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Because it’s strange and beautiful and hot, people from everywhere converge on Florida and they bring their cuisine and their traditions with them. The Zest celebrates the intersection of food and communities in the Sunshine State.

Potluck: The Zest staffers reveal our favorite cooking hacks

From gadgets to recipes to grocery shopping tips, their ideas will save you time, money and sanity when you're cooking.

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Fall is busy for a lot of us, whether you’ve got kids back in school, a big work project to finish before the end of the fiscal year, or you’re trying to get your garden planted. Whatever your situation, the last thing you need is to stress about cooking.

The Zest team recently met up remotely to discuss our favorite ways to save time, money and sanity in the kitchen. We all brought a few suggestions, like an idea potluck. In this conversation, you’ll learn:

  • Where we find less expensive spices
  • Where we go for meal ideas when we’re stuck in a dinner rut
  • How to make “single-use” appliances do double duty
  • What we cook when we’re super-busy and tempted to order takeout
  • Our favorite store-bought food items that are worth paying a little extra for
  • Tricks we’ve picked up over the years from pro chefs that make our home-cooked meals taste more like restaurant-quality
  • How we get members of our household to help in the kitchen
  • Plus more of our favorite gadgets, products, shortcuts and other resources
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