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This Week in Cooking
Kitchen Boss is Back!
Buddy's Kitchen Boss is back! Tune in for some delicious Italian recipes and more!
From Pricy Fungi to Japanese Beef: The Ridiculously Expensive Ingredients Quiz
Gourmet cooking can involve many expensive ingredients. How well do you know your way around an upscale cook's pantry? Find out by taking this quiz.
10 Ways to Spice Up Your Pasta
Pasta is a great base to use for a main dinner dish or for a light lunchtime salad. But you may be tired of the same old boring pasta recipes. Don't worry; there's lots you can do to spice it up.
10 Ways to Cook a Sweet Potato
Sweet potatoes are one of the healthiest foods you can add to your diet. But, like anything, they can get boring if they're prepared the same way every time you eat them. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to spice them up.
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Expensive Ingredients Quiz
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WHAT'S INSIDE: COOKING
TLC Cooking is a place for you to play with your food -- literally: enjoy, have fun with and celebrate food -- but don't worry, we'll still help you get dinner on the table every night.
Recipes How to Cook Menus Tools & Techniques Healthy Living Food Facts & Fun Fresh Ideas for Dinner
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Recipes
Recipes provide you with the ingredients and the simple, step-by-step directions for making some of your favorite dishes, as well as some you have never tried before.
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How to Cook
How to Cook outlines the basics you need to know in order to be efficient in the kitchen. This section also answers some of the most common cooking questions and provides step-by-step how-to guides.
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Menus
From setting the table to serving the meal, we've got all the bases covered. Check out the articles in this section for tips and tricks to help you create the perfect menu for any occasion.
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Tools & Techniques
The Cooking Tools & Techniques channel offers information on prep methods to how to guides that will get you started in the kitchen. This section will also guide you through kitchen safety and best practices for the storage of foods.
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Healthy Living
Nutrition couldn't be more important in today's society as our collective waistline continues to expand. Learn the secrets to cooking healthy and knowing how to make good-tasting food without all the fat and cholesterol.
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Food Facts & Fun
Food Facts is a listing of articles that teaches you how all types of foods, drinks and diets work.
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Fresh Ideas for Dinner
Are you stuck in a rut, eating the same dinners week after week? Peruse a variety of creative recipes to get some fresh new ideas for dinner.
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Norwegian Pepper Cookies Pepperkaker
You don't need a PhD in cooking to prepare authentic European cuisine, because all you have to do is follow our recipes.
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7 Strategies for Packing a Healthy, Green School Lunch
Packing a brown-bag lunch for your kids helps them stay full, focused, and productive throughout the day -- without the chemicals and preservatives and who-knows-what-else that goes into cafeteria food -- but it can also mean a lot of waste.
