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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
    • 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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    ♥ Easter Favorites

    • A peeps bunny and jelly beans decorate the top of a decorated cake cone filled with orange fluff.
      Cute Peeps Easter Treats in Ice Cream Cones (Easy No-Melt Dessert)
    • A glazed spiral ham on a white platter with sprigs of rosemary.
      Brown Sugar and Bourbon Glazed Ham
    • A fully baked sweet potato casserole with a layer of melted and toasted miniature marshmallows on top is ready to be served and enjoyed.
      Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Casserole
    • 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
    • Square image of a serving of fruit salad in a clear glass bowl.
      5 Cup Fruit Salad
    • Rice Krispie Treats with pastel mini marshmallows are on a beige cutting board.
      Pastel Rice Krispie Treats

    ♥ Trending Favorites

    • Leftover roast beef hash with potatoes and onions in a skillet with a spoon.
      Leftover Roast Beef Hash
    • Two tall fruity cocktails garnished with a slice of orange and maraschino cherries.
      Bahama Mama
    • A Tex-Mex style ground beef and rice casserole in a white pan.
      Texas Hash
    • Square image of orange fluff garnished with whipped topping, a mandarin orange, and a sprig of mint.
      Mandarin Orange Fluff
    • A chart of Fahrenheit temperatures converted to Celsius with text overlays.
      Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius for Cooking and Baking
    • Burst Tomato and Mozzarella Spread in a round, black baking dish surrounded by golden toasted crostini.
      Burst Tomato and Mozzarella Spread

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