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Which Curly Hair-Cutting Method Is Right For You?
Most people with curly hair have a hair-cutting horror story (or two, or three).
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Why You Should Never Baste Your Thanksgiving Turkey
Photo: Food Collection/Offset Basting your bird is as much a part of Thanksgiving as football games and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. There’s no real need to baste your turkey once you pop it in the oven, especially if you baste with a coat of oil before you cook. “It’s like putting water on a raincoat,” said Sue Smith, the co-director of the Butterball Turkey Talk Line, the meat purveyor’s advice hotline during the holidays.
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Here’s the Perfect Way to Carve Your Turkey Breast
Yahoo Food is proud to present “The Tipline,” a video series giving you tips, tricks, and hacks to get you through the holiday season and weeknight dinners alike. Today’s tip: how to carve a turkey breast like a pro.
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Watch How to Perfect Your Poach
“It’s a term we hear a lot, but not one we necessarily do a lot,” says chef Vivian Howard. Howard, who stars of the PBS series, “A Chef’s Life,” demonstrates how to properly poach food in this video. She says the key to poaching is bringing your liquid to a gentle simmer. When poaching food, says Howard, “the end product is never mushy.
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Everything You Need to Know to Make Delicious Stews
Perfect for dinner on cold winter nights, stews are a soul-warming dish that’s great for the flavorful meats and vegetables in your holiday pantry. But it’s more than just a dish; it’s also a technique, and it takes more than just throwing ingredients in a pot and turning up the heat to get it right. “You can stew just about anything: carrots, apples, tomatoes,” says “A Chef’s Life” host Vivian Howard, who demonstrates the proper stewing technique in this video. Howard, who owns her own farm-to-
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How to Supreme Fruit for Beautiful Salads
“A Chef’s Life” star Vivian Howard demonstrates how to “supreme” fruit, a trick of the kitchen so crucial she calls it her “zen technique.” First, cut the top and bottom off of your fruit, then lay the fruit on the flat edge.
