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I bring you a kitchen staple, roasted garlic, a preparation essential both for enjoying on its own and for boosting the flavor and result of any dish you use it in. Here you'll find how to make roasted garlic, how to use it in your recipes, and also ideas for making the most of the wonderful garlic‑infused oil that comes from storing roasted garlic in oil.

I love caramelizing nuts. Caramelizing is such an absolutely simple, quick, and tidy process. I think many people either don't know how easy it is or don't realize the endless uses they can be put to. So today I remind you HOW TO MAKE CARAMELIZED NUTS:

Artichokes are one of my favorite vegetables and, if I have to choose which way of preparing them I like best, I definitely go with artichokes confited in olive oil. Confiting artichokes is a process in which we cook the artichokes submerged in olive oil, at low temperature and for a prolonged period of time.

We are often asked why the store practically carries only iron griddles, grills, and grills. That’s why we’ve put together this complete guide to explain why it’s important to use an iron grill if what we really want is to GRILL, since there’s no comparison between using iron grills, pans, and grills to cook on a griddle, versus doing it in a nonstick pan or grill. You’ll also find tips to help you choose among the different types of griddles available.

The dehydrator is useful for much more than making dried fruit chips for a snack or dehydrating onion, garlic, mushrooms and aromatic herbs to always have them on hand for your stews. With this recipe for dehydrated banana and cocoa crepes I hope to shed light on the possibilities offered by the air dehydrator, and of course I hope you enjoy breakfasts that are healthy, energizing, and delicious.

If you haven't heard of brown butter, a whole new world will open up to you today. The brown butter, also called noisette butter, hazelnut butter or browned butter, is the ingredient that works wonders in any recipe, whether in baking or in savory dishes, and it is incredibly easy to make. Brown butter takes any recipe you make with it to the next level (there's a reason some people call it "liquid gold"!).

I'm sharing tips for making cracked and seasoned olives in brine, from someone who spent 50 years tending an estate with 80 olive trees. They've explained it so well you'll be inspired to make homemade seasoned olives without hesitation.

Since we're about to enter autumn, I thought it would be nice to talk about some secrets and ideas that help me a lot in creating the perfect autumnal table.

A KitchenAid stand mixer is a significant investment but one that lasts a lifetime. For that reason, we receive some very common and recurring questions that we hope to answer in this post, ranging from what the differences are between the various KitchenAid models to others like which KitchenAid mixer is right for me, which KitchenAid is the most popular, questions about accessories, or how to obtain the recipe book.

I am filled with joy when December arrives. Christmas is approaching, a time of year I love: thinking about family meals, those meals that sometimes end up as dinners, and also seeing the excitement of children when they wake up and run to look beside the tree.

The other day I was telling you about which utensils are the basic and essential ones when it comes to equipping a kitchen, and that in fact they are also essential to keep in mind when renewing the utensils you have. You can see the post here.

Today the author of El invitado de Invierno, Miriam, gives us some truly useful tips on how to properly cook a piece of meat such as a chuletón or a steak. Because while cooking on the grill is within everyone’s reach, it also has its tricks to do it with finesse!