Thermometer is heading northward of 90° this weekend, so I will try out two new recipes: chilled cucumber & tomato soup with fresh dill, and BLT salad with avocado dressing.

To mince herbs I usually roughly chop then put them in a cup or ramekin and mince with kitchen shears. The oxo gadget looks fun, though.

Adore limeade. I believe the traditional Indian recipe for "lime water" includes salt in addition to the sugar.

Yum! I have yet to make a bad recipe from Olive. Just wish is was not so pricey here in the US.

This looks awkward. I loathe slicing tomatoes so my friend bought me a tomato slicer from Target that's sort of like an egg slicer without the hinge. It works pretty well.

When I was a kid my Australian friends introduced me to a tuna curry they ate as a kind of comfort food: brown some onions and garlic in butter over medium heat, add about a half cup of frozen peas...

Unfortunately I am stuck with an electric stove, but agree with kittyball. I've been poaching many eggs lately to serve on top of warm (or cold) lentil salad. Vinegar does seem to help a bit--the e...

It's supposed to be in the upper 90s this weekend so gazpacho is definitely on the menu, plus maybe a salt & vinegar potato salad to use up the potatoes before they go bad.

While I've been happily microwave-less for nearly 2 years, I use my oven a lot, especially now that I'm baking bread.

Can't have too many measuring spoons or cups.

I absolutely use coasters, both at home and work. I can't afford to be cavalier about wrecking my furniture, and at work there's nothing worse than putting paper down in that ring of condensation f...

^ I love lemon cookies! Those sound delicious.

Mostly getting rid of leftovers from the week: hot & sour mushroom, cabbage & rice soup and a yellow rice & chicken dish. Will try a cabbage stroganoff recipe tonight to use up the leftover cabbage...

Get a good stainless steel immersion blender that comes apart so you can clean it. I use mine constantly. No need to haul out the big heavy food processor or the blender that can't usually hold all...

I made this the other night after grabbing pre-sliced mushrooms, shredded bagged cabbage, and canned diced jalepenos to speed up the prep even more. Turned out great! Greek yogurt with sliced fruit...

Sounds amazing! I'm now totally craving hot n' sour soup.

When I first saw the headline I assumed it meant a vehicle designed to drive extremely close to the car in front, maybe to improve mileage by drafting :)

I'm not much of a beer drinker, but I always get pumpkin ale (Buffalo Bill's is the one most widely available here) because I like pumpkins.

This doesn't solve the problem of getting even slices from the whole tomato. I'll keep my cheap Target brand slicer, thanks.

Definitely tea, and also random blue bowls. Wine doesn't stick around in my kitchen long enough to be considered a collection :/