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Whether you're roasting vegetables or baking your grandma's favourite cake, these are building blocks for your kitchen's bakeware.

Spices enhance the flavour of food and make it easy to create interesting meals. Adding in a pinch of turmeric spice to a poultry seasoning can give baked chicken that kick of flavour it needs.

Store-bought soda can be higher in sugars than you'd like. Here’s how to make your own delicious soda—and save countless cans and bottles from being tossed.

We've all been there: a kitchen full of beautiful vegetables, but you won’t be able to eat them all before they go off. Fortunately, with these best practices for freezing herbs and veggies, you won't waste a thing.

Children can be persuaded to nosh on fruit and other nutritious foods if you add a little fun first. Here's how to pack them a lunch they'll actually be excited to dig into.

Fall is the perfect time for warm, tasty soups. If you're a little bored with the same old bowl of broth, thicken things up with an easy, creamy bowl.

Thickening gives gravy the right consistency and improves the flavour. Here are a few surefire tricks to getting the perfect gravy.

Here's a perfect example of using just a little bit of something to get a lot of flavour in return. Semi-sweet chocolate chips — stirred in at the end of cooking — are the secret to the deep, rich taste of this chili.

There's something truly transportive about Southwestern flavours, so why not sample these beef recipes for a dinner that feels like vacation?

These time-tested cooking secrets are the final touches you need to nail your grandma's classic dishes.

These simple recipes are great to have on hand when you want to entertain, but are short on time.

Whole duck is roasted with a spice rub of cinnamon, salt, pepper and allspice, then stuffed with savoury couscous studded with chunks of wine-soaked figs. The succulent figs perfectly match the rich and tender roast duck meat.

On a busy weeknight, a plate of pasta is the perfect meal to make. But you can make it even better with a few more steps and ingredients.

Here's a classic stroganoff, rich with sour cream, mushrooms and thinly sliced beef ­tenderloin. So what's new? The addition of chopped pickles to perk up the sauce. One bite and you'll never go back to your old recipe!

Juniper berries give this dish the distinctive flavour of gin. The beef slowly simmers until tender, as barley soaks up the juices and thickens the gravy for a hearty casserole. Serve with a green vegetable like French-cut green beans.

What do chocolate and tarragon have in common? They're the secret ingredients to these decadent, creamy desserts.

These simple recipes are great to have on hand when you want to entertain, but are short on time. They also have enough substance to be eaten as a snack or light lunch.

This recipe takes minimal effort but explodes with flavour. Horseradish, mustard and apricot preserves make a remarkable glaze for this pork dish.

Don't throw out that leftover sour cream. Instead, use it in unexpected — and tasty — new ways. Here are some ideas.

Corn, cornmeal and corn syrup may seem like they operate the same way, but the amp up your meals entirely differently. Learn how to make magic in the kitchen using them.