| B. Smith With Style is cooking away this fall with new holiday recipes and imaginative projects! And to help you promote this new, exciting fourth season, B. has combined everyday items from your home with her stylish creativity to offer viewers useful cooking, cleaning and decorating tips. Your station can use these B. Smarts in their original format or 90-second vignettes and can be successfully used in a newscast or local program to promote your broadcast of the series. |
B. SMART TIPS
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Napkins: Give those napkins a rest. Napkins folded into formal or whimsical patterns can turn a dinner party elegant, or make carrying silverware froma buffet worry-free. |
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Oven-Dried Tomatoes: Roasted tomatoes are easy and delicious. They're also a great way to preserve the end-of-summer bounty of your garden for later use. All you need is a cookie sheet and an oven. |
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Peeled Soap: For beauty and luxury in the bathroom, nothing beats a fresh bar of soap for every guest. B. demonstrates how to make colorful curls with nothing more than a vegetable peeler. |
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Apple Gadgets: Apple Gadgets: Does the thought of all that peeling...coring...slicing make you skip homemade apple pies, tarts, even applesauce? B. demonstrates a range of clever devices that can practically do the work for you. |
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Easy Centerpieces: You don't have to spend a fortune on flowers, or remember to plan ahead of time. B. shows us simple but elegant centerpieces made from items you may already have on hand. |
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Olive Oil: Virgin. Extra virgin. Light. Cold pressed. Feel like you need to study another language to translate olive oil labels? B. comes to the rescue, with an easy- to-understand primer. |
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Curried Popcorn: Looking for unusual snacks for the holidays or anytime? Curried popcorn and nuts give a new and sophisticated flavor twist to some old favorites. |
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Baby Wipes: You don't need a baby in the house to make use of versatile baby wipes! They can clean everything from ink stains to dog's paws; just use and toss. Keep a pack in the car, too. |
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Flavored Vinegar: Flavored vinegars are spicing up recipes from salad dressings to marinades. Make your own, and you can customize the taste by using your favorite herbs, or what you find in your garden. |
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Toothpaste as a Cleaner: It won't replace silver cleaner on a full-time basis, but in a pinch, non-gel toothpaste can shine your silver as well as the real thing. So there's no excuse for tarnish when you can squeeze it away. |
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Leftover Wine: Good cooks agree: the better the wine used in recipes, the finer the taste. Toss out that cooking wine; B. offers tips on what to save, how to store it, when it's okay to mix them. |
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Flavored Sugar: Here's a unique way to add another layer of flavor to everything from hot and cold tea to your home-made baked goods. Imagine the taste of cinnamon...citrus...or even rose petals infusing your sugar. |
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Roasted Garlic: When you roast garlic in your oven, it becomes mellow, soft, smooth and nutty-tasting. B. will show us the quick and easy way to a satisfying specialty. |
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Makeup Brushes: Who knows what evil lurks in your makeup bag and on your dressing table? B. reminds us how important it is to keep our cosmetics clean and fresh. Have you tried freezing your lipsticks lately? |
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Flavored Butters: Sweet fruit butters...savory herb butters...you taste them in restaurants and wish you could serve them at home. With B.'s directions, you'll be amazed at how easy they are to make. |
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Iced Flowers: Ordinary clear ice cubes pale in comparison to B.'s beauties. Add flower petals or citrus swirls during the freezing process and make your cold drinks into works of art. |
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Vinegar as a Cleaner: Your mother and grandmother knew that vinegar was a great all-purpose cleaning agent. Nothing's changed. B. reminds us how versatile and environmentally-friendly vinegar can be. |
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Puff Pastry: It's ready-made. It's frozen. It's easy to have on hand. And if you keep some in your freezer, you'll never be caught short when you need last-minute appetizers or desserts. |
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Saving Paintbrushes in Freezer: This B. Smart saves time and trouble. There's no need to clean up your paintbrushes between sessions; wrap them in foil or plastic and freeze them. A short thaw later, you're ready to paint again. |
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Salad Greens: Keeping your greens fresh for five to seven days is as easy as one, two, three: wash but don't tear; roll in paper towels; seal in a plastic bag. Enjoy crisp lettuce anytime. |
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B.Smart Tips - Year 3
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| Candle Wax Remover |
| Vitamin E Soak |
| Coffee Stains |