Yeah, in general basting seems unnecessary to me. Like Alton Brown says, skin was invented to keep water out. If the meat has skin on it, pouring juice over it isn't going to do much for the meat i...

Joan- I don't think this program saves an image of the barcode to your phone, just the text information. iPhones have at least 4gb of memory, which is more than enough to hold the information for t...

Some of you seem to be missing the point that non-dishes don't get washed with the dishes. You put dirty dishes in the dishwasher. The dishwasher blasts said dishes with scaldin...

It's a difficult balance to strike, because as the host one does feel an obligation to chat and entertain guests. Personally, if it's just a small dinner party, I don't mind talking to guests in th...

"What are all these books good for?" In a week full of collections on this blog, why are books suddenly the things that have to have a "purpose" outside of themselves? I l...