Julie Chai, associate garden editor of Sunset magazine, gives the lowdown on how to keep snails out of your garden, and away from your food.

How to Get Rid of Garden Snails

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CHOW.com Senior Editor Lessley Anderson has a simple but surprising tip that will keep your coffee powerful, even as the ice melts.

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CHOW Kitchen Editorial Assistant Christine Yue Gallary shows you how to make the fancy chocolate and cheese shavings.

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Blogger Adrienne Capps shares her recipe for making a house hot sauce.

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Blogger Adrienne Capps shares her recipe for making ketchup from scratch. It involves a lot of spices, so you’ll want to follow the written recipe to make this condiment.

How to Make Your Own Ketchup

Bartender at San Francisco's Heaven's Dog and owner of Small Hand Foods, Jennifer Colliau will blow your mind with this bartender secret: You do not need to boil your simple syrup. In fact, it's preferable not to! Jennifer shows you how to make simple syrup using cold tap water in this video.

How to Get Rid of Garden Snails

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