Category: Recipes and Cooking Tips

  • 13 Easy Microwave Recipes | 13 Quick And Simple Microwave Recipes

    13 Easy Microwave Recipes: Microwave is one of the easiest cooking tools to use. And by that we don’t mean just to re-heat food. Besides ease of use, the other great advantage of cooking in a microwave is the time you save. It’s the quickest way to whip up something delicious and different. So if you’re…

  • 31 Easy Recipes You Should Make This Month

    We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. Happy New Year! After all the holiday menu planning and cookie baking in December, January is the ideal time to slow down. And for us, it also means resetting…

  • What’s the Difference Between Pastry Flour and All Purpose Flour?

    What’s the Difference Between Pastry Flour and All Purpose Flour?

    With a full pantry, spending money on pastry flour can seem silly, especially if you’re not going to use it often. Doesn’t all-purpose flour work well enough? Well, trust us: Pastry flour is worth knowing about (and using) if you like to bake. Keep reading for everything you need to know. Plus, we’ll also dish…

  • Top 11 Cooking Without Fire Recipes

    No-Cook Recipes- Summer time could get quite harsh in the kitchen. With the mercury soaring, it is almost impossible to stand in front of the stove to even cook simple dishes. Cooking when it’s 45 degree outside and sweating it out for all the wrong reasons can seriously take a toll on you. It gets…

  • Love Gajar Ka Halwa? Here’s Its Sweet History, Unique Recipes & Cooking Tips

    December 29, 2023 Looking for an easy recipe for gajar ka halwa? We have the perfect one, along with a fascinating tale from history to tease your tastebuds. If there was an award for the dish with the most coloured history, it would undoubtedly be presented to gajar ka halwa. This dessert has, for years,…

  • Prime rib roast: 6 tips for cooking and recipe to try

    A standing rib roast or prime rib is a holiday dinner classic. Cooked to perfection,  the roast is a strikingly delicious showpiece. Once cooked, the sliced roast should be done to your liking, tender, juicy and flavorful on the inside with a nicely seasoned, browned almost crackling outer crust. That doesn’t always happen. Staring down…

  • A Private Chef Shares Her Festive Cooking Tips & Favourite Drinks

    I love making an easy turkey and ham pie with the leftover meat from Christmas Day lunch. It’s the perfect dinner for those hazy, lazy days in between Christmas and New Year. You can put any leftover veg into it too, and even mix leftover gravy into the sauce. For a pie that serves four…

  • Celebrity Chefs Share Secrets to Authentic Italian Cuisine at Home

    Celebrity Chefs Share Secrets to Authentic Italian Cuisine at Home

    Who hasn’t dreamed of casting aside everyday life to escape to a Tuscan villa? Imagine soaking up perfect sun-dappled views while the wine flows and the pasta bowl is bottomless. And then we wake up. Maybe we can’t realize those gorgeous vistas, but we can bring the flavors of authentic Italian cuisine right into our…

  • 6 Essential Tips For Non-Stick Cooking With Stainless Steel Pots And Pans

    6 Essential Tips For Non-Stick Cooking With Stainless Steel Pots And Pans

    Why food sticks and how to avoid it when cooking with stainless steel pots and pans. Stainless steel pans can go from stove-top to oven! Photo, Roberto Caruso. Let’s face it, all home cooks have experienced the frustration of having our food get stuck to a stainless steel pan. The luxury and availability of non-stick…

  • The Best Cookbooks of 2023

    The Best Cookbooks of 2023

    A rigorously researched guide on Chinese cooking, a choose-your-own adventure for pasta lovers and more, as tested by New York Times Cooking and the Food desk. Scroll on Instagram or TikTok for even 10 seconds, and you know that recipe inspiration is easier than ever to come by. Despite the fire hose of cooking videos…