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Kitchen Tips #3

Who Knew? Helpful Kitchen Tips #3

Easy cooking fixes for common problems – learn the best way around an electric stove, how to repair crystallized honey and more! Read More

Bakeware - What Should I Buy?

Bakeware – What Should I Buy?

Learn which bakeware pans are used for which purposes and discover which best suits your individual needs. Browse splurges and bargains. Read More

Who Knew? Helpful Kitchen Tips #2

Who Knew? Helpful Kitchen Tips #2

Easy cooking fixes for common problems – learn to soften brown sugar, take the burned flavor out of rice, repair a broken cake, fix oversalted soup and more! Read More

How to Freeze Prepared Foods | TheShiksa.com #cooking #tutorial

Freezing Prepared Foods – Can This Be Frozen?

Guide for freezing foods. What kinds of foods can be frozen, how can you keep frozen foods safe, best methods for thawing frozen foods. Read More

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Who Knew? Helpful Kitchen Tips #1

Easy cooking fixes for common problems – learn to soften brown sugar, take the burned flavor out of rice, repair a broken cake, fix oversalted soup and more! Read More

Escape with Ghiradelli Intense Dark - Pairing Chocolate and Wine #escapewithdarkchocolate @ghiradelli

Escape with Ghirardelli Intense Dark: Pairing Chocolate with Wine

A brief history of pairing chocolate and wine. Host a tasting party with suggested wine pairings from Ghirardelli Intense Dark Chocolate. Read More

Pots, Pans and Cookware – What Should I Buy?

Pots, Pans and Cookware – What Should I Buy?

Learn which pots and pans are used for which purposes, to find out which cookware best suits your individual needs. Browse splurges and bargains. Read More

Vintage Recipe Box

Ziplist – A New Feature on TheShiksa.com

Learn about some exciting new features on The Shiksa in the Kitchen- you can now create a Recipe Box and a Shopping List with my recipes! Read More

We all know that matzo is kosher for Passover. But what about kitniyot?

Chametz vs. Kitniyot

Learn the difference between chametz and kitniyot. Discover what foods Sephardic, Ashkenazi Jews prohibit and which foods are Kosher for Passover Read More

I'm storing my growing kitchen knife collection on a magnetic strip, like this one.

Choosing the Right Kitchen Knives, Part 2

A description of various kitchen cutlery brands, their benefits and weaknesses, and how to choose the right knives for you. Read More

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Choosing the Right Kitchen Knives, Part 1

Cutlery can be confusing! Learn about the various types of kitchen knives to find out what you need, from paring to santoku to serrated and more. Read More

Planning a Kosher Meat Meal

Planning a Kosher Meat Meal

Tips and hints for planning a kosher meal with a meat entree – no dairy. Jewish cooking. Read More

Jewish-Food

The Shiksa’s Kosher Primer

Learn the basics of keeping kosher and planning a kosher meal. Read More

Cooking Tools

Introduction to Kosher Cooking

A basic overview of what it means to keep kosher, why this site features kosher recipes, and helpful learning links. Read More