I love baking bread on a snow day - this past weekend when we were snowed in I made bagels for the first time (with the recipe from this site!) - they were amazing - Peter Reinhart can do no wrong....

I used to use the Martha Stewart one, but found that at times it was too heavy or too crackly after refrigeration. My new go-to one is from King Arthur Flour - I find that adding 1 egg really helps...

I just used the Chili3000 in my batch of Black Bean Chili last week - DELISH! I love Penzey's and need to make a trip there - I live about an hour and a half from one, but have never gone, just ord...

Perfect timing! I just made sweet potato fries last night. I use olive oil and Lawry's Garlic n' Salt with parsley - just a sprinkle. I love when they get crunchy and brown.

I was just going the say wacky cake - I just saw and LA times article and they had a recipe for one that wasn't chocolate as well - I know I didn't introduce my daughter to chocolate until she was ...

I definitely use the no-knead method for a lot of my bread making, and have also stopped buying store bread! I use the Healthy Bread in 5 recipe for 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread and use about 3/...

I too love the JOC waffle recipe -I use a stick of melted butter (or less if that's what I have lingering around in the fridge). I also love the biscuit recipe in JOC. I find that if I am looking f...

This new book is just as great as the first one. I pre-ordered it as soon as I heard about it, and I have not been disappointed! I have been hooked on the 100% Whole What Sandwich Bread - it's a li...

I ordered the star pans months ago when I placed and order and I cannot wait to use them this holiday season! They are definitely sturdy and classy-looking!

I too find this sudden popularity interesting...I grew up with my grandparents and parents canning all of the veggies we ate. As my grandparents grew older, and they sold their farmette, we don't c...

I cooked with rhubarb for the first time - I made a rhubarb-strawberry crisp based on a Joy of Cooking recipe. It was delicious (although a bit runny), and I already have some "tweaks" in mind for ...

I am a teacher, so I have lots of those magnet men hanging around my house. I often use one of them to clip my recipe to the stove hood - especially recipe cards.

I had always made beef roast in the slow cooker, and it's definitely good; but as a rule, I don't brown my meat before dropping it into the slow cooker (it just dirties one too many pan for me). An...

I am going to tackle Baking Bites' homemade Samoa Girl Scout cookie bars. I bought the stuff 2 weeks ago, and my dad (who loves Samoas) is coming to dinner on Sunday.

In the baking front - King Arthur's Fiori di Sicilia - a delicious creamsicle like flavoring. I have used it in angel food cake and also in brioche - YUM! On the cooking front - Montreal Stea...

I echo the canning your own produce! I have grown up with canning tomatoes, green beans, and this year we added peaches to the mix as well. My grandparents had a small farm, and a garage dedicated ...

I too am a teacher, and my newest addition to the breakfast-on-the go is baked oatmeal. I bake it on Sunday mornings, and then cut a hunk, pack it up, and reheat it once I get to work. I don't add ...

I too have to second the marshmallows - YUMMY!!! I have made them 3 times in the past 10 days they were so popular at my house!

I too echo 101cookbooks - wonderful, healthy recipes~ another good site is http://www.danispies.com She is a dietitian who has some good recipes for a v...

I did a CSA for 2 years, about 3 years ago. I opted out for 3 reasons: 1. Too much of some things, not enough variety, and the waste that has been mentioned above. 2. The price of gas meant the CSA...