Here are some Kung-Fu cooking lessons: Saveur magazines presents another quick and easy technique for chopping the head of a lettuce in three-seconds flat. You don’t need to be the strongest person alive or a karate black belt, just watch the video and see how that poor lettuce never saw it coming.

Ice cubes à la carte. Directly from The Kitchn, an easy and really smart tip for keeping drinks’ flavor as intended. You’ll have to read the article, but here’s a tip… if you’re a cocktail drinker; save some space in your cooler.

Give your sugar a sweet and brown tan! It’s easy as mixing molasses with the regular sugar you often use for baking. If you can’t believe it’s that simple, just take a look at “Joy the baker blog” and read this quick and well illustrated explanation of how to make the pale and white sugar look like it is coming from a Caribbean vacation : )

Pss pss… don’t tell anyone, but we know of someone who can make some great ricotta cheese… You Take a glance at episode 181 of workout master and learn how to produce healthy and delicious ricotta directly from your kitchen.

Boiled eggs are great; they’re easy and quick to prepare, they taste delicious, they’re something you can always have in your fridge, etc… until you get to peel them. So, in the spirit of continuous love towards boiled eggs, we present a video by Tim Ferris that will give one more reason for them to be one of the best quick meals ever invented.