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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
    • Rolling pin, whisk, and eggs surrounding a notebook with text reading "recipe abbreviations".
      Common Recipe Abbreviations
    • 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
    • Stacked boxes of Dash Mini Waffle Makers. The words "Unprocess Your Food!" are repeated on the boxes and appear in the center of the image.
      Unprocess Your Food!
    • 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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    ♥ EC Christmas Favorites

    • Cranberry Jello salad in a bowl and ready to be served with a spoon.
      Cranberry Jell-O Salad with Mandarin Oranges
    • Dinner rolls glistening with butter and honey, are generously sprinkled with flaked sea salt and piled high in a rustic serving container.
      Steakhouse Dinner Rolls
    • Mashed golden potatoes with the skins on in a white serving bowl topped with butter and fresh chives.
      Rustic Mashed Potatoes with Butter
    • Brown gravy being ladled into a gravy boat.
      Homemade All-Purpose Gravy
    • A slice of pumpkin pie on a white plate with a pine cone decoration in the background.
      Famous Pumpkin Pie
    • The cheesecake dessert on a plate and garnished with whipped topping and a small pretzel.
      Cranberry Cheesecake Pretzel Dessert

    ♥ Trending Favorites

    • Square image of dip in a white bowl topped with bacon and green onion surrounded by celery sticks and crackers.
      Neiman Marcus Million Dollar Dip
    • A glazed spiral ham on a white platter with sprigs of rosemary.
      Brown Sugar and Bourbon Glazed Ham
    • A white dish with black flowers contains a pink fluff with marshmallows and cherries.
      Cherry Pineapple Fluff
    • Split pea soup with bacon is in a white bowl and garnished with sour cream, croutons, and fresh thyme.
      Split Pea Soup with Bacon
    • Perfect hard boiled eggs with the eggshell removed and are in a glass bowl.
      Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs
    • Leftover roast beef hash with potatoes and onions in a skillet with a spoon.
      Leftover Roast Beef Hash

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