How To & DIY

How To & DIY

Chipotle Peppers

Chipotle flavor is wildly popular — in everything from burritos to barbecue sauce — but do you know what it is, exactly? A chipotle is a fully ripe, smoke-dried jalapeno pepper. (Now you see where that mysteriously rich, sweet and smoky hot — but not too hot — flavor comes from.

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Chipotle Peppers

How To Make Curry

Curry is much more than a single bottled spice blend. Explore how to make curry, what it is and where it comes from in this basic guide.

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How To Make Curry

Caribbean Cuisine

Where else but a place considered the quintessential paradise would you expect to find the perfect cuisine? In Caribbean cooking, warm spices like ginger and anise play with the cool freshness of native fruits like pineapple, lime and papaya. The flavors and colors of earthy chilies, cumin, and annatto enliven white grains, black beans and tropical seafood like shrimp and lobster.

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Caribbean Cuisine

Holiday Cocktail Recipes

Like a boozy, liquid, adult version of the Christmas cookie jar, our holiday mixology menu tastes unmistakably seasonal, comforting and familiar, but with distinct spicy twists. Jamaican Christmas Punch This gorgeous garnet-colored punch featuring hibiscus flowers, allspice, ginger and star anise looks splendid in a glass punch bowl or pitcher.

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Holiday Cocktail Recipes

How to dye hair naturally with henna

If you're working to clean up your beauty routine, don't stop with your hair color. Instead, turn to red henna powder for an alternative to synthetic hair coloring.

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How to dye hair naturally with henna

How Green is Your Kitchen

Take steps -- such as buying locally and buying in bulk -- to make your food prep more ecological. Locate farmer's markets near you, consider your cookware, and run your appliances more efficiently.

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How Green is Your Kitchen

Homemade Spice Blends

Aromatic, colorful, and rich with melded flavors, spice blends have an air of mystery about them. Despite the intrigue, though, making your own spice blends is pretty straightforward and an easy way to indulge your creativity in the kitchen.

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Homemade Spice Blends

How to Make a Botanical Tea Infusion

Whether you want to relax, indulge or invigorate your senses, try adding botanicals to transform your next cup of tea. Here are three infusion ideas for black, chamomile and white teas: Peppermint Black Tea For an invigorating morning, try blending 1/2 teaspoon peppermint with black tea leaves.

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How to Make a Botanical Tea Infusion

How to Make Homemade Snacks

Learn how to make homemade snacks like crackers, granola and chips using bulk ingredients. 1.

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How to Make Homemade Snacks

Irish Food Recipes and Seasonings

However you plan to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, these Irish food recipes and seasonings will help you enjoy the flavors of Ireland with family and friends.

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Irish Food Recipes and Seasonings

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