CHOW Tip

How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract

Get the goodness straight from the bean.

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How to Make Grilled Cheese with Laura Werlin

The ideal grilled cheese sandwich just requires a few simple steps. (By Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith)

CHOW Tip

A Quick Technique for Homemade Orange Bitters

From Lucques restaurant.

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How to Fix a Broken Homemade Mayonnaise

Don’t throw away your expensive olive oil.

CHOW Tip

How to Make Homemade Vinegar

Red wine transformed— easy!

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How to Make a Flaky Thanksgiving Pie Crust with Roxanne Webber

You’re not making bread dough. (By Meredith Arthur, Blake Smith, and Roxanne Webber)

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How to Make a Moist Thanksgiving Turkey with Roxanne Webber

The stuffing is cooked outside the bird. (By Meredith Arthur, Blake Smith, and Roxanne Webber)

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How to Make Thanksgiving Stuffing with Roxanne Webber

Homemade is not hard. (By Meredith Arthur, Blake Smith, and Roxanne Webber)

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How to Make Pumpkin Pie with Boris Portnoy

Nutmeg bombs, begone! (By Meredith Arthur and Eric Slatkin)

CHOW Tip

How to Make Delicious Fake Blood for Halloween

You want blood to taste good, right?

CHOW Tip

How to Make Limoncello

You only need three ingredients.

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How to Make Your Own Butter

With heavy whipping cream and some sweat equity.

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Kitchen Tips

How to crack eggs, crush ice, kill fruit flies, and other helpful hints.

The Perfect

The Perfect Tortilla

Evan Kleiman of KCRW’s Good Food falls for flowers. (By Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith)

Supertaster

Seeking Delicious Fake Blood

This week’s mission: blood capsules from Target and Living Nightmare, plus a homemade alternative. (By James Norton)