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Serious Eats / Mariel De La CruzComing out of the holiday season and into the New Year, you may find yourself with one (or a few!) new pieces of kitchen gear, thanks to Santa or the Holiday Armadillo. While a new piece of equipment is exciting, you might be scratching your head and wondering where to start with it. If you were gifted an immersion or high-speed blender, you're well equipped to turn out soups, hummus, and or sweet treats like pistachio cream. A sous vide machine is not only essential for cooking juicy meat dishes, but can also excel...

By Vicky Hampton Ever since coming back from Italy with my first drinking qualification, I’ve been on some kind of protracted wine mission. So much so that when discussing a road trip between Christmas and New Year, I managed to persuade three unsuspecting victims to join me on a German wine tour through the Rheingau and Ahr wine regions, and another two to meet me along the way. What I hadn’t considered, however, was how much of Germany was likely to be closed for the holidays – which turned every restaurant reservation into a game of Russian roulette. So while...

Last month, I was kind of a pain at my grocery store’s deli counter. I didn’t mean to be, but my cold-cut order was more complicated than I’d imagined. The employee had to dig around in the back to find more pepper-crusted turkey breast for me. But the service was genuinely excellent. They came back smiling and weighed it perfectly on the first try. As they handed me my payload of wrapped sandwich meat, I felt a nagging awkwardness: I wanted to tip but had no option to do so. I haltingly asked if there was a jar to drop...

Victoria Beckham in Paris last month Victoria Beckham has jumped to the defence of her eldest son Brooklyn after his recipe for beef raised eyebrows. On Wednesday, the model-turned-aspiring-photographer-turned-aspiring-chef shared a video on his Instagram showing his method for making what he described as a Michelin-standard Sunday roast. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @brooklynpeltzbeckham However, it seemed that not everyone was convinced with his method of cooking, with severalmediaoutlets reporting that many people had been put off by how rare Brooklyn was serving the meat. Following this, his famous mum Victoria shared her take on the...

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