As a waitress, one of my duties was removing coffee burned into the bottom of coffee pots. Once your dish/pan is cool, put ice and salt into the pot and swirl. The more salt the better. If necessar...

In the DC metro area, I've heard that a grill must be 30 feet from the building and used in specified areas. We have our own little charcoal grill and carry it down to the grilling area where our a...

I use mine weekly and love it. I have terrible luck making my own breads, but want to eat something yummy, so I make a potato bread recipe. My model is a panasonic (off amazon for $120) and I use i...

Mango and sticky rice!! You cannot beat it. :)

Potato pierogies! My favorite fest food.

I ordered the new wusthof/Emeril bread knife and cutting board combo for $20. Since we started making our own bread, our cheap-o knife has been really lacking. I'm hoping this will be just what we ...

Rhubarb. Every year I visit my grandma near my birthday and we make a rhubarb pie with rhubarb from her garden together. She has a wonderful set of different size pie pans and we also have little e...

Rhubarb!

Sometimes drinking and cooking are a bad combination. Recipe for disaster: A very sharp lovely knife strong sangria ingredients for homemade salsa and guacamole ...

I'm a volunteer with the Friends of the World Food Program. Learning about hunger really puts an expensive meal into perspective. I think that my willingness to spend is lessened and I do have more...

My CSA in DC starts tonight! I'll plan on taking a picture and sending it in tomorrow. We'll be getting: garlic curls, endive, Swiss chard, lettuce, spring onions, lettuce mix or savory (herb)!

How about posting some vinagrette recipes? I usually buy most of my dressings and would like to have these recipes on hand. Thanks!

Make biscuits, shortbread, cornbread...You can find something good! :)

Open container laws, anyone? I can understand returning a bottle if you bought it near your house and can walk it back there, but traveling with a bottle that contains corked wine via car or subway...

I use mini pie pans, mini cake pans, and mini muffin pans to do individual desserts all of the time. My guests remark that it makes them feel special. :)

I agree. It seems wasteful to me not to be able to eat the food I purchase (especially when I know it would taste so good)!

Why not make your own? Ina Garten has an easy, yummy recipe (which I'm sure you can find out that other website)...

I think I'd start with a rhubarb cobbler. It's in season and something I've been looking forward to making. I think I'd follow it with a batch of veggie pot pie filling, throw some bi...