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If you have time, you don't even need to soak. In the morning, I put unsoaked white beans, seasonings, sometimes a hamhock or prosciutto end, maybe an onion - whatever's on hand - and stock in a be...

Google Books has many VERY vintage cookbooks from the turn of the century and earlier, including the first version of the Fannie Farmer book from 1916. Interesting reading. Here's the...

I have a much cheaper ($90) 10-cup Sanyo rice coooker that has multiple settings. It's great for all kinds of grains, rices and cereals. I've used a risotto recipe for the rice cooker out of the bo...

The bottom one, "Eat Fruit, Be Healthy" was produced by the WPA in the thirties. There's a Library of Congress site that has this and many other WPA images:

Woooo! One of my favorite films!! Trudy Kockenlocker rocks!

Tamagoyaki - intimidates the hell out of me.

My own local water and fancy cocktail concoctions!

Is polyester biodegradable? It would seem that if they aren't, not much is gained in the long run. And what about the process of making polyester? How green is that? Maybe it's all OK,...

Danny Elfman's Music for a Darkened Theatre

The saucier. I'm determined to attack the mother sauces and what better enticement.

I'd be listening to my favorite holiday song "What Are You Doing News Year's Eve?" by Ella Fitzgerald - on a red one!

{rolling his eyes} Wasting perfectly good food is more unethical than your touchy-feely dilemma. Good god, their death in the garbage couldn't be any less horrid when they are drowning...