This One Simple Trick Will Make You the Coolest Host Ever
Room temperature vodka is a travesty. You want that stuff as cold as possible. That’s a given. But how do you manage that while throwing a party? Trips to the freezer are annoying, and you want the booze to keep flowing freely. It would be great if you could just coat your bottles in ice and forget about them. Good thing you can do exactly that.
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Holiday Party Planning
Holiday parties are so much fun, but planning them can be a stressor. This holiday party planning checklist will help you rock this year’s company holiday party planning with minimal stress and maximum fun.
The Basics
The most important things you need to do when planning a holiday party for your organization or company are these tasks:
Choose your date. Red hot company party dates this year will be: December 12, December 18 and December 19. That doesn’t mean you HAVE to plan a party on any of those days. Often times, when you plan your holiday party on an “off” day, such as a Sunday or midweek day, you will find much more availabilities with your preferred venues and partners (i.e. caterer!).
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Cooking Techniques
You sit down in a restaurant, scan the menu, and find something that catches your eye—perhaps it’s the chicken, or the ribs, or the fish of the day. But then, as you study the menu’s description, you aren’t so sure you know what will arrive on your plate. You know you like chicken, but what is sous-vide chicken? You’ve had ribs a thousand times, but what are braised short ribs? Which is healthier, the fish option that is pan-fried or the fish that is poached? Knowing a bit about simple cooking techniques can go a long way when it comes to making menu choices. Here are a few preparation techniques that you may find on the menu next time you dine.
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Why Rent Table Settings?
Frequently, when people hire a caterer for an event at home, they are reluctant to spend the additional money to rent table settings. While they might be comfortable with renting table cloths and napkins to ensure the party has a specific look and feel, some people feel renting table settings makes the party too impersonal.
Take the time to talk to your caterer about your options for table settings. Plain, white ceramic plates, bowls, and mugs are always available, but frequently you can rent colors and patterns to add to the overall tone of the event. For example, for an intimate wedding, you might want to serve dinner on plates reminiscent of your grandmother’s fine china. Or for a birthday, you might want to add splashes of color with bold blues, yellows, or pinks.
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Best Flour for Making Pizza Dough
When making pizza at home, the crust is the foundation for your work of art, and the element you have the most control over. The type of wheat flour you use may not seem like a big deal, but there are actually several options to choose from, and the seemingly subtle differences could make or break your pizza.
Understanding Gluten Content in Flour: To decide which flour is right for you and your pizza, it’s important to understand the differences between the various types of flour, including all-purpose flour, bread flour, pastry flour, and cake flour. Upon closer inspection, you’ll notice that the flours have different textures. For example, cake flour is very soft and fine and almost feels like silk, while bread flour is a bit coarser. The difference in texture is due to the amount of gluten. Cake and pastry flour have very low gluten contents (8–10%), making them “soft” flours, while bread flour has a high gluten content (12–14%), making it a “hard,” or “strong,” flour. All-purpose flour is a combination of “hard” and “soft” flours and contains 10–12% gluten.
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The ABC’s of Slicing Meat
Slicing Against the Grain: Letting the Meat Rest and Other Tips
Slicing meat not only helps it fit on your plate and in your mouth, it also helps tenderize it, makes it easier to chew, and, by exposing more surface area to your taste buds, even enhances its flavor.
The most critical element of slicing meat relates to slicing it against the grain, which we’ll get into shortly. But it’s not just how you slice your meat that’s important. It’s also when you slice it.
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