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@jdinnyc, did the onion cutting go something like this... Look at the onion like a globe, roots are south, cut the onion in half from south to the north, right through the root. Then...

@Tiamat_the_Red, I do five to ten pounds of brunoise onions almost every night at work, I don't cry one bit. Get a draft going. If you light a stick of incense and put it where you are going to c...

This leads me to a paradox, you love your coffee enough to clean your blade grinder every morning, yet you do not have a burr grinder? Oh, the rancid oil argument is invalid because ...

An onion on a mandolin? I can't think of a worse way to chop an onion. I have tried it and it makes the onion smell so much worse then need be. A sharp knife and a good draft is key to onion chop...

Here is the toolbox I use http://www.craftsman.com/shc/s/p_10155_12602_00913244000P?mv=rr

I use the shallow drawers in a mechanics roll away toolbox for for the utensils and store scales, pots, rolling pins, and baking sheets among other things in the deeper drawers. The roll away also...

Let me start at the top and work my way down. Unacceptable? Genocide is not acceptable as is rape, colored plates and napkins in wine glasses are only personal preference.

If you want a vita-mix at a fifth of the price, get a Villaware Moderno Pro http://www.amazon.com/Villa...

You can't skim your stocks, sauces, and soups very well with a measuring cup, I have tried. As for serving soup, I usually ladle it into the measuring cup and then pour into the bowl, it prevents ...

Having had a large amount of dried morels once, I have one suggestion for what to do with the bottom of the bag powder. Make shepherds pie, but fold in the dry morel "crumbs and dust" into the mas...

Microwaves can be a great thing, working in a high end kitchen has taught me a lot about microwaves. First, metal can go in a microwave. Cheap, no name, super thin, rips when you rub against the ...

Everything listed but the garlic press is very useful, why not the garlic press? The microplane does a much, much better job, particularly if you have more then one courseness of microplane, you c...

Mt. Pleasant Cheese on Cambie http://www.mountpleasantcheese.com/ have up to one hundred and fifty types of Canadian cheese and you can try most of...

The biggest mistake people commit with lamb is the size they pick, once a lamb gets to a certain size it becomes mutton. Mutton is tougher and has a stronger, less desirable flavor. While I worke...