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It\u2019s 5:30 pm on a Saturday. The cheesecake you pulled out of the oven two hours ago has a gash as wide as the San Andreas Fault, the roast beef is sitting on the counter crusted in charcoal cracklings, and your guests are arriving in an hour. You sigh and brush your disheveled hair off your face, fighting back the tears.<\/p>\n

Be strong. This is no time for a breakdown or to reach for the phone to call your favorite takeout place.<\/p>\n

There is a simple solution! Charmian Christie\u2019s Kitchen Disasters and Fixes iPhone app<\/a>. Charmian\u2019s app will tell you to just scrape off the roast\u2019s burnt surface, then slice and serve. No one will know any better! And since a cracked cake surface is merely cosmetic, simply spray a thick layer of whipped cream over the top and decorate with berries. It\u2019s all good. Your dinner party can still be a success!<\/p>\n

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Charmian is a food writer, recipe developer and blogger\u00a0(at Christie’s Corner)<\/a>\u00a0who has had her share of kitchen disasters yet has lived to cook another day. Her work appears in a wide variety of publications, including The Globe and Mail, More, Edible Toronto, Canadian Gardening, Relish, and Natural Health. After all the cooking and recipe-testing she\u2019s done, you can trust that her advice, tips and tactics are sound.<\/p>\n

One problem I\u2019ve run into again again is making my curry too spicy. Now if I had Charmian\u2019s app right from the start, I\u2019d know to temper the heat with a dollop of yogurt or sour cream at the table with just one swipe of my iPhone. Instead I had to figure this out on my own. Charmian also offers another tip I haven\u2019t tried\u2014add something sweet like raisins or mangoes to the pot. Genius!<\/p>\n

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With my liberal shakes of the wrist, there\u2019s another problem I encounter often\u2014a too-salty stew. Thank goodness for my mum who advised me to add potatoes to absorb the saltiness and\/or to add sugar. Charmian’s suggestion? A splash of vinegar or two.<\/p>\n

In lieu of time and a kitchen sage, Charmian\u2019s Kitchen Disasters and Fixes app<\/a> will come to the rescue. The app also serves up avoidance tactics that are indispensable in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

I know, we could all really do with Charmian’s app and as luck would have it, I have two free promo codes to give away. Just leave a comment telling us your ultimate kitchen disaster, and if you managed to salvage it, how did you do it? We’ll randomly pick two winners in a weeks’s time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll announce the winners on Tuesday, June 12th!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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