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Give Basic Grocery Store Oils A Bougie Transformation With Tasty Infusions By Persy House Aug. 31, 2025 6:39 pm EST

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If you're a home cook, you're probably always looking for clever ways to add a bit of extra flavor to your favorite meals. One fun and inventive way to do this is to create infused cooking oils at home. You can easily take store-bought oils and infuse any number of herbs into them, improving the taste and aroma of the oil, and, at the same time, imparting that taste into whatever recipe you use it in. Although infusion is fairly simple, you should do it carefully in order to avoid an unappetizing result, or, worse, a dangerous one.

According to a study by the University of Idaho , oils that are improperly infused or sto

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