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White Sugar vs. Raw, Cane & Turbinado Sugars
Sugar is a common kitchen staple, but it goes way beyond classic white granules. From the slightly golden crystals of cane sugar to the caramel-colored grains of raw and turbinado sugars, each type brings its own unique flavor and texture to the table. Whether you’re whipping up cookies, sprinkling a sweet topping on your muffins, or crafting a rich caramel sauce, the type of sugar you choose can make all the difference. Let’s dive into the sweet world of sugar and explore what makes white, cane, raw, and turbinado sugars stand out in their own delicious ways.
Algae Cooking Club Is About to Become Your New Favorite Cooking Oil
Consider your preferred cooking oil. You likely store it somewhere near your stove, easy to grab when you need to drizzle some in a pan for your morning eggs or to marinate chicken for the evening’s dinner. You stock up when you need to, but other than that, you probably don’t give it much thought. ...
New Year’s Resolution to Cook More at Home? 10 Tips to Help You to Get Started
New Year’s resolutions are noble endeavors, and few are more popular than resolving to cook at home more in the new year. Cooking for yourself and your family saves you money on hefty delivery fees, helps you stick to your healthy eating goals, and may even help you to improve your culinary skills along the ...
Health Benefits (And Risks) of Salt
It adds a perfect crust to a grilled steak, a sprinkle of flavor on top of popcorn, and even subtly enhances the sweetness of chocolate chip cookies. Salt is the one ingredient that is an essential in nearly every dish you could dream up, but it’s also often misunderstood. Is salt good for you? How ...
Cream Cheese, The Infinite Schmear
Cut to March of last year. It’s six in the morning. The air is tinged with a blueness, and I barely keep my eyes open as I get ready to drive across LA county for a video shoot near the coast. The kettle comes to the boil; my stomach barks. I scan the half-empty fridge ...
Ceremonial vs. Culinary Matcha
The process of preparing a cup of matcha is ritualistic: You scoop a bit of the rich, green powder out with a spoon, sift it through a sieve to remove any clumps, allowing a dusting to gently fall into your bowl. Next, you gently pour in hot—but not quite boiling—water from a tea kettle, before ...
What are Seed Oils, And Are They Bad for You?
There was a time when many people thought sticking to a “healthy diet” meant avoiding fats and oils at all costs. That advice may have changed, but there’s one type of oil that still raises red flags: seed oils. Multipurpose seed oils and vegetable oils (like canola oil) are a common pantry staple in households ...
Guide to Spices: From Allspice to Za’atar
One of the big things that separates a totally-fine dinner from a totally-delicious meal is expert seasoning—and for that, you need spices. But aside from a sprinkle of salt and pinch of pepper, how do you properly use them? When you open your spice cabinet, a few big questions may come to mind: How do ...
Olive Oil vs. Canola Oil
Olive oil and canola oil are both common cooking oils that are often side by side on the grocery store shelf, but that’s essentially where the similarities stop. Both have something to offer, though, which is why we’re breaking down their key differences, benefits, and sharing tips for how to use them effectively with your ...
A Home Cook’s Guide to Salts
Any home cook worth their salt knows this ingredient is a non-negotiable kitchen staple. After all, a simple pinch can make everything from mushrooms to meat do one important and profoundly simple thing: taste like the best version of itself. But which salt is best? With myriad options to choose from these days, the basic ...
Is Canola Oil Healthy?
Most of us don’t grow up seeing canola on the dinner table the way we might see, say, a jar of olives. So canola oil naturally raises questions that olive, walnut, and coconut oils don’t. For example: What is canola oil made of? How is the oil made? By the time the oil winds up ...