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How to Save a Cracked Piecrust
When you’re making a pie from scratch, few things are more frustrating than a cracked crust that won’t seem to mend. But you can still save your pie crust, and all it takes is a little bit of water and sugar.
Keep reading to find out how to repair your crust.
Gluten-Free Recipes for Your Favorite Cookies
It seems like everyone is trying to go gluten-free these days. More and more people are diagnosed with celiac disease, have a gluten sensitivity, or just claim to feel better when they cut gluten out of their diets. Here’s the latest cookbook to address the gluten-free craze: Luane Kohnke’s Gluten-Free Cookies, which features 50 recipes for everything from sugar cookies to lemon squares to biscotti. Using ingredients like rice flour, potato starch, and tapioca flour, she offers tasty alternatives for favorite baked goods that would otherwise be off-limits.
Smart Product: Clongs from Dreamfarm
Another product to file under “Why didn’t I think of that?!”: Dreamfarm has come out with a pair of tongs that has the spoon res built right in. Take a look:
Smart or Silly: What Do You Think of the Obol?
Recently, this bowl, which helps you keep your cereal from getting soggy came to our attention. We love the idea, but want to know what you think of the execution.
Keep reading to see more photos and tell us whether you think the bowl is smart or silly.
Is That “Wild” Salmon Really Wild?
Last week I made the Real Simple Roasted Salmon and Potatoes With Dill for dinner. When I’m cooking salmon at home, I always buy wild salmon—I’m worried about the mercury, PCBs, and other toxins that are found in higher levels in farmed salmon. I took home my salmon, cooked it up, and ate it. It was delicious. Juicy, fatty, and full-bodied, with a lovely pink color. It was, I realized later, almost certainly not “wild” salmon.
Kick-Start Your New Year: Organize Your Recipes
Another goal that came up a couple of times when we asked what you wanted help with in 2011 was getting your recipes organized. While this is more of an on-going task instead of a 10-minute task, the payoff—not having to hunt for that mouth-watering chicken soup recipe—is worth it.
Click through to find out how to keep your recipes organized.
You Asked: In Flu Season, Should I Eat My Neighbor’s Food?
A reader named mimatz wrote to describe a quandary: “After a stay in the hospital, a neighbor dropped off dinner. They recently had a bout of flu in their household. I’m wary of serving it. What do I say to my neighbor when they ask how we enjoyed it?”
Jessica Seinfeld Dishes on Her New Cookbook and the Holidays
Attention, holiday shoppers! Today kicks off the opening of the first-ever Real Simple holiday pop-up store in the heart of Rockefeller Center (right across from the giant tree and skating rink). If you’re in the area, stop by and say hello, plus get great gift ideas and holiday tips from our team of experts who will be doing demos and offering advice each day.
One of our experts is Jessica Seinfeld, who will be demonstrating her Whoopie Pies and doing a book signing at the pop-up store this Friday at 1 p.m. I was able to catch her on the phone recently to get a little insight into her new cookbook and how she handles the holidays.
Thank You to Those Who Cooked Along With Us
Even though we wrapped up our October month of dinners blog last week (and we’re already talking about Thanksgiving), we wanted to take a second to thank a couple of dedicated cooks, Alesya and Jenn, who spent the month making all 20 recipes and blogging and tweeting about it.
Here are some of the photos they took of their meals.
Aleysa’s Photos:
Day 2: Penne with Tomatoes, Eggplant, and Mozzarella
