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10 Of Your Most Burning Food Questions Answered By Experts. Us!

Fake grill marks? Why does some ice taste bad?

May 12, 2013 2:31 pm

You've unnecessarily chugged skunky beer and tainted perfectly good cocktails with bad ice. You've eaten more "grilled" stuff than you're willing to admit even to us (we're trying to help, friends). No longer do you have to wonder which fish the green tobiko on posh sushi rolls. (hint: it's none). This is where we come in. Let the mysteries be solved.

In Season

It's Time To Get Excited For Lobster Season. Right This Way, People.

Cooking tips, kitchen tricks, scented perfume?

Apr 29, 2013 3:02 pm

Photo: lsgcp on Flickr

There is no better food than lobster to enjoy against the backdrop of a seaside sunset. Check out some of our crustacean coverage from last summer below, including purchasing tips, lobster-scented perfumes, and special (blue?!) breeds.

Food Republic Roundups

10 Of Your Most Burning Food Questions Answered By Experts. Us!

What are sprinkles made of? Can you eat a goldfish?

Mar 23, 2013 2:02 pm

Your hands smell for hours after you cut onions for dinner. But why? You like your bagel with smoked salmon. Or is it lox? Nova? Is there even a difference? Are those expired eggs OK to use? The red wax coating on the outside of gouda, is it edible? (No you dumbass). This is where we come in. Let the mysteries be solved.

Food Republic Roundups

10 Of Your Most Burning Food Questions Answered By Experts. Us!

Whiskey good for a cough? Are cheese rinds edible?

Feb 16, 2013 3:02 pm

Travel Tips

8 Rules To Live By When Traveling To Eat

Here's how to make the most of your culinary trips

Jan 11, 2013 10:01 am

Photo: Anna Brones

Sadly, Fantasy Travel Week comes to an end today. But for you, we hope, the fantasizing has only begun! With that, start your day with 8 Rules To Live By When Traveling To Eat.

Thanksgiving

FR Thanksgiving Interview: Jeff McInnis

Talkin' turkey, biscuits, cranberries and more...

Nov 15, 2012 5:01 pm

I thought I knew Jeff McInnis, the former Top Chef breakout star turned fixture in some of Miami's buzziest kitchens. But when he stopped into the Food Republic Thanksgiving Test Kitchen and Interview Lounge last month, I got schooled on the man who's now executive chef and partner at Yardbird Southern Table & Bar in South Beach. All that, and his Turkey Day advice, ahead...

Kitchen Tricks

5 Useful Kitchen Skills To Learn

Simple, crucial kitchen techniques you should know

Jul 21, 2012 2:01 pm

Admit it, you'd totally make garlic bread right now if you had more confidence in your garlic-mincing skills. Master a basic but very important cooking technique and share the wealth by making a killer dinner where every course includes minced garlic. Everyone will love you.

Kitchen Tricks

Revealed: 7 Secrets About Baking Powder

Shedding light on America's invisible ingredient

Feb 14, 2012 10:31 am

One day, when she was baking, Linda Civitello looked down at the yellow can in her hand and asked herself, “What the heck is this stuff?” And avid baker with a curious streak, she set out to find as complete an answer as possible. She is currently writing her dissertation at UCLA on the history of baking powder and her book, Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and People, is used to teach food history in culinary schools.

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Kitchen Tools

Japan Solves An Age-Old Butter Dilemma With One Simple Twist

Now if only we could translate the dang website

Brunch

Smashed Potato Bomb With Fried Eggs

Sharp cheddar, spicy Frank's makes awesome brunch

How-Tos

The Only Pickled Eggs Recipe You'll Ever Need!

How to make the awesome bar snack at home

Cold Drinks

Blueberry Moonshine Popsicles Recipe

Get your 'shine on with these blueberry pops

Beer

Can Beer Go Bad?

When beer ages, you get skunky suds or tasty gold

Drink Better

Infographic: Hangover-Curing Foods From Around The World

11 countries, one common and painful problem

Vietnam

How To Eat A Bowl Of Pho Like You Know What You’re Doing

Vietnamese noodle soup, it’s what’s for breakfast

Beer

11 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Guinness

Fun Guinness facts straight from the tap. Sláinte!

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