Handy Measuring Equivalents
Wondering how much a pound of wheat equates to? Look no further.

Personal Pizzas
Quick, easy and a bit untraditional Make personal pizzas with French bread, tomato bagels and even hoagie rolls. It's easy!

No Need for Blanching!
Not every vegetable has to be blanched for freezing. Here are some

Got Eggs?
Preparation tips How to prepare eggs like a pro

Freeze the Peas? Yes Please!
Simple tips for freezing Snow Peas and Sugar Snap Peas, so they'll always taste fresh.

Learn How to Prepare Onions
First appearing in the 2005 Farmers' Almanac A few ways to prepare onions and avoid. Read More

Oh My! Shoefly Pie
How did these pies get their name? The most logical explanation seems to be that the sweet ingredients attracted flies when the pies were cooling. The cooks had to "shoo" the flies away, hence the name shoofly pie.

Cook More Efficiently
Get a Second Meal Out of One 6 tips for saving time in the kitchen

Cooking tips from Grandma Blanche Bianco
Wonder how to deglaze a pan or make bechamel sauce? Grandma Bianco has passed on a few tips for those who may be a bit new to the kitchen.

Tips for holiday weight loss
If you want to get back on track, here are a few tips on how to lower the fat and calories in your everyday cooking.

Helpful Herbal Hints
Drying herbs can be done with these simple steps.

Hush Puppies
This little round ball of fried dough has a unique, and potentially sad, origin.

What can you do with an armful of rhubarb?

8 Smarter Ways to Use Your Microwave
Find out how to make your microwave work for you.

Cooking Terminology and Methods
Dredge or dunk? Slice or Julienne? Not everyone knows the difference.

How Safe is your Food?
We all hope we're feeding our family safe food, but how can we be sure?

One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, Four: The Story of America's Favorite Vegetable
Americans love potatoes, whether it's fried, baked or mashed. They have become one of America's favorite vegetables. In this article, we will get to the roots of the potato, where it came from, and how it made its way onto our plates, and into our hearts.

Best Baking Tips From the Farmers' Almanac
Just in time for Thanksgiving! 'Tis the time to head to the kitchen! The holidays are a great time to bake. Make your time easier by checking out our useful tips.

Helpful Holiday Hints
To make Thanksgiving more memborable The holidays can be a crazy time of year. Check out some of our favorite helpful hints for ways to make this holiday better.

Need some help in the kitchen?
Farmers' Almanac shares useful cooking tips. Learn how to make eggs fluffier, meatballs easier, and vegetables more full of flavor.

Cooking with Warming Spices
Learn how to warm yourself up from the inside out by adding these spices to your menu.

Must-Know Kitchen Tips
To Hang on the Fridge Useful tips for in and around the kitchen, from the Farmers' Almanac.

If You are Missing an Ingredient
Emergency Kitchen Substitutions It never seems to fail. You are preparing a special family dinner and you forgot to pick up a necessary ingredient. Don't fret. There are ways around it.

Lemons: Make Good Acne Treatments
Six uses for lemons that may improve your health.

Make Your Own Cooking Mixes
Save Time and Money Like the convenience of store-bought cookie, cake, brownie and other mixes, but don't like the cost? Here's a solution.

Roasting Pumpkin Seeds
After carving the pumpkin, you may want to roast the seed for an easy, and tasty treat.

Healthy Honey
Honey can help prevent allergies and even give you a slow, steady release of energy.

Wreaths are More than Just Decorations
Wreaths have been used as war symbols, as well as house identifiers. Learn more about wreaths and how to decorate with them.

Grandma's Cooking How-to's
If you are experimenting with some new recipes this month, check out these "how-to"s from Grandma Blanche Bianco. She'll teach how to boil pasta, make bechamel sauce and more.

Collard Greens
Want a prosperous new year? Try eating collard greens this New Year’s Day.

Rice Rocks
Rice, a staple food for more than half of the earth's population, is an amazing grain.

A Sugar Lesson for Sweet Cooking
Before you whip up that special dessert, keep in mind that granulated white sugar differs in size, as well as use in the kitchen.

Make Your Own Herbal Vinegar
Easy and Tasty Suggestions Tired of just plain vinegar? Looking for some good reasons to plant herbs? Check out these easy ways to make herbal vinegar.

Exploring Different Varieties of Honey
Here are some facts about honey that may delight you.

Easy Ways to Preserve our Earth
We can all do something to help preserve our earth. It doesn't have to be difficult.

The Lost Art of Doing Nothing
Are afternoons of lying in the grass pondering cloud shapes, evenings of watching sunsets, or mornings of counting snowflakes as they hit the windowpane all but extinct? Will we ever spend another hour or even a minute alone with our own thoughts? What incredible daydreams will never be had because we just simply do not have the time?

Choosing Bakeware
When it comes to bakeware, there are different materials to choose from. Traditional choices like ceramic and metal are joined by newcomers like silicone and glass. How do they compare?

Secret Ingredients for Better Tasting Dishes
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Why butter's better!
For many years, a major rift has divided this country. No, not urban versus rural, or even Democrat versus Republican. This split is the ongoing clash between-- butter and margarine . . .

Bringing Herbs Indoors
If your area has not had a killing frost yet, you may still have time to bring your herbs indoor for year-round fresh ingredients.

Soothe Minor Burns
With Every Day Cures The cooking/baking season is upon us. Burns in the kitchen happen all the time. Find out what simple, natural cures can help soothe the burn.

Make Your 12 Days of Christmas More GREEN
12 Earth-Friendly Tips Learn how to make the 12 days of Christmas a little more green. Check out our easy but useful tips here.

Healthy Hints for the New Year
Easy to follow tips for a healthier you.

Favorite Warming Recipes For Winter Meals
Cold outside? Warm up with these flavorful recipes.

An Onion a Day, May Help Keep Cholesterol Down
Peeling away the health benefits of onions. They may make you cry, but onions are healthy for you. Find out how.

Tomato Meat Sauce
This is the basic tomato meat sauce that does not require making meatballs.

Butternut Squash and Roasted Garlic Soup
The soup is a lovely addition to Thanksgiving or other holiday meal.

Chinese Pork with Peppers
Perfect for having friends over, prepare ahead for less stress.

Farmhouse Chicken Noodle Soup
A Soothing Comfort Food That's Great for What Ails 'Ya.

New York Clam Chowder

Creamy Rice Pudding (Kugel)
Here is a rich, comforting dessert from Eastern Europe. Its flavor comes from chewy raisins and fragrant nutmeg.

Shrimp-Shell Chow Mein
There's nothing plain about this savory combination!

Potato Latke Recipe
Here is an old fashioned Eastern European dish that should be revived. It is nourishing and easy to prepare, and a platter of these - served with sour cream and applesauce - is wonderful!

Teriyaki Beef & Veggies

Pumpkin Gratin
A great side dish that pairs well with roasted pork loin.

American Pizza (Italian Pie)
You can make hot, fresh pizza just like the professionals do!

Pumpkin Tomato Bisque
Pumpkins are not merely for decoration. Warm up with this tasty treat.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Don't throw away those seeds! They can be turned into a tasty, healthy snack.

Hush Puppies

Apple Pancakes
Serve with cinnamon gravy or your favorite hot apple syrup!

Fried Clams

Baked Vidalia Onions
A very simple dish that is sure to please.

Barbecued Beef Brisket Recipe

Fire Up the Grill

Celery Salad
A cool, crisp salad adds crunch and contrast to any menu. You can also use dried cranberries and walnuts.

Swedish Meatballs
Swedish meatballs can be served as an appetizer or at dinner with steamed rice and a vegetable.

Collard Greens
A dish you must eat on New Years' Day

Dirty Rice
A Southern, all-time favorite. Make it as spicy or mild as you please. It is hearty on a cold winter's night. If you are cooking for a crowd, this recipe can easily be doubled. Be sure to serve this with cornbread!

Recipes: Woodcock
Be prepared to take notes on a hunter's recipe for cooking wild game.

Spotlight on Herbs: Sage
Sage is often used in small quantities in poultry or beef.

Spotlight on Herbs: Spearmint
Spearmint is often used in sweet recipes such as jellies, candies, and fruit salads.

Spotlight on Herbs: Thyme
Thyme is a mint that produces small, lavendar leaves and is often used in soups and gumbos.

Spotlight on Herbs: Dill
Dill is a popular annual herb that is a logical choice for use with fish, egg dishes, and more!

Spotlight on Herbs: Chives
Chives are onion-like perennials that are typically used fresh in baked potatoes and egg dishes.

Spotlight on Herbs: Catnip
Learn some practical uses for the herb Catnip.

Clam Dig
In order tho keep clamming a viable way of life, Walter Ward started a clam co-op. Bobby Anderson shows us his secret clam digs and shares a treasured family recipe.

Spotlight on Herbs: Rosemary
Rosemary is a shrub that's a member of the mint family and is commonly found growing near the ocean.

Spotlight on Herbs: Parsley
Parsley can be used as a garnish because of its decorative, curly leaves and can be used to garnish a cheese plate.

Hints & Tips: Frying
Fry fish or chops neatly and easily with this Farmers' Almanac hint.

Spotlight on Herbs: Tarragon
Tarragon comes in two varieties: French and Russian. Tarragon is used with vinegar and much more!

Bonnie Slotnick's Cookbooks
This Unique cookbook shop reunites chefs with long-lost recipes, found on shelves bursting with rare and out-of-print cookbooks.

Recipes: Apple Dumplings
Check out this great recipe for apple dumplings.

Visual Journey: Onion Harvest
Farmers' Almanac TV takes you on a visual journey of an onion harvest.

Spotlight on Herbs: Lemon Verbena
Lemon Verbena is a rapidly growing shrub that is used often in puddings, sorbets, and more!

Recipes: Cowboy Steak
Visit with a chuck wagon cook for a juicy cowboy steak recipe.

Metropolitan Market
The hottest food spot in Manhattan isn't Nobu. It's where the chefs from Nobu shop: Manhattan's Green Market, which revolutionized how New Yorkers eat and New York chefs cook

Rabbit in Wine Sauce Recipe
Patti Moreno reveals her simple recipe for a delicious rabbit meat entree.

Recipe: Petrale Sole wrapped in Squash Blossoms
Petrale Sole wrapped in Squash Blossoms

Kitchen Wisdom Book
Pearls of Kitchen Wisdom serves up more than 500 time and money-saving pearls that have been passed down for generations from grandmothers and mothers to the youngsters working by their sides. Make your time spent in the kitchen more...

3- Book Set - kitchen tips, garden hints, country living tips
WHAT A GREAT DEAL. This set makes a fantastic gift for you or a gardener or cook you might know!Pearls of Country Wisdom yields more than 700 pearls of wit and wisdom to bring a bit of the country life...

Paula Deen & Friends-Southern Style
Paula Deen & Friends-Southern Style You know, cooking and entertaining Southern style is more than just the food. It's about bringing family and friends together for good times and good food. With over 150 recipes in over 20 easy menus,...

3-Volume Book Set - kitchen tips, garden hints, country living tips
Save even more by purchasing the 3-volume set for only $19.95. The set makes a fantastic gift for you or a gardener or cook you might know! Pearls of Country Wisdom yields more than 700 pearls of wit and...

Episode Nine
EPISODE NINE: HEIRLOOM SEEDS & TRACTOR RESTORATIONMeet the kids in Colorado who have a passion for restoring antique tractors; visit gardeners who are cultivating treasured heirloom seeds in New Mexico; and be prepared to take notes on a hunter's recipe...

Country Wisdom Book
Pearls of Country Wisdom yields more than 700 pearls of wit and wisdom to bring a bit of the country life into your home and garden.A wealth of country know how awaits you with Household Helps, Cooking and Food Preservation,...

Garden Wisdom Book
A 336 page hardcover book that yields a bounty of more than 500 tried-and-true gardening tips and recipes passed down from generations of country gardeners. Master your garden with advice on growing flowers, fruits, vegetables and herbs, both indoors and...

Citrus Morning Noon & Night
A Citrus Cookbook by Deborah Stafford Tukua. Delightful new cookbook by Florida native, country cook and Farmers' Almanac contributor Deborah Tukua. Learn over 130 new, exciting ways to bring the joys of citrus fruit to your family's table. Also includes...

Egg Cooking Tips
August 7, 2006 1:05 PM

Fresh From the Garden Cooking
July 29, 2005 2:48 PM

Eat your Collard Greens this New Year's Day
December 29, 2006 4:48 PM

Warming Spices
February 1, 2006 2:33 PM

Cooking With Zests of Citrus
December 26, 2005 2:16 PM

Miscellaneous Cooking, Kitchen and Other Tips
August 30, 2005 3:24 PM

Hearts from the Hearth
February 10, 2006 8:28 AM

Rose Gardening Tips
May 22, 2006 10:26 AM

Cooking Outside the Bread Box
September 5, 2005 10:28 PM

Unique Kitchen and Dining Uses for Household Items
December 12, 2005 10:33 AM

Freezing the Harvest without Blanching
August 14, 2006 10:58 AM

Farm Aid Blog Post #2
September 30, 2006 12:20 PM

How to De-Stress the Holidays
November 17, 2006 10:48 AM

Healthy Uses for Lemons
August 14, 2006 12:07 PM

Culinary Seeds for Seasoning Chart
May 24, 2006 1:11 PM

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