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This Thanksgiving we're partnering up with Emile Henry® show our gratitude for you all with this awesome giveaway. Bread is gold, go make some. Giveaway rules below. The secret of a successful, crusty loaf lies in the baking. The dome of the Emile Henry Round Bread Baker is made from refractory ceramic, producing the same level of humidity as a traditional bread oven. This is what creates a thick, crispy crust and a light, airy inside. When used upside down, the lid can also be used as a mixing bowl for preparing the dough and proofing. The highly resistant glaze and the criss-cross pattern on the platter prevent the loaf from sticking and make cleaning easy. The Round Bread Baker is the ideal tool for baking your crusty homemade bread! GIVEAWAY RULES NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS GIVEAWAY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID OUTSIDE OF THE STATES LISTED BELOW AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. MUST HAVE VALID EMAIL ADDRESS. Giveaway Period: Emily Henry Bread Cloche Giveaway begins November 24, 2021 at 2:00PM PST and ends November 30, 2021 at 12:00AM PST. Eligibility: Open only to residents of the U.S. who are 18 or older. Employees and the immediate families (spouses, parents, children, siblings, grandparents, stepparents, stepchildren and step siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and household members of each such employee (whether or not related) of Sponsor, Administrator and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, retailers, marketers, dealers, advertising agencies, Web designers, and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter or win a prize. To enter: To receive an automatic entry into the Giveaway, an email subscriber (“Email Subscriber”) must register online. Sponsor will not acknowledge receipt of entries. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. If you unsubscribe to receive future emails, all entries you may have will be automatically removed from future prize drawings. By entering, you acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator, which are final and binding on all matters relating to this Giveaway. Winner selection: There will be one random drawing from among all eligible entries. The winner will be contacted using the email address they provided. They have one week to respond to the email. If they have not responded, another winner will be chosen.

It may seem like a daunting task, but making a homemade chocolate cake is wayyyyyy easier than you think. Maybe you’re tempted to grab a cake mix and call it a day? Don’t do it! With a tiny bit of effort and the best ingredients, a homemade chocolate cake will be exactly what you're looking for. Having a good chocolate cake recipe in your back pocket will come in handy for the holidays, bringing to dinner parties, or just because you want a chocolate cake (we feel that!). However, all chocolate cake recipes are not created equal. If you’re craving the best chocolate cake ever, here are a few tips and tricks to help get you across the finish line. Use Only High-quality, Unsweetened Cocoa Naturally the most important element of any chocolate cake – most of the best chocolate cake recipes rely on cocoa powder–so use the highest quality cocoa you can find. It's all about the color of the cocoa; the darker the cocoa, the better. Also, it's helpful to know that baking cocoa powder is different from regular cocoa powder, which is used to make hot chocolate, so make sure you’re buying the right kind. Pro bakers sometimes prefer to use melted chocolate and cocoa powder together... Use High-quality Chocolate, Too If you only keep one kind of chocolate product on hand for dessert-making emergencies, it should be baking bars. If you use the right chocolate, you'll get a great cake, and isn't that the most important thing? I typically opt for using chocolate that I’d like to eat straight out of the package. And yeah, baking isles can be a little overwhelming. Here’s a helpful article if you’re struggling with which chocolate to choose. I find chocolate bars to be quite versatile when it comes to making the best chocolate cake. They're great for baking or for eating by the handful (hehe). I like to keep a few Guittard or Callebaut chocolate bars on hand. The better your chocolate, the better your chocolate cake will taste. Use Room Temperature Ingredients Although you technically can use ingredients right out of the fridge, the results won't be quite as yummy. For example, what happens when you use butter from the fridge? Your batter will be stiff and hard to beat, and you might end up with random chunks of butter in it. When your baking ingredients are the same temperature, it's much easier for it all to come together. Cream the Butter and Sugar WELL The fluffier your chocolate cake the better, right?? Before adding the rest of the ingredients, make sure to cream the butter and sugar together, until the mixture is light and fluffy. While this step might add a few minutes to your prep time, the extra effort will be well worth it. A fluffy, pale sugar + butter base means that you’ve incorporated plenty of air into the batter, which will give you a much fluffier chocolate cake. Dust Baking Pan with Cocoa Powder Instead of Flour Many chocolate cake recipes have you dust your baking pan with flour. This helps the cake come out of the baking pan without sticking. However, when I make chocolate cake, I find that cocoa powder works in the same way that flour does, and provides more of a chocolatey finish. Next time you’re baking a chocolate cake, try dusting your pan with cocoa instead of flour and taste the delicious difference for yourself. Do you have any go-to tips for making a delicious chocolate cake? We’re all ears!

How many types of pasta can you find? Get a chance to win our brand new custom made IMPASTIAMO Gnocchi Board by letting us know how many pasta types you can find and naming them all. You can share your findings with us by commenting below this post, or on our Instagram page @impastiamoclasses. Winners announced on Sunday, October 17th at 10AM PT.

Photo Credit: Claudio Schwartz Turkey or Chicken, Chicken or Turkey, that is the question Is your inner voice telling you to not buy turkey this year but rather instead serve a crispy chicken at your Thanksgiving dinner? Traditions are important, but they’re not set in stone. On one hand chicken is smaller, less expensive, and you can readapt your recipe at any time of the year. On the other hand, recipes with turkey are a good occasion to take your cooking skills to the next level. Although this year we’re playing for Team Chicken, in this article you can still find some interesting tips on how to use your turkey leftovers. We spent some time researching some old, but good, recipes grabbed from some major cooking magazines published in the 60s and 70s. Enjoy! Chicken, few things to know before we start Source your chicken locally and be sure it is organic. According to a report, the safest birds (those with less probability to carry bacterias such as salmonella) are those “air-chilled”. In the air-chilled process the carcasses are refrigerated rather than dunked in cold chlorinated water. How to clean and prepare the chicken in the safest way? Choose chickens that are well wrapped, and buy them as your last item before approaching the checkout line. Store your chicken at 40 degrees or below, or freeze it (for two days) if you’re planning to not cook it immediately. Lastly, cook your chicken to at least 350F. Now that we’re set, let’s start with the recipes! Sunday Chicken Photo Credit: Getty Images This recipe is quite old, it first appeared in the New York Times in 1969, and it was called: “Chicken Recipe for the weekend”, so we might imagine that it tastes just like home. The Chicken is cooked in the oven with roasted almonds and a sauce made with oranges and lemons, giving the dish a sweet and sour taste. Click here for the recipe Chicken with Rosemary Photo Credit: Getty Images This is like the perfect couple, rosemary on chicken is the absolute combination for your Thanksgiving dinner. And you know the best part? It takes less than one hour and includes sweet paprika and mushrooms. Click here for the recipe Get creative with Turkey leftovers Photo Credit: Raman Sqc This recipe is for curry lovers, and for those who want to avoid food waste by creating something new with turkey leftovers. Click here for the recipe Not satisfied yet? Check this article about Thanksgiving Brunch to find more recipes.

November 15th is dedicated to fridges filled with USO’s: Unidentified Shriveled Objects. This day, dubbed National Clean Out Your Fridge Day according to the National Day Calendar, is an annual event observed in an effort to encourage people to clean out their nasty refrigerators, to help prepare for the upcoming holiday season. Holidays aside, National Clean Out Your Fridge Day is a good reminder to maintain a clean refrigerator for health and safety reasons as well. But, honestly, it's the perfect time of year to tackle this task. You’ll need the space for the holidays coming up, and when you’re desperately rooting in the fridge for stuff to feed to unexpected guests, you’ll want to be sure that you don’t haul out something that will kill anyone. It’s also a good time to check the temperature in your fridge, before you begin storing all kinds of expensive holiday food in it. We’re all guilty of tucking expired foods in the back of our refrigerators that turn into horrific science experiments overtime, right? Who hasn’t found sour milk, spoiled yogurt, or jars of soups and jams that have become chemical concoctions from time to time? Produce drawers can be the worst, where vegetables have decomposed over the past year into brownish gels. Some people have vegetable crispers that are so bad they should almost call in a hazardous waste disposal team; they joke that the search for new life forms should start in their crisper drawers. 3 Things to Do on National Clean Out Your Fridge Day National Clean Out Your Fridge Day is the time of year to take matters into your own hands when it comes to the status and well being of the contents inside your refrigerator. Whether you’re doing it to make room for your Thanksgiving turkey or Christmas ham, or you just want a clean fridge for your own sanity, here are practical things to do on National Clean Out Your Fridge Day. 1. Pitch Expired Foods and Drinks It probably goes without saying that expired food and spoiled beverages are just plain harmful to your health. Consuming something spoiled or expired has the potential to at the very least taste horrible, but at the very worst cause you serious health complications. In some cases, eating expired food can cause food poisoning, which makes you susceptible to symptoms including vomiting, fever, dehydration, and diarrhea. In other cases, expired foods can develop mold, which can produce toxic substances that are very harmful to the human body. To keep yourself and your family safe from these health complications, start observing National Clean Out Your Fridge Day by chucking anything that is expired and well beyond its suggested consumption date. Try not to feel guilty about food waste. It is in poor taste to throw food away, but vow to yourself that you’ll do better in the future by eating foods when they’re safest to consume. Hopefully visually seeing all of the expired foods that you’re throwing away will make you realize just how precious our access to food is and will inspire you to eat foods in a more responsible manner moving forward. Best case scenario is that the expired goods in your fridge are slim to none! 2. Donate Extra Food to a Food Bank If you have food sitting in your refrigerator that is unused and well within its recommended expiration date that you have no intention of eating, pack a box of these items and donate them to a food drive. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about one third of the food produced in the world that is made for human consumption ends up being wasted or gets lost, annually. That is roughly 1.3 billions tons of food gone, per year. With staggering stats like these, waste not fellow twenty-something. If you bought food or beverages on impulse buys that you know you’re not going to consume, donate these unused, non-expired goods to support your local community and those in need. 3. Sanitize Your Empty Refrigerator Once you’ve cleared out expired and unwanted food, take this opportunity to give your fridge a thorough deep clean. Pick up a cleaning agent that is designed and safe for use on fridges. Instead of a chemical cleaning agent, you could opt for natural ingredients like hot water, paste (think lemon juice mixed with baking soda), or salt water (used to kill germs). While National Clean Out Your Fridge Day is not quite as thrilling as National Taco Day (October 4) or National Brownie Day (December 8), it's still an important day to observe. What tips do you have when it comes to cleaning out your fridge? Share them in the comments below!

Super excited to be partnering with Véritable®! Time to grow your own herbs in the kitchen! Enter to get a chance to win. Giveaway rules below. Grow your aromatic herbs, edible flowers and baby vegetables all year round without any effort. Don't have a green thumb? The Véritable® Véritable® Garden takes care of everything! The Smart Garden automatically adjusts the LED's intensity depending on the ambient light, to distribute the perfect amount of light to your plants. Includes 4 Véritable® Lingots®: Sweet Basil, Curly Parsley, Chives and Thyme GIVEAWAY RULES NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS GIVEAWAY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID OUTSIDE OF THE STATES LISTED BELOW AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. MUST HAVE VALID EMAIL ADDRESS. Giveaway Period: Veritable Classic Garden Giveaway begins October 25, 2021 at 2:00PM PST and ends November 1st, 2021 at 12:00AM PST. Eligibility: Open only to residents of the U.S. who are 18 or older. Employees and the immediate families (spouses, parents, children, siblings, grandparents, stepparents, stepchildren and step siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and household members of each such employee (whether or not related) of Sponsor, Administrator and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, retailers, marketers, dealers, advertising agencies, Web designers, and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter or win a prize. To enter: To receive an automatic entry into the Giveaway, an email subscriber (“Email Subscriber”) must register online. Sponsor will not acknowledge receipt of entries. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. If you unsubscribe to receive future emails, all entries you may have will be automatically removed from future prize drawings. By entering, you acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator, which are final and binding on all matters relating to this Giveaway. Winner selection: There will be one random drawing from among all eligible entries. The winner will be contacted using the email address they provided. They have one week to respond to the email. If they have not responded, another winner will be chosen.