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    The Dish

    The Dish is where you find informative essays on cooking and baking ingredients, cooking terms, helpful hints, recipe origins, and my own kitchen stories.

    This is where you can find topics like what "Mix by Hand" means, what Green Dough is (it's not the color of the dough!), and how to Collect and Store Recipes.

     

    • Holiday Baking Shopping List in red and black ink with text overlays.
      Ultimate Shopping List for Holiday Baking
    • Color drawings of 15 culinary herbs with labels.
      15 Essential Culinary Herbs Every Cook Should Know
    • A graphic showing volume measurements and their value when cutting a recipe in half.
      How to Cut a Recipe in Half (Chart and Table)
    • A graphic showing how to measure butter by the number of sticks or a fractional portion of sticks.
      How to Measure Butter
    • Eggs, milk, and a whisk on a wooden board splashed with flour with text overlay.
      List of Cooking and Baking Ingredient Substitutions
    • A square collage of 4 images of dough and bread with text overlay.
      One Dough Makes Many Breads
    • Raw risen dough and ingredients with text overlay.
      Green Dough - Leavening Methods and Agents
    • A recipe file slightly open and a banner saying "Legacy Recipes, What I Wish I Knew".
      Legacy Recipes
    • A pile of flaked sea salt and the words "Flaked Sea Salt" are in the middle of the image.
      Flaked Sea Salt
    • Elderflowers on a green background with text overlay.
      Elderflower Notes - A Review of Liqueurs and Syrups
    • A hand pouring a bottle of oil into a stainless steel pot with text overlay.
      How to Choose the Right Cooking Oil
    • An overhead view ot a bowl with white topping and a hand mixer with beaters poised over it. The words "Mix by Hand" are centered over the top portion of the bowl.
      Mix by Hand
    Jan Nunes

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    Welcome to Encharted Cook! I'm Jan, a seasoned cook with recipe charts, pro tips, and ideas to help you make delicious dinners. Over the years, I've learned that many recipes are related... and if you learn to make one delicious dish, you can make many more!

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    ♥ Favorite Spring Treats

    • Strawberry French Butter Cake on a white fluted plate garnished with whole strawberries.
      Strawberry French Butter Cake
    • A whole strawberry pie topped with whipped cream on a white plate.
      Fresh Strawberry Pie
    • A tube cake in white frosting decorated with sliced strawberries on its top.
      Strawberry Almond Chiffon Cake
    • A sliced cherry pecan loaf cake frosted with pink frosting and decorated with chopped pecans and cherries on a white plate.
      Cherry Pecan Loaf Cake
    • An angel food cake with a snowy white glaze and pearl frosted almonds on a wooden platter with a bark edge.
      Poppy Seed Angel Food Cake
    • Baked cherry clafoutis in a white baking dish.
      Cherry Clafoutis

    ♥ Trending Favorites

    • White Sandwich Bread on a wooden cutting board with three slices cut from the loaf.
      White Sandwich Bread
    • Corn salad in a glass dish.
      Corn Salad Recipe (Fresh Summer Corn Salad with Lime Dressing)
    • A whole strawberry pie topped with whipped cream on a white plate.
      Fresh Strawberry Pie
    • Close view of tartar sauce in a clear glass bowl on a white plate encircled by a lemon, fresh whole chives, a small whisk, and a spoon.
      How to Make the Best Tartar Sauce
    • Two tall fruity cocktails garnished with a slice of orange and maraschino cherries.
      Bahama Mama
    • Square image of two carafes. One contains clear simple syrup and the other contains brown sugar simple syrup.
      Simple Syrup and Recipe Chart with 7 Variations

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