I also hate parsley. It tastes sortof unpleasantly green to me. I used to hate anything licorice or anise flavored, but now I can take it in small doses. And I am totally with goldfixe...

Alton Brown definitely did a mythbusters-type episode on food myths, and he talked about this. He soaked mushrooms in water for longer and longer periods of time, and weighed them before and after....

I had spider mites on a mini rosebush in my apartment a while back - it looked just like what's on your oregano. I used a commercial insecticidal soap from a company called Garden Safe, and they cl...

I tried whole wheat pasta twice, but I've given up on it. The gumminess isn't so bad, but the mealyness is really unpleasant to me. I try to fit whole grains into my diet as much as possible, but i...

I am a little confused by this. I am all about having people know where their food comes from in order to make educated choices, but this program seems to condemn every method of chicken farming th...

There does seem to be a difference in the pH of beef vs. lamb, at least according to some articles in the journal "Meat Science" (seriously I couldn't even make that up). The pH difference only occ...

Things cooks love... cooking? food? I also love my kitchenaid.

Agreed. I thought it was some sort of fungus, before I read the title of the post.

Salsa seems to be the thing to do with it - I would make one with oven roasted tomatoes and jalapenos. Or maybe it would be good for pesto or hummus?

The farmer's market near my apartment has had asparagus for the past few weeks, and they had a sign up last week claiming that the only difference between fat and thin asparagus is that the fat one...

I only have a place for a windowsill garden (no actual ground to plant things in). What types of veggies tolerate/thirve being grown in containers?

My mom's sour cream banana bread. Yum!

I think for fondue everyone is definitely supposed to get their own fork - I used to have a fondue set that came with forks that had a different color on each one so you don't forget which one is y...

I have cooked a lot with asparagus lately, but I am getting really excited about artichoke season!

I like to throw them into stir fry, and I also like to put them in succotash (instead of lima beans - who can eat those things?).

I shop at Westside Market fairly often, and I have seen the rice cake machine running. It smells nice and roasty, and it makes quite a loud "pop" sound when it turns out a rice cake. ...

I have the same problem with mine. I don't think it's that the cupcakes are not fully baked - they seem done when you finally get them out of the cup, in pieces. I hit mine with some nonstick spray...

I use a masher, or sometimes a hand mixer if I am feeling lazy, which gives them a super smooth and a slightly lighter texture. I leave the skins on and put in any kind of dairy based fat that's i...

Cumin or grains of paradise.

Sure, you can throw your sunglasses, etc. in it (but I already have a place for all that stuff), or imagine some other use for it (that is probably already being served by another piece in your kit...