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How To

Learn how to cook your favorite recipe, the best ways to use olive oil, or deepen your knowledge about Mediterranean spices. We are here to help with all of our best tips and tricks to make your kitchen experience a positive one!

Padron peppers topped with flakey sea salt on a plate.

Blistered Padron Peppers (Pimientos de Padrón)

Fresh basil bouquet in a jar of water

How to Store Fresh Basil

A potato wedge being dipped into the bowl of aioli that's resting on a plate with more potato wedges and lemons.

Aioli Recipe

2 pieces of grilled salmon on the grill with the charred flesh side facing up.

How to Grill Salmon (2 Ways)

An overhead photo of homemade labneh in a bowl, garnished with herbs, olives, figs, a radish and a drizzle of olive oil surrounded by various fruits and raw vegetables and a bowl of za'atar.

Labneh

a glass of strawberry lemonade garnished with a strawberry and a lemon slice.

Strawberry Lemonade

four italian easter breads each containing a blue dyed easter egg on a cloth napkin.

Italian Easter Bread (Soft and Fluffy)

Falafel assembled in one pita pocket

Why Your Falafel Falls Apart: 5 Secrets to The Perfect Street-Style Crunch

close up of a bowl of polenta topped with parmigiano reggiano cheese and a sprig of thyme.

Creamy Polenta

Marinara sauce in a skillet with a wooden spoon. Next to this is a bottle of olive oil and sprigs of fresh basil.

30-Minute Marinara Sauce

Garlic confit in a jar. Next to this are fresh sprigs of thyme and rosemary.

How to Make Garlic Confit

Two roasted spaghetti squash halves on a baking sheet with a fork after their flesh has been scraped.

How to Cook Spaghetti Squash

The ingredients for the tomato confit cooking and being stirred together in a saucepan with a wooden spoon.

Easy Tomato Confit

Three grilled chicken breasts that have been marinated in Greek chicken marinade and are on a platter with lemon wedges and a sprinkle of parsley.

11 Marinade Recipes to Up Your Grilling Game This Summer

Two baked french baguettes on a wooden serving board next to a cloth kitchen towel and a bowl of jam with a spoon.

Easy, No-Knead French Baguettes

Three strawberry crepes drizzled with chocolate on a plate with a fork.

Crêpes with Strawberries and Chocolate

Homemade greek yogurt in a bowl with a spoon next to a small bowl with various berries and a bowl of granola.

How to Make Greek Yogurt

a glass of limoncello with a bottle of limoncello in the background.

Homemade Limoncello Recipe

An overhead close up photo of 4 roasted sweet potatoes split open.

How to Roast Sweet Potatoes Whole

Olive oil being poured from a bottle into a glass bowl.

Cooking with Olive Oil: Everything You Need to Know!

A close up of several filled cannolis.

Homemade Cannoli (Shells and Filling)

Dried oregano in a bowl with a wooden spoon.

Oregano: Everything You Need to Know About This Essential Mediterranean Herb

An overhead photo of several grilled oysters with garlicky herb sauce on a bed of rock salt in a skillet sitting on a grill.

Grilled Oysters with Garlic Herb Sauce

An overhead photo of shucked oysters on a bed of rock salt on a platter with a bowl of lemon wedges. Next to this is an oyster knife and 5 whole oysters.

How to Shuck Oysters, From Someone Who Has Shucked Too Many to Count!

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