring over 20 ideas for how to plate sauces.

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Heston Blumenthal's Ultimate Toastie

Watch Heston Blumenthal making the ultimate cheese and ham toastie using some very special ingredients.

Nose-To-Tail Cooking: A Guide To Cooking Kidneys

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Nose-To-Tail Cooking: A Guide To Cooking Kidneys

Learn how to cook kidneys with our step-by-step guide. It will help you prepare this delicacy in a variety of tasty ways.

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How to Make Stock - 7 Great Video Recipes

A collection of video recipes for making homemade stocks, from chicken to vegetable, here's the stock pot lowdown.

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Thomas Keller Launches Online Cooking Classes

Thomas Keller, one of America's most influential chefs, is launching a series of online cooking classes covering a wide range of techniques and recipes.

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Marco Pierre White Cooks Calf's Liver Then Tells Journalist She Can Leave His Kitchen

Watch Marco Pierre White cook up a classic dish of calf's liver and onions before telling the person filming she can leave the kitchen.

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How to Make Perfect Pie Pastry

If you're one of the people who always skips the process of making your own pastry, up your game with this guide on how to make perfect pie pastry.

18 Different Cooking Techniques Explained

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18 Different Cooking Techniques Explained

Take a look at this infographic detailing 18 different cooking techniques, from searing to confit, blanching to spherification.

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Cooking Fish with Molten Glass

You've heard of salt baking? Well check out what happens when you cook a whole fish in molten glass.

Cooking on Coals: How to Grill Without a Rack

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Cooking on Coals: How to Grill Without a Rack

It's actually pretty easy to grill without a rack, just use the right food and follow these simple tips.

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10 Ways Chefs Transform Ingredients with Technique

A great chef should know how to get the best out of any ingredient – even if they arrive underripe, overripe, out-of-season, or just plain dull.

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Heston Blumenthal: 8 Tips for The Ultimate Bacon Sandwich

Watch Heston Blumenthal as he explains his personal method for bacon sandwich perfection.

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23 Sauces You Need to Know

23 sauces every cook should know how to make, including the French mother sauces, BBQ and Thai dipping sauce.

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Latin Recipe: How To Make Tostones

Our resident Puerto Rican chef shares tips for how to make tostones, a tasty dish made of twice-fried plantains. It's the perfect side dish to rice and beans.

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14 Tips for Understanding Flavour

Develop a deeper understanding of flavour and become a better cook, with these tips from chef Paul Sorgule.

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25 Cooking Oils and How to Use Them

Take a look at this infographic detailing 25 cooking oils and discover the best oil for cooking your next dish.

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How to Cook Pork Belly, 3 Ways

Take a look at three videos showing how to cook delicious pork belly using three different methods.

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The Blumenthal Bot Teaches You How to Cook

The Heston Blumenthal Skype bot will deliver the latest recipes and cooking tips directly to you.

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How to Make Okonomiyaki Sauce

This umami-packed sauce is an essential condiment in the Japanese kitchen as well as a topping sauce for Okonomiyaki. Find out just how easy it is to make.

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The Ultimate Sous Vide Searing Guide

Take a look at this great infographic showing how to sear sous vide meat to get that perfect crust every time.

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Watch: 5 Ingenious Office Lunch Hacks

Little Ye is the vlogger with a YouTube channel dedicated to some of the most amazing desk-based cooking hacks we've ever seen.

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Chef Cooks Epic Meals Out in the Wild

Almazan Kitchen is a YouTube channel dedicated to wild cooking, and the dishes the chef creates take outdoor food to another level. Find out more here.

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How to Cook Wild Mushrooms

This quick and easy infographic offers up some tips on how to cook mushrooms in three different ways: sauté, sear and roast.

Cooking With Coffee: 5 Chefs Show You How

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Cooking With Coffee: 5 Chefs Show You How

Take a cue from these acclaimed chefs whenever you want to infuse your recipes with coffee - whether it be an appetizer, creamy risotto or decadent dessert.

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How to Cook Steak in the Dishwasher

Watch this video that shows you how to sous vide a steak in the dishwasher, before finishing in the pan.

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Chefs Share 17 Cooking Commandments

Chefs share 17 kitchen rules of thumb that all professional and home cooks should read.

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10 Kitchen Hacks That Make Life Easier

These simple tips and tricks will make life in the kitchen easier. Take a look and see which ones you haven't tried yet.

Cucamelons: The Small Fruit with Big Appeal

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Cucamelons: The Small Fruit with Big Appeal

Have you tried cucuamelons, the dinky fruit that adds a talking point to cocktails, salads and salsas?

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Michelin Chefs Cook Onions in Many Ways

Diced, sliced, sautéed, souped and caramelised – watch Michelin–starred chefs as they cook with onions in many ways.

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9 Top Grilling Tips from Chefs

Chefs share their top grilling tips for getting the most out of al fresco cooking this summer.

9 Handy Guides to Everyday Food Substitutions

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9 Handy Guides to Everyday Food Substitutions

Want to substitute food ingredients in baking, snacks or for more inexpensive ingredients? Here's the need to know alternatives.

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9 Cooking Hacks Using Water

Check out these nine simple cooking hacks that use good old-fashioned water to make life in the kitchen that bit easier.

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How to Cook Steak: The Best Way to Cook a Steak

Learn how to cook steak perfectly with ChefSteps and their 'Best Way to Cook a Steak' video.

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18 Cooking Tips: Chefs Share Their Secrets

Here are some of the best cooking tips shared by chefs via Reddit that will change the way you cook forever.

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20 Kitchen Hacks You Should Know

Check out this clever food infographic from Chef Works that lists 20 different kitchen hacks we all should know.

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24 Cooking Tips: Chefs Share Their Best Cooking Advice

Thousands of chefs have shared their cooking advice in a Reddit conversation - here's some of the best.

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8 Crave-Worthy Vegan Condiments

Here are 8 tasty vegan condiments made without eggs, milk or butter. Some may surprise you.

9 Handy Kitchen Tricks To Save on Time and Money

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9 Handy Kitchen Tricks To Save on Time and Money

Sometimes it's fun to get a little creative in the kitchen and apply a few simple solutions, from saving leftovers to sweat free cleaning tips.

How to Make Perfect Burger Buns Two Ways

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Homemade Burger Buns: How to make burger buns 6 ways

Ever made burger buns at home? If you already make your own burger pattys why not up your burger game and become a master with these six recipes, from a ChefSteps masterclass to fun mini burger buns.

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Cooking with a Zapotec in Teotitlán de Valle

We had the opportunity to learn some cooking tips from a Zapotec woman, a Mexican indigenous group who settled in the area of Oxaca: here's what happened.

8 Easy Apple Recipes, for More Than Just Apple Pie

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8 Easy Apple Recipes, for More Than Just Apple Pie

Stuck in an apple rut? Test out apples this autumn and put their versatility to good use in both savoury and sweet dishes, from salads to risotto.

5 Reasons to Champion Purslane: The Wonder Weed

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5 Reasons to Champion Purslane: The Wonder Weed

Purslane is cropping up on a lot of menus and predicted to grow in popularity.Get the lowdown on the tasty nutritious weed and what to do with it.

How to Make the Big Three Condiments: Mayo, Ketchup and Mustard

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How to Make the Big Three Condiments: Mayo, Ketchup and Mustard

Here's a quick video that shows you how to make mayo, ketchup and mustard for yourself at home.

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How to Plate Like a Pro in 5 Simple Steps

Plating a good looking dish needn't just be the domain of professionals. Have a look at these simple tips to get you started on plating like a pro at home too.

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Not only Nori and Kombu: 8 Edible Seaweeds You Should Try

Edible seaweed is no longer an ingredient just for Asian cuisines. Here's eight edible seaweeds with advice on how to cook with them.

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How to Smoke Meats On Your Grill

A simple food infographic that shows people how to smoke meat using either a gas or charcoal grill at home.

Looking for New Mulberry Recipes? Try the Granita

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Looking for New Mulberry Recipes? Try the Granita

If you want to try new mulberry recipes, donìt miss this granita made with black mulberry: a plant originally from Asia cultivated in Europe for years.

Original Preserves: 4 Jam Ideas You Should Try

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Original Preserves: 4 Jam Ideas You Should Try

Here are 4 ideas for an equal number of recipes for making some original preserves. Unusual flavours and common pairings, for enoying your breakfast!

7 Cooking Problems Explained with Videos

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7 Cooking Problems Explained with Videos

A selection of seven videos that will teach you how to tackle some common kitchen tasks with ease, like chopping onions with no tears.

Cooking With Quinoa: 5 Sweet and Salad Ideas

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Cooking With Quinoa: 5 Sweet and Salad Ideas

Hamburgers, bisquits and even flour: if you like quinoa, a tasty and versatile superfood, try these 5 unexpected ideas for cooking with quinoa.

Not just potatoes: how to make fruit and root vegan chips

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Not just potatoes: how to make fruit and root vegan chips

Everyone knows (and love) potato chips: but why not trying fruit, vegetables or simply other types of root vegetables? Here are some not ordinary vegan chips.

10 Foods You Didn't Know Can be Kept in the Freezer

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10 Foods You Didn't Know Can be Kept in the Freezer

It's easy to say vegetables, Mum’s home-made lasagne, pumpkin and fresh herbs: here is a list of 10 unexpected foods you can frozen and keep in the freezer.

How to Make Gluten Free Chocolate Brownies

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How to Make Gluten Free Chocolate Brownies

To prepare chocolate brownies without gluten all you need are a few simple cooking tips: find out how to make delicious gluten free chocolate brownies at home.

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Three One Minute Cooking Tips

Learn hot to substitute wine in cooking or de-vein a prawn with this collection of cooking tips from Jamie Oliver's Food Tube channel,

5 Microwave Tips and Tricks You Should Know

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5 Microwave Tips and Tricks You Should Know

A collection of cool microwave cooking tips and tricks: from how to make foam milk for coffee, to a quick and easy way to make bacon.

How to Make That Chocolate Flower Dessert

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How to Make That Chocolate Flower Dessert

A video recipe that shows you exactly how that famous melting chocolate flower is made - now you can cook up your own at home.

7 Videos That Will Help Improve You Plating and Serving

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7 Videos That Will Help Improve You Plating and Serving

ChefSteps have produced a comprehensive guide to help improve your plating and serving skills, with seven videos sure to give you some useful tips.

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Video - 10 Ways to Season a Steak

A nice video that explains ten tasty ways to season your steak, with wet and dry rubs that include flavours from around the world.

Become a Coffee Master with These ChefSteps Classes

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Become a Coffee Master with These ChefSteps Classes

Master your coffee preparation with a collection of classes from ChefSteps - covering everything from simple roasting techniques to the perfect coffee machine.

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How to Juice a Lemon

British chef Jamie Oliver shows us all how to juice a lemon - it sounds simple but he has a good trick for getting the most juice our of your fruit.

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15 Cooking Oils and How to Use Them

A simple chart that lists a range of different oils, their smoke points and how to use them when cooking.

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How to Make Perfect Steak and Red Wine Sauce

A great video that shows you how to make a perfect steak with wonderfully rich red wine sauce - yet another top guide from ChefSteps.com.

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Find Out What Upsets People at Dinner Parties

A look at what people like and dislike when attending dinner parties with some tips on the best gift to bring the next time you're invited.

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How to Prepare an Artichoke

A short video explaining a simple method for preparing an artichoke, something that's much easier than you think.

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How to Cook Without a Book - The One Book You Need

A simple book that teaches us all not to use books when cooking - the one book we all need in the kitchen,

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Jamie Oliver - How to Fillet a Sea Bass

Jamie Oliver shows us all that filleting a fish is not as difficult as it looks - taking us all through the steps of how to fillet a sea bass.

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The Science of Tempura Japanese Batter

What is tempura and how to make the perfect tempura batter? Some science tips will let you know how to prepare this Japanese recipe to fry fish or vegetables.

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10 Healthy Office Lunches

A collection of 10 healthy recipes that are perfect for the office, it's simple top eating junk at the office and prepare your food the night before.

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Watch Pierre Koffmann Cook A Perfect Omelette

Pierre Koffmann takes to the stage at MAD 4 to tackle the question 'What's Cooking?' with three very different demonstrations.

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How to Make Pumpkin Spiced Latte

A simple infographic that shows you how to quickly make a Pumpkin Spiced Latte recipe at home - including a link for making your own spice blend.

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How to Make Pad Thai Noodles

Here's a really simple recipe for how to make Pad Thai noodles - the most popular stir fried noodle disk in Thailand.

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Learn to Use Your Knife with These Online Lessons

A selection of four videos that teach the basics of knife skills and exactly how to properly maintain chef knives.

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Gordon Ramsay's Homemade Donut Recipe

Gordon Ramsay shows us his homemade donut recipes - perfect little donuts filled with a wonderfully rich chocolate ganache enhanced with a touch of butter.

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9 Useful Food and Drink Hacks

A great infographic that lists nine useful cooking hacks that can easily be implemented in the kitchen at home.

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How to Use Spices - Simply Explained

Here's three useful infographics that will teach you how to use spices. From what spices go with well with certain foods to how to make spice blends.

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Chinese Style Rib Eye Steak Recipe by Jamie Oliver

A top rib eye steak recipe thanks to the chef Jamie Oliver and his Chinese inspired dish that's easy to cook at home.

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Gordon Ramsay's Creamy Hummus Recipe

Michelin starred chef Gordon Ramsay cooks up a creamy hummus recipe made with roasted squash and a homemade Moroccan spice mix.

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Mexican Tomato Soup

Jamie Oliver offers up another video on his Food Tube channel, this time showing us all how to make a spicy Mexican tomato soup.

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How to Cook Bacon in the Oven: is Baking Bacon the Best Method?

Here's a simple video recipe that says cooking bacon on the stove is the wrong method, suggesting and teaching how to cook bacon in the oven.

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How to Make Frozen Strawberry Margaritas

Nice video recipe from Chow for how to quickly make your own frozen strawberry margaritas - it's so much easier than you might think.

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How to Make Butter in The Blender

A simple video that shows you how to make homemade butter in the blender, it takes no time at all and tastes so much better than store bought.

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How to Make Classic French Onion Soup

One of Jamie Oliver's top Food Tubers shows us all how to make a simple yet tasty classic onion soup at home.

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13 Ways to Make Hummus

An infographic that lists 13 different ways to make hummus, from a tangy ranch style hummus to a greek style version with a zesty hit.

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How to Make Potato Chips in the Microwave

A video showing you a quick way to make homemade potato chips in the microwave, there's also a bonus vid on getting tricky ketchup out of the bottle.

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Swap This for That - An Infographic

Here's a great infographic that offers up some simple food substitution suggestions to make your dishes a whole lot healthier.

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The Flowchart of Guacamole

Here's a great flowchart that takes people through the process of making guacamole at home - with simple choices on heat, tomato and garlic.

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Stop Throwing Juice Pulp in The Bin

Stop throwing your juice pulp in the trash, instead watch this video and check out these simple suggestions on how to use it for other recipes.

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A Visual Guide to Grilling Times

If you're looking for grill perfection then this infographic that offers up tips and tricks to grill meat is a great starting point.

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A New Online Cooking School by Chefs

Salted is a great new resource for anyone wanting to pick up some new kitchen skills and techniques from the comfort of their own home.

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Make Nut Butters and Milks

This simple infographic takes a look at increase in people consuming nuts with some suggestions on how to make your very own nut butters and milks.

Video - Why You Should Cook Steak Frozen not Thawed

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Video - Why You Should Cook Steak Frozen not Thawed

Dan Souza from Cook’s Illustrated offers up an interesting take on cooking steak and argues that frozen steaks cook better than thawed ones.

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How to Make Pasta Shapes

Here's a nice video from Jamie Oliver's Food Tube channel showing you how to make different pasta shapes at home.

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Cooking With Kids - A Useful Guide

Taking kids into the kitchen is a great environment to help the learn. This infographic offers up a useful guide on cooking with kids.

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Why Your Compost is Worth Big Bucks

A comprehensive guide to composting, including facts and figues on the value of compost and some tips to improve your own composting technique.

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How to Make Perfect Scrambled Eggs with Heston Blumenthal

Heston Blumenthal shows you how to make perfectly creamy scrambled eggs by using a bain-marie to cook them low and slow.

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Zero Fat Salad Dressing by Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver shows you how to easily make a zero fat salad dressing at home, replacing oil with fresh, organic yogurt as a base.

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How to Cook Perfect Tuna

Jamie Oliver shows you how to cook the perfect tuna steak with a simple seasoning made with herbs and spices.

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How to Easily Peel an Orange

A nice video that shows you a quick tip for peeling an orange in two simple steps - all you need is a sharp knife and a steady hand.

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What Makes a Perfect Barbecue?

How to throw the perfect barbecue, a video from the BBQ master John Currence and his colleagues in Mississippi.

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Defrost a Steak in 5 Mins Without Electricity

This video shows you how to defrost a steak in just five minutes without the need for electricity.

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6 Kitchen Tips from Gordon Ramsay

Chef Gordon Ramsay offers up 6 simple kitchen tips that are sure to provide some helpful suggestions for the home cook.

Cooking Tips

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36 Foods and How to Grill Them

A nice infographic that looks at 36 different ingredients including meat, fish and vegetables and shows you how to grill each one correctly.

World Cuisine

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36 Cuisines Using Just 3 Ingredients

A list of 36 different countries and the three staple spices that make up their cuisine, a useful pointer if you want to try making something new dishes at home

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How to Poach Eggs Three Ways

A top video from Jamie Oliver showing you how to poach eggs three different ways, with a nice tip for cooking lots of perfect poached eggs at the same time.

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Heston Blumenthal's BBQ Wing Recipe

British chef Heston Blumenthal shows you how to make the perfect BBQ chicken wings with a homemade BBQ sauce and blue cheese dip.

Food Events

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Gourmet on board, exclusive chefs' tips and boat recipes

While S.Pellegrino Trattoria dining experience is now kicking off in Cannes, chefs Alain Llorca and Marco Stabile share their advice for a gourmet boat dinner.

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Stop Chopping Mangoes Wrong

A simple video with two great techniques that will teach you how to chop mangoes like a boss every time.

Cooking Tips

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7 Clever Uses For Pastry Bags

Think pastry bags are just for baking? Not true! Here are seven unconventional uses for pastry bags that will make cooking easier and more fun.

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15 simple cooking tips and tricks to make you a better chef

Did you know that salt and acid are your best friends when cooking? Find more simple cooking tips from the instructors at The Culinary Institute of America.

The 'FDL Bare Fridge Challenge' | Chef Andoni Luis Aduris

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The 'FDL Bare Fridge Challenge' | Chef Andoni Luis Aduris

Eggs, black pepper, some rice and a cabbage: what would you prepare with these only four ingredients?

Food Infographics

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5 Great Tips for Cooking Like a Boss

Wowing guests with great cooking doesn't have to take hours, here's 5 great tips on how to take a basic meal and make it extraordinary.

Gourmet Cooking

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Chef Tips: How To Enjoy Raw Fish Safely

Want to enjoy raw fish at home? Here are some tips from Italian chef Lara Pasquarelli so you can enjoy uncooked fish safely.

S.Pellegrino

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S.Pellegrino: 84 Inspiration Recipes + Prizes

A new campaign from S.Pellegrino will release 84 recipes brimming with Italian inspiration encouraging people to Practice The Art of Fine Food.

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How To Prepare And Serve Seafood | Video

Would you like to learn how to shuck an oyster or fillet a fish? It's easy with Fine Dining Lover's how-to videos

Food Books

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Planning A Party? Ask Tori Spelling For Some Tips

From her days on 'Beverly Hills 90210' to her life as a mother of three: Tori Spelling has learned a trick or two about planning the perfect party

Food Blogs

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The Blogger's Dinner is Served

A collection of top recipes from food bloggers. From soup right through to dessert, enjoy a unique menu sourced from food bloggers all over the world.

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The ABC of your Pantry

Learning about food can be fun and clever. Don’t believe us? Take a look at our entertaining alphabets – each one featuring a different ingredient

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Week's Menu and Recipes: Fish Dinner is Served

FDL suggests an all-fish menu that can inspire anyone. The one necessary ingredient? A trusted supplier...