Home & GardenPreparing & Cooking

Here are all the best cooking tips I've acquired through the years... and they REALLY work. Enjoy!

Here's how to season cast iron pans in order to seal the pores of the iron to prevent rust and possible food reactions. It's not as difficult as you think.

Usually when I peel potatoes (such as when making mashed potatoes), I just use a potato peeler and skin them in the kitchen sink. Then, boil the peeled potatoes in hot water, and so on. But, by the looks of this video, there's an easier way to peel a potato. Check out this video.

If you're looking high and low for Plochman's Chicago Fire mustard -- with tabasco hot sauce -- you're not alone. We first found it at Kroger, before they ran out last year. Finally, we found Chicago Fire mustard at Publix! Here's our little tribute to Plochman's hot chicago fire mustard...

Some of the best little-known cooking tips and food prep hints from Martha Stewart... and a few from me too.

I have concluded that Blenders do 'blendering' things best and Food Processors do 'processering' things best, and the two shall not be confused ever again in my mind. Here's why we chose the blender we did...

The best tips for preparing, cooking, and eating corn-on-the-cob!

After picking strawberries last spring, we became addicted to strawberry fruit smoothies! They're extremely easy to make. And somewhat healthy too. Here's how to make a smoothie...

In keeping with the Caribbean theme going on in my house this weekend, I dug deep into my memory bank to come up with an all-new, low-cal (and fat-free!) refreshing beverage. Actually, it was lunchtime, and we were all out...