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Alice Knisley Matthias

Alice Knisley Matthias writes about food, garden, family and education. Her work appears in The New York Times, Allrecipes, Taste of Home, TIME for Kids, Better Homes & Gardens, Food Network, Washington Post, Delish, EatingWell, The Kitchn,  Family Handyman, Birds and Blooms, Woman's Day, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, an America's Test Kitchen cookbook, Kids Discover, Boys' Life and Parade. Her book, "Tasty Snacks in a Snap!" is published by Scholastic for young readers. She is a regular contributor for publications covering food trends, product roundups, recipes, profiles and celebrity chef profiles. Her work includes subjects like a Master Chef Junior finalist, music and theatre kids at work, how to make food from kitchen scraps, the arts in education, the science of yeast and the birds of NYC.

Better Homes & Gardens •

Eliminate Unwanted Kitchen Smells With These 12 Range Hoods

There’s nothing quite like a home-cooked meal or a freshly baked pan of brownies. But cooking and baking often come with unpleasant surprises like grease splatters or strong odors you don’t necessarily want lingering around your home. Adding a hood above your range can make a world of difference in your kitchen when it comes to removing odors, grease, smoke, and steam. We consulted Andrew Forlines, chef and home kitchen appliance expert at Chef AF, LLC., on our quest to find the best range hoods
Better Homes & Gardens •

Keep Your Bathroom Floor Dry with These 9 Best Shower Curtain Liners

Shower curtains might be your focus when it comes to bathroom decor, but shower curtain liners play an important role in functionality. They keep water from splashing on the floor and creating an unsafe slippery surface or a soggy bath mat waiting for you when you step out of the shower. The best shower curtain liner for your household will depend on multiple factors, including budget, material weight, and maintenance needs. “Heavy plastic liners will last longer and not tend to rip as quickly a
Kids Discover •

Interview with Karen Cicero and the Good Housekeeping Kids’ Book Awards 2023

Kids Discover Interview with Karen Cicero and the Good Housekeeping Kids’ Book Awards 2023

What makes a book become a favorite for a reader?

Do the characters feel like people you know? Does the story make you want to read for hours and never put the book down? Maybe you read a line and burst out laughing. The illustrations add to the magic of the story on the page.

There are a variety of formats, genres and titles available for readers on the shelves at schools, libraries and bookstores. Wha

Healthy Appetite | Your 🔥 Job

You might be asked this question when ordering food in a restaurant. A nutritionist can help you with the answer.

Ellie Krieger is a nationally known nutritionist. Her job is to teach people how to make healthy food choices. She believes healthy eating can manage disease and promote overall good health. With her cookbooks, television programs, and podcast, Krieger also teaches people how to follow recipes and prepare delicious food.

Krieger became interested in the science of nutrition while s
Allrecipes •

Cup Noodles Finally Settles the Debate: This Is the Right Way to Eat Instant Noodles

You’re hungry and that reliable quick fix of Cup Noodles always hits the spot. It’s fast, easy to prepare, inexpensive, warm, and satisfying with an abundance of wiggly noodles to twirl and eat. What's not to love?

Well according to a recent debate that has broken out on social media, not everyone is in agreement on exactly how you should enjoy the noodles.


The Debate: How To Eat Instant Noodles?

Cup Noodles are designed to be prepared directly in the cup by simply adding water, closing the
Kids Discover •

Miss America Grace Stanke Talks About STEM Topics

“In addition to helping change public perception of nuclear energy and technology, I hope to inspire youth, especially young girls, to explore STEM and to see that going into these fields, including nuclear engineering, is an option for them.” – Grace Stanke

What is it like to cover 280,000 miles in a year talking to people of all ages about how STEM topics are everywhere in the world around us?

Miss America Grace Stanke has been having conversations with people about her studies with STEM top
Kids Discover •

An Interview with Food Network Magazine Editor in Chief Maile Carpenter

What can we learn from cooking? We need reading skills to go through a recipe and follow instructions and a sequence of steps. Math skills help us measure ingredients with cups and different sizes of spoons. We can learn about the history of a country, cultures and traditions from reading recipes and trying new ingredients and food. Cooking also helps us learn where our food comes from to understand the conversation about how ingredients travel from the farm to our tables.

Let’s make a food cal
Allrecipes •

Why Do You Have to Massage Kale? Plus Hacks for Making It Easier

Kale can sometimes get a bad rap. People say they don't like the taste of the leafy greens or that it is tough in texture as an ingredient in a salad.

As for taste, your genes are in control when it comes to how sensitive you are to bitter flavors. If you find that kale has a harsh flavor according to your palate, it is most likely the result of glucosinolates. Kale happens to have a pungent combination of glucose, amino acids, and sulfur compounds. These are beneficial for health issues but ma
Allrecipes •

Love the Crunchy Topping on Mac and Cheese? Get a Whole Pan Full

Who doesn't love the crunchy bits of macaroni and cheese when it comes out of the oven all hot and bubbling? This had us wondering, is there a way to make this dish and have everyone get a piece of the crispy topping that forms in the heat of the oven?

Swapping out the casserole dish for your sheet pan can help make the most of those favorite bits — along with a combination of cheese and bread crumbs of course. Here's what you want to keep in mind if you want to get the delightful crunchy toppi
Better Homes & Gardens •

Keep Your Bathroom Floor Dry with These 9 Best Shower Curtain Liners

Shower curtains might be your focus when it comes to bathroom decor, but shower curtain liners play an important role in functionality. They keep water from splashing on the floor and creating an unsafe slippery surface or a soggy bath mat waiting for you when you step out of the shower. The best shower curtain liner for your household will depend on multiple factors, including budget, material weight, and maintenance needs. “Heavy plastic liners will last longer and not tend to rip as quickly a
Taste of Home •

This Is What Your Kids' Teachers Want You to Know About School Lunch

Follow this guide to send the right food to school!

School is in session—and it’s time to talk about the food you send to school with your child.

They need the energy to read books and tackle those math problems, and food is fuel for the day! Maybe you pack the lunch and snacks the night before, or you’re the early riser who gets it all organized in the morning. Either way, it isn’t easy to come up with interesting lunch ideas day after day.

It’s important to make sure you pack something that
Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays •

Trisha Yearwood's Slow-Cooker Macaroni and Cheese Is Comfort Food Goals

A dinner that includes a dish like macaroni and cheese is always a welcome sight for hungry family members. Macaroni and cheese can serve as a satisfying side dish, or as the star of the meal with the addition of chunks of country ham or broccoli spears.

Trisha Yearwood, the host of the Emmy-award winning Food Network show Trisha's Southern Kitchen, has a recipe that you can start in the slow cooker when the kids get home from school and be ready to serve when homework is done: Crock Pot Macaro
Allrecipes •

These 4 Hacks Will Help You Get That First Slice of Pie Out With Ease

How can you make the first slice of pie look as good as every other slice?

These 4 Hacks Will Help You Get That First Slice of Pie Out With Ease

That first slice of pie always seems to be a struggle to maneuver out of the baking dish and get it to the plate without falling apart. Get that slice to slide right out of the baking dish and deliver it to the serving plate with a picture-perfect slice every time with this hacks that are, well, easy as pie.

McDowell says we all have someone who asks
Taste of Home •

Here's How Not to Kill Your Succulents

Don't stress, but succulents do require a little bit of care. Here's how much to water succulents, and how to fertilize and transplant succulents to make sure they thrive.

Succulents are unique, eye-catching plants that come in a huge variety of sizes, shapes, blooms and bold foliage colors. In practice, they’re just as versatile: succulents can thrive in an outdoor perennial garden, window box or indoor pots.

Succulents are considered low-maintenance: they’re fairly drought-tolerant, and with
Allrecipes •

How to Wash Your Dish Drying Mat

A good dish drying mat is there for you when it’s time to wash the dishes, but what do you do when it’s time to wash the dish drying mat?

These mats are a handy solution for small kitchen spaces and work well when you want to wash only a few dishes at a time. Dish drying mats also serve as a space-saving alternative to larger dish drying racks that take up precious counter space, and the mat can be tucked away and stored when not in use.

Any piece of kitchen equipment that comes into contact w
Allrecipes •

Everything You Need to Know About Chicken of the Woods Mushrooms

If you've ever come across a mushroom bearing the most unusual name, "chicken of the woods," you likely have a few questions. For starters: What are these large fungi with slightly grooved edges and pale yellow to orange color?

Chicken of the woods mushrooms are medium to large in size and will certainly catch your eye with their distinctive look. (After all, they're certainly no baby bellas.) These distinctive fungi are found during the late spring through fall in most areas.

The best way to
Allrecipes •

The Easiest Way to Grate Parmesan Cheese

Sometimes store-bought grated Parmesan cheese just won't cut it. If you are adding grated Parm to a pasta sauce or really need it to melt into your dish freshly grated is the way to go. But let's be honest, you don't always have time to get out that box grater and get in an arm workout while making dinner.

This hack leaves all the work up to one staple kitchen appliance: the blender. With the help of your trusty countertop companion you can have freshly grated cheese in under a minute.

This is
Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays •

20 Boozy Summer Cocktails That Work for Memorial Day Through Labor Day

We can almost hear the fireworks, 4th of July is so close. And what would a holiday weekend be, without festive summer cocktail recipes to celebrate? Tropical libations garnished with fresh fruit and herbs are always perfect for sipping on warm summer evenings and we've rounded up 20 fun twists on classic drinks every partygoer will enjoy.

Not sure how to make a shrub when you're playing bartender for your backyard bash? Find out with one of the easy recipes in this gallery. Need a large-format
Taste of Home •

People Are Using Soda Bottles as Strawberry Planters and This DIY Is Pure Genius

You can start a garden with recycled plastic bottles!

If you have limited space available, it’s still possible to make planting dreams come true! People are using soda bottles to create strawberry planters—and honestly, we can’t believe we didn’t think of this before.

How Does Planting in Soda Bottles Work?

A video shared by TikTok user @spicymoustache shows a way to reuse plastic bottles to create strawberry growing magic. Instead of recycling the empty bottles, make a vertical planting syst
EatingWell •

TikTok Says This Is Where You Should Be Storing Your Plastic Wrap

Summertime means dining outdoors more often and packing up food to take to picnics or backyard barbecues. It can also mean using food coverings like plastic wrap to help store your food in the fridge, transport it in the car or wrap it up after a meal (there are also several reusable food wrap options we love that can help you cut down on your plastic consumption). But have you ever had a roll of plastic wrap get stuck to itself or the box, leaving you unable to tear off a piece to use? We've al
Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays •

This Instant Pot Whole Roast Chicken Recipe Beats Every Other Way to Cook an Entire Bird

This Instant Pot Whole Roast Chicken Recipe Beats Every Other Way to Cook an Entire Bird

Ask any home cook which kitchen appliance they rely on the most, for getting family meals together quickly and many will say the same answer: the Instant Pot. What is it about this specific gadget that just makes dinner better (and easier)? Well, it does all the work—fast. Hence the name: INSTANT Pot. It's speedier than the slow cooker and air fryer, but churns out the same delicious recipes in half the tim
Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays •

Air Fryer Steak Is Ready In 20 Minutes—Without Mess or Stress

If you have a family of meat lovers that request steak dinners on the regular, you probably grow tired of grilling, searing and oven roasting steak. Plus there's prep and cleanup involved, dishes and well, your time. That's where air fryer steak comes in, to help you get dinner on the table without hardly any effort except the push of a button.

Making succulent, tender ribeye steak has never been easier, thanks to this recipe.

Related: 15 Types of Steak—and How to Cook Them

Ribeye steak is a
Delish •

BBQ Brisket On The Grill Is A Game Changer

You don't need a fancy smoker to make BBQ Brisket. Instead, use your grill to make classic BBQ Brisket and serve with your favorite sides like Southern Baked Mac & Cheese, Potato Salad, Broccoli Salad, and potato rolls. Before cooking, you'll infuse the meat with a savory-sweet dry rub. At least 20 minutes is recommended, but if you wanted to get that step out of the way (and amp up the flavor, too), you can refrigerate the dry-rubbed brisket uncovered for up to 24 hours.

The key to grilling BB
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