⚠️ Don't Eat These 5 Fish - The Secret to Fluffy Mashed Potatoes

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When fish is properly prepared, it's one of the most delicious parts of any meal. Yet when you purchase fish, how do you know which type to buy? And more important, how do you know if it's really fresh?

Longtime chef and restaurateur Douglas MacMillan knows the answers. Here are six types of fish he recommends, along with serving suggestions — and five types you might want to avoid.

There are lots of tasty ingredients that can change the way you make mashed potatoes, but one of the best additions to your recipe is readily available in most home kitchens: ice water. Here's how to use it for the fluffiest mashed potatoes of your life...

First-time or first-in-a-long-time grillers may find it challenging to whip up a flavorful, seared steak on their first try. To make things easier we asked expert CJ Jacobson, chef partner at Aba and Ema restaurants, for his advice.

"Grilling is a direct, high heat cooking technique, so the most important thing is to be able to get a grill hot," he said. "Once a steak has proper char marks on each side, I like to cook a steak on a cooler part of the grill to bring the center up to the temperature I want". And that's just the start of his advice!

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Frying and sautéing proteins and vegetables in mustard oil gives them a pronounced peppery flavor in many cuisines throughout Asia. In India, it's also a classic choice for pickling fruits and veggies. But in the United States, the traditional version of this spicy oil made from mustard seeds has been banned for use in cooking for some pretty scary reasons...

It sometimes seems as though avocados are everywhere, from countless brunch dishes to tasty homemade guacamole humming with zingy lime and hot jalapeño. And that perception isn't unfounded.

We really are eating more of the creamy green fruit than ever, especially in recent years. The U.S. alone consumed over 2.7 billion pounds of avocados in 2022 — six times more than we were getting through in 1985. But where are all of these avocados coming from?!

When you think of classic luxury dining, steak Oscar is the kind of dish that comes to mind. This upscale surf 'n turf dish was first served in 1897 to King Oscar II of Sweden, and it still bears his name to this day. But what exactly is it, and how can you cook it at home?