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Grilling a Great Steak: How to Do It Like a Pro

Grilling a Great Steak: How to Do It Like a Pro

Does the idea of a juicy steak, grilled to glistening, sizzling perfection make your mouth water?  Luckily for you, you can achieve professional results at home, without a whole lot of effort.  Following, you’ll find tips for grilling the perfect steak – no matter how 

MagicKitchen.com pictures

MagicKitchen.com pictures

We rarely do a blog touting our own meals, but I felt it was time. Our meals are great, after all!  We’ve had some changes to the menu over the years, as the owners and chefs work out more recipes and refine the menu. And 

5 All Natural & Dental-Friendly Sweeteners You’ll Love

5 All Natural & Dental-Friendly Sweeteners You’ll Love

If there’s a hate/love relationship we all as human beings share, it’s our relationship with sugar. Think about it. Sugar is sweet; it tastes good and makes other things taste good. It gives dessert its taste and ultimately appears in so much of our food 

8 Tips on How to Throw an Anniversary Party for Your Parents

8 Tips on How to Throw an Anniversary Party for Your Parents

So, it’s your parents’ 25th wedding anniversary, and they’ve talked about it, and decided to do… nothing. The anticipated stress of having to plan a get together or the awkwardness of having to sit through minstrels massacring Mozart at a “romantic” restaurant is just too 

Just Like Mom Used to Make

Just Like Mom Used to Make

For some reason, my meatloaf never comes out the same way as my mom’s used to and no matter how hard I try, and how many times she has shown me how to make her vanilla pound cake, it comes out like just a dry 

Dinner Takes All: How to Make Your Dinner Party a Success

Dinner Takes All: How to Make Your Dinner Party a Success

With the continuing popularity of ‘Dinner Takes All’, dinner parties have never been more fashionable! The program wonderfully demonstrates the fun that can be had when a host gets it right, but it also highlights the multitude of things that can go wrong! But follow 

10 Great Kitchen Gadgets

10 Great Kitchen Gadgets

Kitchen gadgets are the best; some of us are absolutely addicted to collecting them. I remember I had a lemon zester that I loved, until someone bought me a microplane! Now my zester sits unused in a drawer. Microplanes will be my first item then, 

Activities for the Dog Days of Summer

Activities for the Dog Days of Summer

Looking for easy meals and activities for the dog days of summer? Then look no further, my friend. We all dread those dog days, but there isn’t too much we can do about it. So, as I figured out a long time ago, you just 

Thanksgiving in July

Thanksgiving in July

Hold the phone. You mean to tell me I can get a turkey dinner, as in Thanksgiving dinner all year long? This is probably the best thing to come to summer since Holiday movies airing on TV in July. There is no need to wait 

Top 5 Picks for a Dream Kitchen

Top 5 Picks for a Dream Kitchen

Designing your dream kitchen sounds like an easy task … until you sit down and try to put it all on paper. Suddenly there are too many choices to make and it can be hard to even know which decisions to make. How it looks