These often agonizing choices are highly personal — and 99 per cent of the time I’m all about economizing and doing more with less-fancy, less-expensive ingredients. But for nine particular ingredients, when you have a choice between a discount or mass-market version and a costlier one, I’m voting for the latter. Article Continued BelowSteaks and roasts: It’s easy to make good-quality roasts and steaks taste good — particularly whole chickens, pork chops and beef steaks. Vanilla: There is pure (sometimes called real) vanilla extract, and there is artificial — it’s easy to tell, just read the label. Real vanilla is nuanced and nutty, fragrant without being brassy.

Source: thestar January 30, 2018 21:56 UTC