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Bacon Recipes

Learn how to make all kinds of bacon treats, from bacon-wrapped meatloaf to bacon cookies, from chef Adrian Ashby in these Howcast food videos.

Bar Life & the Art of Drinking

Whether you’re in a pub or a club, you’ll be the life of the party, bar none, thanks to this Howcast video series on bar life and the art of drinking.

Bartending Tips

Pick up a few tips from professional bartenders in these videos.

Beef Recipes

Attention, meat lovers: Check out the delicious, and easy, beef recipes in this Howcast video series.

Breakfast Recipes

Sick of cereal? Check out the tasty breakfast recipes in this Howcast video series.

Cake Baking, Frosting, & Icing

Your next cake will be tasty AND beautiful if you follow the baking, frosting, and icing tips and tricks in this Howcast video series.

Cake Decorating Tips and Tricks from CakeMade

Cake Decorating Tutorials

Learn cake decorating tips, tricks and techniques from Katie Rosenhouse, a winner of the Food Network’s Sweet Genius, in these Howcast food videos.

Camping Meals & Food

Being in the wilderness is no excuse for bad food; check out campfire recipes in these videos.

Candy Recipes

Love sweets? Try the candy recipes in this Howcast video series.

Canning, Pickling, & Preserving

Savor summer’s bounty in the dead of winter by learning how to can, pickle, and preserve food with this Howcast video series.

Christmas Recipes

Try some new holiday food this season with the Christmas recipes in this Howcast video series.

Coffee Recipes & Tips

Brew a better cuppa joe with the coffee recipes and tips in this java video series from Howcast.

Complete Guide to Whiskey

Don’t know bourbon from scotch? Learn about all types of whiskey from mixologist J. Rosser Lomax of NYC’s Rye House in these Howcast videos.

Contemporary Wedding Cake with Classic Piping

Meet Bronwen Weber and learn about the techniques you’ll master and the tools you’ll need as she teaches you how to make a contemporary three-tiered wedding cake with classic piping.

Cookie Recipes

Add some new cookie recipes to your repertoire with the baking tutorials in this Howcast video series.

Cooking Equipment

Master some new cooking skills and techniques with the tips in this Howcast video series about cooking equipment.

Cooking Techniques

Pick up some new cooking techniques with the tips and tricks in this Howcast video series.

Cool Cupcake Tutorials

Learn how to bake and decorate cupcakes for all kinds of special occasions with these Howcast videos featuring Christine Yen of Butter Lane Cupcakes.

Craft Beer Guide

Learn all about craft beer from expert Katherine Kyle in these Howcast videos.

Cute Cake & Cupcake Toppers

Delicious Desserts

Learn how to make delicious desserts, like brownies, cobbler, pudding, and sorbet, with the easy step by step recipes in this Howcast video series.

Dining & Table Manners

Take etiquette lessons the easy way — with this dining and table manners video series from Howcast.

Easter Recipes

Easter ham, leg of lamb, hot cross buns, braided Easter bread, a bunny cake — find easy Easter recipes in this Howcast video series.

Easy Chicken Recipes

Chicken on the menu? Why not try one of these easy chicken recipes; this Howcast video series makes it simple with step by step instructions.

Easy Fondant Cake Decorations for Kid Bakers

Learn how to make easy cake decorations out of fondant from pastry chef Angela Cuervo, winner of Food Network’s Sweet Genius, in these Howcast videos.

Easy Indian Recipes

Restaurant-style Indian cuisine is just a few video views away!

Egg Recipes

Got eggs? Then you have the fixings for a great meal, as you’ll see with the eggs recipes in these videos.

Fish Recipes

Learn how to make scrumptious dishes featuring lobster, shrimp, crabs, and other delicacies of the sea with the recipes and cooking instructions in these food videos.

Flair Bartending Moves

Learn flair bartending moves from mixologist Chris Cardone in these Howcast videos.

Food Preparation Tips, Tricks & Techniques

Start cooking like a top chef with the step by step food prep instructions in this Howcast video series.

Food Quick Tips

Learn some clever cooking and baking tips and tricks with these videos.

Food Safety & Freshness

Prevent food poisoning and food-borne illnesses with the advice in this Howcast video series.

Gravity-Defying Garden Cake

Meet your instructor, Susan Carberry, and learn about the tools you’ll need to create her gravity-defying garden cake and the skills you’ll acquire while making it.

Grilling Recipes

Get out the grill and fire up the barbecue: The grilling recipes in this Howcast video series are just begging to be cooked.

Halloween Recipes

Check out the bewitching desserts you can make for Halloween with these easy recipes.

Healthy Recipes

Learn how to cook nutritious meals with the recipes in this Howcast video series.

How to Bake & Decorate Cupcakes

Learn how to bake and decorate cupcakes from pastry chefs Amanda Oakleaf and Liz Sutton in these Howcast videos.

How to Bake Bread

Discover the joy of a slice of home baked bread, straight from the oven, with the tips and recipes in this bread baking video series.

How to Bake Pies

Why not whip up one of these tasty treats for the pie lover in your life?

How to BBQ

Learn how to barbecue and how to grill from professional pit masters in these Howcast videos.

How to Be a Vegetarian or Vegan

Learn how to become a vegetarian or vegan, including how to get the proper nutrients, with these videos.

How to Cook Beans & Legumes

Learn how to cook beans and legumes in tasty ways in this Howcast video series.

How to Cook Indian Food

Learn how to cook Indian dishes with the Indian recipes and cooking demonstrations in these Indian food videos from Howcast.

How to Decorate a Cake

With pastry chef Amanda Oakleaf guiding you, turning your next cake into a work of art will be, well, a piece of cake!

How to Decorate a Wedding Cake

Learn how to decorate a wedding cake with fondant, frosting, flowers, candy, glitter, and other embellishments in these Howcast videos.

How to Decorate Cookies

Your homemade cookies are already delicious; now make them gorgeous with the cookie decorating tutorials in this Howcast video series.

How to Deep Fry Food

Learn how to deep-fry all kinds of foods — Twinkies, ice cream, peanut butter cups, bacon, cheddar sticks, and more — with these tutorials.

How to Do Latte Art

Learn how to do latte art with the step-by-step instructions in these Howcast tutorials.

How to Eat Bugs & Insects

Ever wondered what beetles, caterpillars, crickets, and spiders taste like? Then this Howcast series about chowing down on creepy crawlies is for you.

How to Fillet Fish

Learn how to fillet flounder, salmon and catfish and how to clean shellfish with the demos by Chef Brendan McDermott in these Howcast food videos.

How to Make Awesome Cakes & Pies

Let pastry chef Dave Crofton teach you how to make the perfect chocolate cake, red velvet cake, apple pie and more in these Howcast cooking videos.

How to Make Beer At Home

What’s better than a nice, cold beer? One you brewed yourself. Learn home beer brewing basics from homebrewer Chris Cuzme in these Howcast videos.

How to Make Blender & Frozen Drinks

What a cool idea: A video series about blended and frozen drinks, courtesy of Howcast.

How to Make Bourbon & Whiskey Drinks

Chardonnay is so passe. Why not try a bourbon or whiskey drink? The cocktail recipes are all in this Howcast video series.

How to Make Bread

Learn how to make bread — sourdough, baguettes, brioche, dinner rolls, sesame buns, and more — with these bread-making tutorials from Howcast.

How to Make Candy

Learn how to make candy from scratch with the recipes and step-by-step instructions in these Howcast food videos featuring pastry chef Katie Rosenhouse.

How to Make Christmas Cookies

Learn how to make Christmas cookies that look as good as they taste from pastry chef Katie Rosenhouse in these Howcast videos.

How to Make Classic Barbecue

Why go out for classic barbecue like Memphis, Carolina, or Kansas City style when you can whip some up at home with these recipes and cooking tutorials??

How to Make Cocktails

Learn how to mix the perfect drink with the bartending basics and classic cocktail recipes in these Howcast videos.

How to Make Cupcakes

Learn how to bake chocolate cupcakes, red velvet cupcakes, rainbow cupcakes and more from pastry chef Liz Sutton in these Howcast videos.

How to Make Gin Drinks

Learn how to make delicious gin cocktails in this video series from Howcast.

How to Make Italian Food

Perfect your pasta-making skills and pick up a few new Italian dishes with these food tutorials from Howcast.

How to Make Kids’ Birthday Cakes

Make a memorable cake for your child’s birthday with the instructions in these Howcast videos, courtesy of Essential Cakes pastry chef Etwin Gordon.

How to Make Non-Alcoholic Drinks

Being a teetotaler has never been tastier.

How to Make Pancakes, Waffles, & French Toast

Learn how to make all your breakfast favorites — waffles, French toast, pancakes — with the recipes and instructions in these Howcast food videos.

How to Make Pizza

Learn how to make delicious pizza at home with these Howcast food videos.

How to Make Rice & Grains

Whether you’re making a side dish or a main dish, get easy rice and grain recipes and learn proper cooking techniques with these videos.

How to Make Rum Drinks

Create classic rum cocktails or find a new favorite with these recipes.

How to Make Shots

Learn how to make shots from the bartenders of Barcelona Bar NYC in these Howcast videos.

How to Make Simple Sugar Paste Flowers

Learn how to make sugar paste flowers for your cakes and cupcakes from cake designer Amy Noelle in these Howcast cake decorating videos.

How to Make Sparkling Drinks

These sparkling cocktails and drinks will add a festive element to any party.

How to Make Sushi at Home

Sushi habit getting expensive? Learn to make sushi rolls, sushi rice, and sashimi at home from sushi chef Mamie Nishide in these Howcast videos.

How to Make Tacos

Learn how to make tacos from Brooklyn Taco Co. chef/owner Jesse Kramer in these Howcast videos.

How to Make Tequila Drinks

Whip up a batch of these tequila cocktails and your taste buds will thank you — just don’t eat the worm!

How to Make the Best Coffee

Whether you’re a coffee connoisseur or you don’t know beans, barista Mike Jones shows you how to brew a better cup of java in these Howcast videos.

How to Make Vodka Drinks

Refreshing cocktails from Russia, with love.

Ice Cream Recipes

There’s no need to scream for ice cream; just check out how to make these frozen treats.

Introduction to Sushi Making

Save money by learning to make a few of your favorite sushi rolls at home with the recipes and instructions in these food videos.

Japanese Bento Box Recipes

Learn how to prepare a bento box with the recipes and food tips from SushiSamba’s Fernando Navas in this Howcast video series about Japanese food.

Learn about Beer

Beer is good! And it can taste even better with the brewski tips in this Howcast video series.

Mexican Cooking

Add a little Mexican flair to your recipe repertoire with these sizzling recipes.

Middle Eastern and Far Eastern Cooking

Your recipe catalogue is about to get a little more exotic with these delicious dishes.

Modern Ruffle Cakes & Cupcakes

Modern Ruffle Cakes & Cupcakes

Modern, Elegant Sugar Flowers

New Year’s Day Good Luck Recipes

Ring in the New Year with a beautiful spread, including foods that are said to bring luck for the coming year.

Noodle & Pasta Recipes

Turn inexpensive noodles into gourmet dishes with these recipes.

Party Appetizers & Snack Foods

Get the party started right with these easy-to-prepare snacks and appetizers.

Pinata Party Cake

Piping, Stenciling & Filigree

Pizza Recipes

Some call it “pizza,” some call it “pie” — we just call it “delicious.” Bake one of these recipes and everyone will want a slice.

Potato Recipes

Bake, fry, and mash those spuds into tasty potato recipes.

Princess & Superhero Cakes

Restaurant Dining 101

Eating out? Check out these tips before you go.

Rustic Wedding Cake Trends

Rustic Wedding Cake Trends

Sandwich Recipes

Assembling meat, bread, and cheese is a recipe anyone can follow — but here’s how to take your sandwich making skills to the next level.

Sauces, Dressings, & Condiments

Dress up your favorite dishes with these tasty sauces and condiments; just follow the recipes and cooking instructions in these videos.

Sculpted Hamburger Cake

Conquer cake sculpting in the most fun way — by making Amanda’s adorable hamburger cake, guaranteed to be the talk of the barbecue, pool party or birthday bash. Use the sculpting skills you learn to design your own 3D showstoppers.

Shots and Shooters

Here are some delicious shots and shooters that you can easily whip up at home. Bottoms up!

Snacks for the Big Game

Score a touchdown with your Big Game party guests when you serve these winning snacks and appetizers.

Soups & Stews

There’s nothing quite like a hearty bowl of soup or stew. Try one of these satisfying recipes.

Tea Recipes

Brew the perfect pot of tea and even learn how to grow your own tea leaves with these videos.

Thanksgiving Recipes

Are you hosting Turkey Day this year? Make it a feast to remember with these recipes and cooking tips.

Tofu Recipes

Check out these ways to cook tofu, a delicious and healthy substitute for meat.

Vegetable Recipes

Getting more veggies into your diet is virtuous. It can also be delicious, with these recipes.

Wafer Paper Cake Designs

Meet your instructor, Kara Andretta, and learn about the tools you’ll need and the skills you’ll acquire while learning how to decorate cakes using wafer paper.

Wine 101

Learn all about wine — how to buy it, taste it, store it, and find good, cheap vintages — with the help of wine connoisseur Gary Vaynerchuk.

Wine Drinking & Education

Know your Pinot from your Merlot and learn the proper way to open, pour, taste, and appreciate wine with this video series.


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Stouts

Transcript Stouts are an extra dark, multi-beer that are made basically by roasting the malts. That’s how you get the dark, roasty character, traditional in stouts. There are many different kinds of stouts. Some of which include wheat stout or the milk stout. That actually has lactose in it. That’s where the name milk stout …

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Porters

Transcript Porters are more substantial than a brown. They were for many years just the traditional beer that produced in England and also exported from England to different parts of the world, so for a long time, you know, porter was sort of your standard beer in certain times and regions. Your normal porter, it’s …

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Pale Ales

Transcript You can tell by the name that it is an ale that uses the ale yeast. It’s kind of a broad category. It can go anywhere from the English ales, such as an ESB, extra special bitter, but really, you know, it starts out with the bitter itself, which is a, you know, quite …

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Hybrid Beers

Transcript Hybrid beers are beers that have characteristics of both ales and lagers. Some people say that a beer is strictly defined by the yeast that is used, but there are also brewing techniques that have come to be associated with each of those yeasts. So some examples of hybrid beers are the cream ale. …

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Bock Beers

Transcript Bock beers are a traditional style of beer that originated in Germany. They can range from the Maibock or the Helles Bock, which tends to be pale, malty. It’s made with a lager yeast so, again, those flavors come out very clean. Then you get to the next step which would probably be called …

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Dark Lagers

Transcript Dark loggers use, obviously, the logger yeast. It may have a bit of darker malt use. So, you might start with, you know, a little bit of the caramelly malt that comes from roasting the malt. And, you know, you can go from , you know, a little bit dark to about medium dark, which …

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Pilsners

Transcript Pilsners originated in the town of Plzeň in the Czech Republic. There’s a lot of lore around this, but what essentially happened is that the citizens of the town dumped a whole batch of beer because the quality was so poor. And that made the townspeople come together to build a state-of-the-art brewery. They …

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Lager vs. Ale

Transcript The difference between a lager and an ale really comes down to the yeast used. An ale yeast is a top fermenting yeast that can ferment at higher temperatures and is a faster process. A lager yeast is a bottom fermenting yeast that requires colder temperatures and a longer process. The word lager comes …

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Different Styles of Beer

Transcript A beer’s style generally describes the origin and character of the beer. Over years, many different beers evolved in many different locations and came to be called certain things. And when they were called that they had certain attributes that were given in that style of beer. Some styles have come to be sort …

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Types of Beer Glasses

Transcript The glass provides your initial aesthetic about the beer. If you’re served a beer in a glass like this you’re going to have different expectations than if you’re served a glass of beer in a glass like this.  Part of it is, you’re going to have your more, what we consider “basic beer” served …

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How to Taste Beer

Transcript How to taste beer. The first thing you want to do when you taste your beer is to get it in your glass, give it a little smell. Swirl it around, because what you’re trying to do with that is you’re trying to release the aromatics. And it’s going to give you a good …

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How to Pour Beer

Transcript How to pour beer. The first and most important thing is to use a clean glass. The technique is actually the same if you’re pouring from a bottle or pouring draft beer. I’m going to illustrate how to pour a draft beer right here. First you take your glass, and you want it at …

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How to Buy Beer

Transcript Well, if you walk into a craft beer bar, one of the first things that you’re gonna wanna do is to locate the beer list and on that beer list you’re gonna look for a section that says style and, hopefully at this point, you’re a little bit familiar with styles of beer that …

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History of Beer

Transcript The history of beer is as long and varied as the history of civilization. When human beings stopped hunting and gathering and began to settle to raise grain, that’s also about the same time that they started drinking fermented beverages, which loosely can be defined as beer or ale. Some people really do believe …

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Ingredients in Beer

Transcript So what are the ingredients in beer? Beer is generally understood to be beverage comprised of Barley, hops, water and yeast. However, there are many things can be substituted in the cereal side of things. So, along with your Barley you might have some wheat or you might have rye or you might substitute …

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Why Drink Craft Beers?

Transcript So why drink craft beer? First of all because it’s delicious. It’s really fun for me to see people have their first craft beer when they’re used to drinking you know, large sort of anonymously produced beer. The first thing they always say to me is wow this is really good. It’s very flavorful. …

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What Is Craft Beer?

Transcript What is craft beer? Craft beer is produced by craft brewers who are generally independent brewers. They tend to be smaller. Some people have specific definitions about their sizes but just think of them as smaller breweries. They’re owned by primarily themselves, the people who are making, producing the beer, bringing the product to …

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How to Throw a Beer-Tasting Party

Transcript How to throw a beer tasting party: There are few different ways you can go with this. One popular thing to do is get many different beers of many different styles. Have everyone who’s coming to the party bring something that they really like where that they want to share or that they’ve never …

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Top 8 Tools for Decorating Cookies

Transcript Hi. I’m Katie Rosenhouse and today we’re talking about tools you need for decorating Christmas cookies. You don’t necessarily need every tool for every cookie, but here is kind of a broad range of all of the things that you could use. Starting from the beginning, I have my stand mixer, that’s great for …

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How to Make Meringue Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Rosehansen, today I’m going to show you how to make peppermint swirl and Christmas tree meringues. These are very fun cookies and very easy to make, although they do take a little bit of time to bake, but they’re totally worth it. Here I’m starting with two egg whites in my …

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How to Make Chocolate Coconut Macaroons

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie and today I’m going to show you how to make chocolate covered coconut macaroons. So, I’m working with a couple of key ingredients here. I have condensed milk, about a quarter of cup condensed milk, one egg white and I have a whole bowl of shredded coconut. This is just shredded …

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How to Make Hot Chocolate Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness, and today I’m going to show you how to take our Double Chocolate Snowcap Cookies and turn them into Hot Cocoa Cookies. So I have my cold Snowcap Cookies here. You can see they have that nice layer of powdered sugar over the tops and it’s a really dense chocolaty …

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How to Make Double Chocolate Snowcap Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m going to show you how to make Double Chocolate Snowcap Cookies. So I’m starting with kind of traditional chocolate cookie ingredients. I have butter. I have a little bit of brown sugar. This is 4 tablespoons of softened butter going in the mixer. Followed by 2/3rds of …

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How to Make Caramel Chocolate Marshmallows

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m making Chocolate Caramel Marshmallows, the perfect Christmas treat. And in my pot here, which is just about ready, I brought 1-1/2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup of corn syrup, and about 1/4 cup of water to a boil. And I continue to cook it. You don’t have to …

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How to Make No-Bake Cookies

Transcript Hi I’m Katy Rosenas, and today I’m going to show you how to make no bake Christmas cookies. And I have some really great ingredients here. So I’m starting with peanut butter, a little bit of butter, these are ground chocolate wafers, oats, and confectioners sugar, and always a touch of salt. So I’m …

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How to Make Christmas Snack Mix

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m going to make Christmas Snack Mix, also known as Reindeer Chow. But this is the place you can get really fun and creative. You can throw in anything that you like from popcorn to your favorite snack mix. And I’m starting with my favorite. And I also …

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How to Make Decked Out Peppermint Bark

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m going to show you how to make homemade peppermint bark for the holidays. So we’re starting with, I have a bowl of white chocolate and a bowl of dark chocolate. And what I did to make sure I’m going to end up with something that has a …

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How to Make Russian Tea Cakes

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m going to show you how to make Russian Teacakes, also sometimes called Mexican Wedding Cookies, also called a hundred different names. But here is one way of making that classic cookie with a net based dough. So I’m starting with one stick of softened butter. I just …

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How to Decorate Gingerbread Men

Transcript Hi. I’m Katie Rosenhaus, and today I’m going to talk about how to decorate gingerbread men. So we’ve already made the dough, and it’s been baking for about 12 to 15 minutes. And you can see they come out nice and lightly golden right around the edges. So these cookies are ready to go, …

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How to Make Gingerbread Cookie Dough

Transcript Katie: Hi. I’m Katie Risnasi. Today I’m going to show you how to make Gingerbread Cookie Dough. This is probably my favorite cookie of all of the holiday cookies, so I’m very excited. I’m going to start with one stick of softened butter. So I just let the butter sit on the counter until …

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How to Make Thumbprint Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m going to show you how to make jam thumbprint cookies. I’m using the same shortbread dough I used for my cranberry shortbread, I just omitted the cranberries and the pistachios. And I have this beautiful dough here that I rolled into a log. And just to make …

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How to Make Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies

Transcript Hi. I’m Katie Rosenhaus, and today I’m going to show you how to make cranberry pistachio shortbread cookies, a cookie that’s perfect for Christmas. And the reason for that is I have the red with my cranberries, and the outside is covered with the green of the pistachios, and it’s just a really festive …

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How to Make Linzer Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m making Linzer Cookies. So to make things even easier, I’m taking the same sugar cookie dough that I made earlier and I cut out stars and I also cut out the same stars with a smaller cut-out right in the center just like our stained glass cookies. …

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How to Make Stained-Glass Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness, and today I’m making my Sugar Cookie Dough and making Stained Glass Cookies. So I had my sugar cookie dough nice and chilled, I rolled it out, and I cut out these stars. So I have my big star cutter on the outside, and then just out of the center …

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How to Decorate Holiday Cookies

Transcript Hi. I’m Katie Rosenhaus, and today I’m showing you how to decorate holiday sugar cookies. So I’m starting with a few different types of cookies. I have a Christmas tree. I have a star. I have a snowman. I have a snowflake. I have a stocking. Whatever kind of Christmas cookie you desire, I’m …

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How to Make Royal Icing

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Rosness and today I’m going show you how to make royal icing. So when you’re doing something like Christmas Sugar Cookies where you want this kind of painted, decorated surface, royal icing is the perfect icing for you. So it’s pretty simple. I have confectioner’s sugar, also known as powdered sugar, …

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How to Make Sugar Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Rosenhaus and today we’re making holiday sugar cookie dough. So, I’m starting with a few basic ingredients in my stand mixer. I have a stick of softened butter, so that basically means a stick of butter from the refrigerator and leave it on your counter for at least half an hour …

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How to Make Buckeyes

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Rosness [sp] and today I’m going to show you how to make Buckeyes. This is definitely a Christmas favorite. And if you like peanut butter, this is going to be your new year ’round favorite. But I’m starting my mixer with softened butter and peanut butter. I have 4 Tablespoons of …

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How to Make Tacos with Jesse Kramer

Transcript Hi. My name is Jesse Kramer. I’m the Co-Founder and Executive Chef of Brooklyn Taco Company, one of Brooklyn’s and New York’s top taquerias. We serve modern takes on authentic Mexican food, particularly street food, so we have tacos, tamales, chips and guac, salsas, everything that’s really fun and visually attractive about Mexican food. …

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How to Use Dried Chilies

Transcript I am going to show you how to properly use dried chiles, which are very common in Mexican cuisine. Here I have probably the most common used chiles in Mexican food. First we have the chipotle, which actually turns, it’s a dried, smoked, jalapeno. Next we have the chile ancho, which is actually a …

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How to Make Slaw for Tacos

Transcript So I’m here to show you how to make a fresh slaw. I use it on fish tacos. I can use it on lobster tacos. You can use it on pretty much anything. It adds a nice, crisp, crunchy, sweet flavor. It’s very versatile. You can use cabbage, carrots, peppers. You can use jicama, …

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How to Make Peanut Salsa

Transcript I am going to show you how to make a really interesting peanut salsa. Now, most people don’t even think about peanuts being in a salsa but throughout Mexico there’s a common pairing between peanuts and chile arbols and it adds a really nice deep flavor, a nice chunky texture and it goes well …

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How to Make Guacamole

Transcript Today I’m going to show you how to make awesome guacamole. Key ingredient: nice, ripe avocados. That means there’s a little firmness when you push in, but you can still push in. Also, the key to awesome guacamole, keep it chunky. Don’t puree it and turn it into some liquified soup. It’s nasty. You’ve …

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How to Make Pineapple Salsa

Transcript I’m going to show you how to make pineapple salsa, and the reason why I chose pineapples is because they’re such a versatile fruit and it goes with beef, pork, chicken. You name it, it goes with it. So here I have nice diced pineapple, a nice citrus flavor, a little acidity. I have …

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How to Make Green Salsa

Transcript Today I’m going to show you how to make one of my favorite green salsas. It’s tomatillo salsa. Now if you don’t know what a tomatillo is, if you were to describe the flavor, it’s probably a cross between an apple and a tomato. It’s got a nice acidity. It’s got a little bit …

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How to Make Red Salsa

Transcript Today I’m going to show you how to make red table sauce. You can find hundreds if not thousands of combinations of salsa, but I’m going to break it down to flavors that I like. We have roasted tomato, jalapeño for spice and crunch, some onions, garlic, lime for the acidity, and then I …

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How to Make Tamales

Transcript I know you’re really intimidated about making tamales, because you think they’re this daunting task, but all you really need is time. Just make a lot at once. Freeze them. They’re great to have. Very popular in Mexico during Christmas. So all you have to do is get a bag Maseca Tamal flour. We …

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How to Make Street Corn

Transcript So you’re all probably wondering how to make that amazing corn you see on the side of the street in Mexican neighborhoods. Sometimes we call it elote, sometimes we call it Mexican street corn. So, here we have corn. You can see it’s still in the husk. If you can get it entirely in …

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How to Make Steak Tacos with Peanut Salsa

Transcript So here we have steak tacos. I’m going to show you how to make them. You know, if you’re going to go all out, you might as well get a nice, high-quality cut of steak. This is a hanger steak. You can use a butcher steak, flank steak, but I would stay away from …

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How to Make Tofu Tacos with Peanut Salsa

Transcript So for all those vegetarians that run out of ideas for ways to make flavorful tacos, I like tofu. It adds a little bit of protein, a little bit of body and add a nice fresh feature which is roasted broccoli. 400 degrees, crisp the outside, get a nice nutty flavor. Peanut salsa, little …

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How to Make Lobster Tacos

Transcript So today we have a specialty here. It’s lobster tacos. Now not everybody cooks lobster tacos, but if you’re jonesing for a lobster taco, I’m going to show you how to do it. First thing, most importantly, we’re going to talk about what are the best parts. We going to use claw meat and …

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How to Make Breakfast Tacos

Transcript I am going to show you how to make the best breakfast taco you’ve ever had. It will beat Arizona, Texas, you name it. You’ll be fine. So, key ingredients. Eggs. Little bit of whole milk to make it fluffy and creamy. Poblano peppers. We have one that’s raw, one that’s roasted. We just …

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How to Make Potato & Chorizo Tacos

Transcript You’re probably wondering why I have a blank plate here. And that’s because we have a killer chorizo taco here on the burner and I’m going to show yo how to make it. First, Mexican style chorizo. Peel the skin off and you’re going to break it up. It’s almost like a ground beef …

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How to Make Tacos al Pastor

Transcript Today I’m going to show you how to make al pastor tacos at home. Al pastor actually translates to style of the shepherd, and in Mexico you traditionally see it on the spits, and it slowly roasts all day with a little pineapple on top, and the juices run down. And it is so …

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How to Make Ground Beef Tacos

Transcript I am here to tell you how to make my guilty pleasure, ground beef tacos. This is very dependent on your spice blend because the beef itself is going ton be a little mild. We have onions, garlic, we’re going to sweat that. Tomatoes, sweat it. And then we have a nice little custom …

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How to Make Chipotle Chicken Tacos

Transcript Today I’m going to show you how to make chicken tacos, but not just any chicken tacos. I’m going to tell you how to make chipotle chicken tacos. And the reason why I put chipotles in it is because I don’t like boring, unseasoned, unflavored chicken. This is going to be the best chicken …

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How to Make Tacos de Lengua

Transcript Today I’m going to show you how to make one of my favorite tacos, tacos de lengua, which actually translates to beef tongue. So I have all my mise en place here. I’m going to sautee them first, because they take a few minutes. I have onions, garlic, a little bit of oil. I’m …

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How to Make Brisket Tacos

Transcript I am going to show you how to make one of my favorite tacos today, and that’s the beef brisket. So brisket is actually this area of the cow, and it’s very fatty. And the reason why it’s so delicious is because it has really good fat marbling. Now I like to leave a …

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Cake Decorating with Angela Cuervo

Transcript Hello. My name is Angela Cuervo, and I am a pastry chef. I grew up in my parents’ restaurant, where I found my passion for baking. After seeing my mother bake almost every day, I decided to go to culinary school where I learned the bulk of what I know now. And then I …

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Fondant Tools & Ingredients

Transcript Now I’m gonna show you a little bit more about the tools that I’ve used in the videos. So this tool I mostly use to cut like little, maybe feet in some of the animals. I’ll use it even to cut shapes out of the fondant that I’ve rolled. And then this balling tool, …

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How to Make a Fondant Sheep

Transcript Now I’m going to show you how to make a cut little sheep. I’m going to take some white fondant. Put it in some cornstarch so it’s not too sticky. I’m going to roll it into a ball, and this is going to be his body. Just roll it in a ball, and then …

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How to Make a Fondant Pig

Transcript Now I’m gonna show you how to make a cute little pig. I’m gonna take some pink fondant, which you can find premade or you can make it yourself with some pink food coloring. I’m going to roll it into a ball, almost golf ball size. Maybe a little bit smaller and place it …

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How to Make a Fondant Cow

Transcript Now I’m going to show you how to make a cow for, maybe, your farm animal cake. Gonna take some white fondant. Gonna roll it in some cornstarch so it’s not sticky. And I’m gonna start with his body. Golf ball size. I’m gonna take it, roll it. And gonna do like sort of …

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How to Make a Fondant Goldfish

Transcript So now I’m going to show you how to make a goldfish. We’re going to take our pre-made orange fondant. Take a little less than a golf ball size. Roll it in some of our corn starch so that it’s not too sticky. And I’m going to roll it into a ball so it’s …

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