Nope, no homemade ice cream this month. On the other hand, we've got several great local ice cream places that make their own. Oddly enough however, there hasn't been many fruit flavors recently. A...

Blades up, because the strip is at eye level above the stove. Actually, there aren't many knifes on it--steel measuring spoons & cups, a small whisk, one paring and one butcher knife, neither of wh...

I have two. I found the herb kit that comes with the garden to be sort of unbalanced--the basil grows like mad and shades everything else if you don't keep it pruned hard. I just finished with some...

Just got 3 (greenhouse) tomatoes in my CSA box. Salsa is sounding good! I've been using a mini electric, but it overchops really easily, and I dropped it last month and cracked one of the buttons. ...

Edible flowers, like lemon gem marigolds or nasturtiums. This would be perfect in my office, too.

Having just done this the other day, I have to make an addition to the first tip: Turn off the heat, and pick the pan up off the burner! Even a gas stove has some residual heat in the...

The only problem wooden spoon that I have had was a recent purchase. It turned out not to be made from a single piece of wood and one side of the bowl came off. (I still use it, it's just funny sha...

-2 kinds of sorbet (lemon and acai berry) -green tea ice cream with white chocolate chunks (not as good as I hoped) -pine nuts -cheese tortellini -packaged peas (why do I ha...

My pans always seem to be either too hot or not hot enough when I saute. Sigh.

I bought a pot of tiny lemon grass seedlings. Now what do I do with it? (Aside from keeping the cat away from it. If it looks like grass, he eats it!)

Oops. @art--I've heard that the biodegradable ones don't degrade that well in actual landfills--not enough oxygen, I think. Are the newer materials better?

Another reason I like these is that you can see what's in them and what shape it's in. @art--I've heard that the biodegradable ones don't degrade that well in actual landfills--not eno

Oh, wow, my frittata is famous! By the way, it's made great lunches, too, both cold or gently heated in the microwave. (Egg stuff really does get rubbery in the microwave if you aren't caref...

We're having pasta (haven't decided what kind) with arugula and parmesan tonight!

Personally, I'll accommodate preferences and allergies whenever possible, and warn people when it's not. I tend to be the odd one who brings an ingredients list to potlucks. I'm also so used to hav...

Checking in! I was pleasantly surprised to find that I already had almost everything on both pantry lists. No anchovies, but I can't stand them--I'll use Thai fish sauce or Worcestershire sau...

Oh, and by the way, does it annoy anyone else that nearly all the glass storage jars out there are round? Square would be a much better use of space, but there are only a few options. The canister ...

@rizzuhjj, if you're talking about what I think you're talking about, try a restaurant supply store. Sort of buckets, but with measurements on the side, in sizes from a pint to several gallons. I t...

Hear, hear! (And here, here, too, since that is my style as well!) The idea isn't to produce copies of something that we see in someone else's home, or in a decorating magazine, but to produce a sp...

@renata, you can always add greens to rice/grains. I made a brown rice, beet greens and Parmesan dish today for lunch. I just add chopped greens to the rice steamer with the rice. @Eth...