baby chard!

You guys could do this weekly. Awesome post - always happy to get tips so that if the bad-ass wine guys at my grocery store aren't there I can still pick up a bottle or two.

My dad did all the everyday cooking, and was quite good at it. It's fun to watch him now that he doesn't just make what my mom decides will be dinner for the week (she did the budgeting/shopping). ...

My favorite pie all the time is my Graeat Aunt Grace's Chess Pie.

Both for both - Do you have any plans to use your influence to encourage Americans to investigate local and organic food options? If you were stuck on a desert island that...

5-inch Santoku-style knife. Much more comfortable for me to use, as the-girl-who-was-not-allowed-to-chop.

@Leah - I was thinking the same thing here in Michigan. We won't see a local peach until... um... around late July and early August?!? @rizzuhjj - I have a recipe at home for poached p...

My feelings are hurt by that ice cream scoop - it's just wrong, man!

fresh fruit salsa for mixing in yogurt or making silly summer drinks.

Sleek - I think that is Le Corbusier? I know there are others around here more knowledgeable than me, but it may give you a place to start.

Shop vac is a must. Helps keep life sane. My friend bought me a toolbelt sized for women - shorter pockets and I could actually tighten it enough to fit me. Super handy for jobs like tiling where y...

Cumin!

Would Devesh and Tara like dinner guests? Beautiful and interesting - thanks for sharing.

Right now there are two grocery bags of clothes, a double boiler, a not so great blender that we never use because I always overheat it by putting too much in there, a fruit bowl that was my mom's ...

Oh my - that's lovely...

The cornbread on the label of Clabber Girl Baking Powder - very slightly altered in my family's traditional way (I'd tell ya but it grosses people out). Fantastic souther-style cornbread - not swee...

Yep - Cadbury Creme Eggs. Last year my husband threatened to read the ingredients to me if I didn't share, so he got half. I like Easter candy way better than Halloween.

I'm all over the open kitchen. Cooking mostly smells like food - I don't find it terribly unpleasant. And otherwise I can't kick the dog's toys far enough away when she comes and drops them at my f...

scb - can you pop a little top off of the handle that keeps coming off? And is there a screw under it? You may just need a small machine screw in there to keep everything together.

Eh, I think most books should be destroyed. Slowly, over many years of use and love.