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Reusable Cover for Cooked Steaks

Instead of wasting a sheet of aluminum foil to tent steaks as they rest after cooking, John Sturtz of Seoul, South Korea, uses a disposable aluminum pan. Like foil, the pan sits gently on top of the meat to help keep it warm, but it’s reusable and easy to clean.

Truss Poultry with Foil

When Alicia Woods of Vancouver, British Columbia, needed to

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