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Making the perfect caramel popcorn
The scary part of making caramel popcorn is when you add the baking soda and the caramel bubbles up. As long as everything is ready, though, there's no need for alarm, as Jessica Bard, Fine Cooking's photo coordinator, demonstrates in this video.
For complete instructions and the recipe for this buttery, crunchy, perfect gift, read Karen DeMasco's article, "Caramel Popcorn," in the 2004 Holiday Baking issue of Fine Cooking (#68), from Taunton Press.
Shape your pizza thick or thin
Depending on how thick she wants the crust, Evan Kleiman, chef-owner of Anegili Caffe in Los Angeles and author of Pizzeria, uses a combination of pizza-stretching techniques: stretching the dough over the backs of her hands and rolling it for a thinner crust. The entire process is difficult to explain in words, but once you see her do it in this video, and with a little practice, you'll feel like pro and want to start tossing your pizza dough in the air. Note: if your ball of dough is frozen, defrost it in the refrigerator, then put it on a wooden board and start to shape. For the complete recipe and instructions on how to make dough to use tonight, tomorrow, or next week, see the February/March 2002 issue of Fine Cooking (#49).
JJ the cookin' DJ brings this savory poultry dish. This, and many other instructional cooking videos are available from www.videochef.biz.
Fish on the grill without sticking
Steve Johnson, chef-owner of The Blue Room in Cambridge, Massachusetts, advises that a clean grill is the first step to grilling fish without having it stick. Brush on a little oil and start grilling with the skin side down. The skin adds an extra layer of protection, and it can be peeled off later if you're not interested in eating it. For more grilling tips and some recipes from Steve, check out Fine Cooking's issues June/July 1999 (#33) and June/July 2001 (#45).
Steve's Cooking Show shows us how to cook on a budget. That is when you spent that budget on gin and you are just making up the recipe as you go. This one is Mexican. www.1920fairfax.com
Cutting long stock on saw horses
In this video, John Spier, Block Island, Rhode Island, contractor, shows his method for cutting 16-ft. 2x6s on the job site. To find out how the sawhorses are made, read John's article, "Faster, Stronger Horses," in the February/March 2005, issue of Fine Homebuilding (#169).
The Video Chef demonstrates the perfect flip. This and many other video cooking tips are available from www.videochef.biz.
The Nokia 5310 continues the fine Xpress Music tradition by offering a satisfying blend of features and performance in an attractive design.
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Felix da Housecat: "Madame Hollywood"
Chicago's disco visionary FELIX DA HOUSECAT is set to return to dominate dance floors and airways with his stunning third album VIRGO BLAKTRO & THE MOVIE DISCO. A master class in sugar-frosted vocal pop, soulful synth-funk and pulsing electronic disco, it is comfortably the most satisfying album this dance music icon has produced. Six years after he glammed up dance floors with Kittenz And Thee Glitz, 20 since he stepped into a studio to record his first underground hit at the age of 15, one of modern pop's great outsiders is about to embark on the next phase of his remarkable career.
