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Make your pizza at home, in the oven or on the braai, just how you like it every time.

July 9, 2013

The other week I finally bought myself a pizza stone. It has long been on my kitchen wish list thanks to some fond memories at my ex-girlfriends sister’s house on Friday evenings when the whole family would gather to make pizza’s accompanied by a few glasses of wine & beer. As family dinners go making…

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How to remove the meat from a cooked lobster

If you ever felt a little challenged when dealing with a lobster here is a video on how to remove the meat by Great British Chefs.

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The Butter Grater a solution for easily spreading butter on your bread.

One wonders why something like this has taken so long? Some bright spark in Japan has invented the Butter Grater, the kitchen gadget to end all gadgets. If you are like me and have a preference for butter over margarine you’ll appreciate the challenge that often presents itself when it comes to spreading the stuff.…

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How To Make French Press Coffee

The most important aspect to any instructional video, not just how to make coffee, is to be informative and entertaining. Jason Mantzoukas gets this right on both counts, especially the entertaining bit. If you ever considered making a “How to video” yourself you would do well to take a leaf out of Jason’s book and…

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How to separate an egg and remove any small unwanted bits of egg shell

Dhruv Baker shows you how to separate eggs and most importantly how to get rid of those small bits of broken egg shell that end up in the bowl. All you need are eggs and two bowls. The best way to get at any shell bits is to use another part of the egg shell…

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Finally, the Oreo separator machine, just what I always wanted!

Physicist David Neevel prefers the cookie to the cream and set about building a robot that separates his Oreo’s for him. In the video he goes into specific detail as to how his “Oreo Separator” works. A first time robot builder he created his machine because he does not like the cream in Oreo’s which…

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How to make a piping bag for icing

In order to make a piping bag you will need some grease proof paper. I had to use this after my dog stole the last piping bag whilst I was in the middle of baking a few cupcakes. Take the top two corners and fold them down to the middle. Take the bottom two corners…

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So you’ve got a non-stick pan, a stainless steel pan and a cast iron pan. Which one do you use for what? Curtis has the answers…

While the headline has the feel of a really funny joke about it, the reality is many people are stumped when faced with a choice. Example: How do you confuse an Irishman? Put two spades up against a wall and ask him to take his pick. Curtis in his crusade to usurp Jamie has the…

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Consider the Fork reveals the origin of human over bite, blame it on the fork!

Evolution never stops and is evident in the smallest and often most inconspicuous ways as revealed in Consider the Fork Bee Wilson, has recently published a book titled, “Consider the Fork” which examines ways in which the humble fork has contributed to mankind’s every changing evolutionary development and in this instance, more specifically the overbite. The fork has been around for about 250…

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The iPhone cereal bowl, it all makes perfect sense!

If you are one of the many who scans through their social media updates while eating breakfast before heading off to work, the iPhone cereal bowl is the perfect hands free solution. Created by Daisuke Nagatomo and Jan Minnie of MisoSoupDesign this ultra modern crockery will finally kill off any and all conversation at the breakfast table.

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The World’s Most inefficient popcorn machine, pops them individually [video]

Students at University of Art and Design Lausanne/ECAL in Switzerland have invented a popcorn machine that focuses on quality and not quantity. The “Oncle Sam,” pops each kernel of corn individually with a tea-light candle heating up one cup of oil while the individual kernels are salted one by one with a miniature salt shaker. This contraption features as…

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How to sip a can of cold drink

If you ever wondered about the design of the little clip thing that you pull to open you can of cold drink, there is a lot more to it than meets the eye. So if you use a straw to sip on your can of cold drink, now you know how to use it properly.…

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Know Your Equipment Rss

Make your pizza at home, in the oven or on the braai, just how you like it every time.

How to remove the meat from a cooked lobster

The Butter Grater a solution for easily spreading butter on your bread.

How To Make French Press Coffee

How to separate an egg and remove any small unwanted bits of egg shell

Finally, the Oreo separator machine, just what I always wanted!

How to make a piping bag for icing

So you’ve got a non-stick pan, a stainless steel pan and a cast iron pan. Which one do you use for what? Curtis has the answers…

Consider the Fork reveals the origin of human over bite, blame it on the fork!

The iPhone cereal bowl, it all makes perfect sense!

The World’s Most inefficient popcorn machine, pops them individually [video]

How to sip a can of cold drink

South Africa's Internet Food Newspaper, Magazine and Blog