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By Tom Lingle Cheesecake is one of the most popular desserts, and is served in a wide variety of mouthwatering flavors and textures. Available in fine restaurants everywhere, gourmet cheesecakes can be produced right in your very own kitchen. With a little effort, bakery quality cheesecake can be prepared with perfect results every time. Select a gourmet cheesecake recipe and follow these time-tested cheesecake-making tips. Always Use First Rate, High Quality Ingredients at Room Temperature Pay for quality ingredients when making cheesecake. A smooth, creamy, luxurious cheesecake is best when prepared with the freshest ingredients and a full-fat cheese (typically cream cheese, although ricotta, mascarpone, havarti and cottage cheese are often called for). One of the keys to a creamy, consistent result is to start with all ingredients at room temperature, especially the cream cheese. When the recipe calls for eggs, use room temperature, large, fresh Grade AA. If the rec...

There are some basic cooking tips that anyone could learn and use to help out in the kitchen. With todays' busy lifestyles becoming more prevalent, learning and using these basic cooking tips will save you time and headache. The following fifteen is just a tiny handful of the many basic cooking tips that you could integrate into your everyday life to save time and money. • Bacon: Reduce shrinkage by running cold water over it before frying. • Beans: Stop gas attacks by adding a tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda in a big pot of beans while they are soaking. • Boiled Eggs: Add some vinegar or a little salt to the boiling water when boiling eggs. This basic cooking tips will keep the egg in the shell if it cracks. • Ripening Fruits and Vegetables: Put your unripe fruit and vegetables in a brown paper bag and place the bag in a dark cupboard for few day. Using this basic cooking tips is an excellent way to save money on fruits and vegetables that has to be ripened. • Sala...

One of my hobbies is I enjoy cooking and finding new and exciting recipes. I learned how to cook from my mother in New Orleans. She taught me to make wonderful main dishes, desserts, salads, and beverages. During the holiday season, she always had enough food to feed the neighborhood. We had a big family but she always had too much food. I am forever grateful for all I learned from her. As we approach the holiday season, this is a favorite drink that we prepare every year for our Christmas party. This is a recipe which you want to think ahead and prepare in anticipation of your parties. This beverage is best served cold. I rarely see any guest drinking this beverage hot, but I am sure if you zap it in the microwave it will taste just as good. this is a potent beverage which if you are not careful, you will definitely need a designated driver. I am not a drinker myself, but friends tell me this can sneak up on you because it tastes so good and goes down smooth. You won...

1) To save money on expensive oils, purchase large bottles that you can split with family and friends. 2) If you buy olive oil in bulk, it is suggested to transfer to smaller containers - most preferably a can or dark-colored bottle. 3) Keep in mind that olives are a fruit; therefore you are purchasing a fruit juice that can become rancid when exposed to too much air, light, and heat. 4) You can tell when your olive oil is rancid when it possesses a buttery taste. 5) The best temperature for storing olive oil is 57 degrees. Typical room temperature of 70 degrees also works well. 6) When storing olive oil, make sure that the cap to the container is on tight. 7) If you wish to refrigerate your olive oil, keep in mind that this does not compromise most grades of oil, but it isn't suggested for an expensive extra virgin since condensation may develop in the bottle, which can ultimately affect the flavor. 8) In cold temperatures, don't forget that olive oil may clo...

Every year as summer draws to a close I find myself looking ahead to heating up the kitchen and filling the house with the wonderful aromas of hearty soups and stews. It is enjoyable to change our meal planning from lighter summer menus to traditional autumn foods. Eating seasonally means enjoying certain foods when they are at their ripest and freshest. Autumn is the height of harvest time for many fruits and vegetables. At the end of summer, the gardens are loaded with ingredients for creating tasty, one-pot meals such as Garden Patch Soup . This soup is full of nutritious and flavorful vegetables. It has been a restaurant customer favorite soup for well over twenty years. That's right. For over 20 years my restaurant customers have counted on this soup being featured every fall. The restaurant never quits serving customers favorite recipes. The soup recipe calls for beef, but you can use chicken or pork or you can leave out the meat altogether, adding more beans ...

Funnel cakes always make me think of Knott's Berry Farm, which is the first place I ever had one when I was a kid. Funnel cakes, a long time staple at carnivals, fairs and ballparks, get their name from how they are made. A runny batter is poured through a funnel into hot oil in a circular pattern and then is cooked on both sides until it is crispy and golden-brown. Traditionally funnel cakes are either coated with powdered sugar or cinnamon sugar to make a sweet treat, or are topped with jam. Here's a recipe I have for making your own funnel cakes to enjoy at home: Funnel Cakes 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups milk 2 cups sifted flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 2 cups vegetable oil cinnamon sugar Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir together the eggs and milk in a large mixing bowl. Add flour mixture to the egg mixture. Beat with a mixer until smooth; the consistency should be thin enough to run through a small kitchen funnel. Tes...

By Shannon Tani If you've got a large family, then you know how expensive it can be to feed all those mouths. What you need is a good game plan to help you keep costs down while still serving delicious foods. Check out the following 10 tips: Bake your own bread. If you bake your own bread, it costs just pennies on the dollar. Sure, it's hard to perfect the techniques, but it's well worth it. If you don't want to go through that much trouble, try buying a bread maker. It's an initial investment that will pay off in the long run. Grow a garden. If you grow some of your own foods, then you'll have a great supply of healthy foods available. Make sure that you work out a plan to store any extras for the winter. Reduce the amount of meat that you eat. Meat is fairly expensive and the more you eat, the more you have to pay. Eat some vegetarian meals and save some money. Use a crockpot. Most crockpot meals are inexpensive and the...