If you were to ask someone their choice of a top-tier breakfast/brunch dish, there's a good chance they'll pick steak and eggs. While breakfast may not necessarily be the most important meal of the day, that doesn't mean that you should phone it in when making it. A good cut of steak and some fresh eggs can go a long way in making an easy but flavorful breakfast that'll leave you feeling satiated. But for as excellent as a steak and eggs dish is already, you can actually take one extra — but simple — step to elevate it even more.

Make Your Steak And Eggs Taste Transcendent With One Easy Butter Tip

During the dreary winter months, I actually enjoy going grocery shopping—it gets me out of the house and gives me recipe inspiration. But in the summertime, when I prefer to be outside for as many hours as possible, that trip to the store sounds significantly less appealing. Instead, I...

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Vietnamese cuisine offers an impressive range of tasty delights. While many of its dishes have become favorites abroad, when it comes to casual dishes, it's hard to top the popularity of the bánh mì. This French-influenced sandwich is nearly always enjoyed as an affordable and delicious street food brimming with flavor. In addition to popular fillings like meatballs, pâté, and pork rolls, the dish can even come with red wine stew or as a dessert.

The Only Bread You'll Ever Need For A Perfect Bánh Mì Sandwich

Every person needs sleep to function, but getting good sleep isn't always easy. Between constantly staring at our phones and computers and the stressors we deal with at work and at home, reaching the doctor-recommended 7 hours of nightly sleep can feel like an impossible task. Even simply putting yourself to bed can be difficult; many adults need several hours in bed to decompress before drifting off into the land of nod.

The 12 Worst Foods To Eat Before Bed

There are certain foods most people know they have to store carefully. Obviously, people refrigerate dairy, most know a bag of chips will go stale if left open in the pantry, and most acknowledge that even heartier shelf-stable foods like spices will lose their luster in time. But many people tend to think of dry baking ingredients like flour as virtually invincible. In reality, flour is not one of those rare foods that truly don't go bad.

Why You Should Never Store Open Bags Of Flour In Your Kitchen Pantry

Store-bought ham is a life-saver for many cooks and eaters alike. Not only do you get a huge amount of tasty pork at a budget-friendly price, but most of it also comes pre-cooked, making preparation a breeze (roasting pre-cooked pork is easier than cooking the fresh version from scratch). The only caveat is ending up with an overly salty ham. Thankfully, there's an easy fix: soaking it in water.

The Soaking Trick To Fix Salty Store-Bought Ham

Fresh blueberries add beautiful color and plenty of flavor to so many recipes. They're perfect in sweet treats, such as pancakes or muffins, and they shine in savory dishes, like when they're turned into a compote and served over pork chops. But these tiny fruits don't last long, so when you buy a pack of blueberries at the grocery store, you want to make sure you're getting the most flavorful batch as well as ones that won't go bad within a day of purchase.

Choose The Tastiest Pint Of Blueberries At The Store With A Few Simple Tips

Some cuts of steak are so tender that they practically melt in your mouth, while others are tough enough that chewing them turns into a jaw workout. To even the playing field so every cut of beef gets a chance to shine, cooks have developed different methods of tenderizing meat. One of the quickest and easiest solutions by far is to use baking soda. Not only does it work in minutes, but as a common ingredient in most home kitchens, it's also readily available.

Is Baking Soda The One-Ingredient Solution To Tenderizing Steaks?

There's a lot to like about clams. They are among the most affordable types of seafood and have some of the lowest mercury levels among seafood. Clams are also a very versatile ingredient. They're great steamed, baked, boiled, and fired, in soup, on pasta, or all by themselves with a generous helping of garlic butter. A key factor in the culinary versatility of these mollusks is the fact that there are a few different species of clam, each lending itself to certain preparations. Picking the right clams for the job is essential to a successful meal.

Soft Shell Clams Vs Hard Shell Clams: What's The Difference?

Ground beef is an essential ingredient in many kitchens because of its versatility in dishes like meatballs, burgers, and casseroles. But there are mistakes in storage, preparation, and seasoning that can turn this handy item into a bland brick. Some of the biggest mistakes that cooks make when it comes to ground beef happen before they even start cooking it. Finding the right blend, cut, and poundage is crucial for some dishes to maximize flavor and achieve the right texture. Other mistakes occur during the cooking process, including some techniques that can cause problems in your home as well as on your plate. The worst mistakes can even make you sick if your ground beef isn't handled safely.

Mistakes Everyone Makes With Ground Beef

Modern-day manufacturing might mean that it's much easier for foods to make it to our grocery stores and into our kitchens, but the unfortunate downside is that with plenty of production comes some room for error. Food recalls are relatively common; in 2023, the United States saw 65 food recalls due to anything from pathogens to undeclared allergens — even import violations. The most important thing to do when you realize you have products involved in a recall is to remove them from your home, but what does that mean exactly?

Here's The Safest Way To Dispose Of Recalled Foods

The Italians have blessed us with their fair share of culinary delights — pizza, pasta, and tiramisu (not to be confused with opera cake) are just some of the many dishes that come to mind. But perhaps their most delicious creation to date is cannoli — the crisp, tube-shaped pastries pumped full of a sweet, cream-like filling. Dine at any Italian restaurant, and you'll probably find a version of this treat (the name for which literally means "little tubes" in Sicilian) on the menu; your local Italian bakery or pastry shop is sure to have its own mouthwatering selection to choose from.

What Is Cannoli Filling Actually?

Fried eggs are an easy, quick breakfast dish that gives you plenty of protein and keeps you feeling full throughout the day. Besides being a great morning meal, fried eggs also find themselves in a number of lunch and dinner recipes. There are plenty of ways to cook the perfect fried egg: Over easy or sunny side up if you like a runny yolk, or over hard if you prefer a solid yolk. But in addition to choosing what style of egg you want, you also have to decide whether you'll use oil or butter to cook it.

Butter Vs Oil: Which Is Better For Fried Eggs?

As a Pacific Northwest native, I am, like all of us, gaga over salmon. Any grocery store worth its salt sells salmon ... usually five or six kinds, in fact. Since I was in high school and tasked by my mother with helping to cook for parties and weeknights (a chore I mostly had a good attitude about), I've had my hands in the salmon pot. (And yes, you can make salmon in a pot. You can also brine it, cure it, bake it, broil it, pan-sear it, and eat it raw.) Over the years, making salmon at least once a month and usually more, I've probably prepared it about 300 times, in every form from party puffs to chowder to all-out bagel boards.

14 Seasonings That Will Upgrade Your Salmon

Napoleon Bonaparte is famous for many things: his (actually average) height, his revolutionary politics, and his giant hat. But he's also the reason our pantries are stocked with canned foods. In 1795, he promised a hefty prize to anyone who could come up with a way to keep the army's food from spoiling. The winner had submitted a design for a glass canning method, but not long after, inventor Peter Durand developed a thick can made of wrought iron and tin for preserving food. The can opener hadn't been created yet so the suggested means of opening such cans was with a hammer and chisel.

The Best Ways To Open A Can Without A Can Opener

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Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

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Did you know that National Oyster Day was August 5th? Yes, oysters have their own day, which is pretty cool because they are a huge part of New Orleans cuisine. The urban legend is that the best time to eat them is in the months ending in "R," but in actuality, oysters can be eaten year-round because of increased food safety handling, more monitoring and accountability for oyster farmers, plus the fact that most oysters are now farmed instead of wild-caught. To celebrate National Oyster Day, I am sharing this amazing recipe for chargrilled oysters, which were first made infamous by Drago's Restaurant in New Orleans, but with this easy recipe, you can make them at home anytime.

Charbroiled Oysters: A Delicious Recipe for National Oyster Day

You'll want to make it every night. When Stanley Tucci thinks of his favorite summer ingredients, he says, "Tomatoes and basil." Ask him about his favorite simple summer recipe, and unsurprisingly, those ingredients are center stage in a simple pasta dish. After the actor turned us on to "zucchini spaghetti," we trust him when it comes to delicious pasta recipes.

Stanley Tucci’s Favorite 5-Ingredient Summer Pasta Has the Easiest No-Cook Sauce

The Kraft brand might be a household name today, it wasn't too long ago that the company was virtually unknown. Coming about in the early 1900s, the company is still relatively new. While many of us still use some of the brand's products today, from its silky Velveeta cheese to its boxed macaroni, Kraft contributed a whole lot more to the food community than just that.

The Invention Of Kraft Singles Changed The Cheese World

Costco is one of the only stores where you can casually buy a couch and a year's worth of toilet paper, then sit down for a full-course meal before heading home. It's no secret that the supreme superstore sells nearly everything under the sun, but its most iconic item is found at the food court. Sold with a 20-ounce soda for only $1.50, Costco's hot dog has as much of a cult-like following as the company itself, inspiring T-shirts to viral food challenges. Its cultural significance isn't so surprising considering the inflation-proof price hasn't changed since 1984 and that Costco sells more hot dogs than Major League Baseball. But even diehard fans of the all-beef frank might not know that it hasn't always been the only hot dog sold at the store's food court.

Why Costco Gave Up On Its Other Food Court Hot Dog

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How To Make Perfect Risotto Every Time

Risotto is one of those dishes that people regularly order when dining at a nice restaurant, but would never dream of making at home. This luxurious...

How To Make Perfect Risotto Every Time

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