I mis-read "melt chocolate in a bowl over simmering water" as "melt chocolate in simmering water." And it was for a dinner party. Thank god I was 14 at the time and my s...

What a pain.

Some jerk in a house I used to live in planted mint everywhere. As well as seeding chives instead of grass. The sheer stench of the "lawn" after mowing was enough to turn me away from mint for good.

I've found a regular blowtorch works very well for this. My recommendation is to hold it farther back than you would a kitchen torch because the flame is larger. They are however, much more economi...

I make a salad with it. Pecans or walnuts, orange segments, red onions marinated in the orange juice and a little good cheese. Some honey mustard vinagrette and then I eat it. With my fists.

Rather than attempt to peel the bumpy stalk, I just slice it thin on my mandoline. Super thin, and I cook them quickly.

What's wrong with kneading bread?

I prefer a hammer. I put chocolate in a double bagged ziploc baggie and then pound the hell out of it with a hammer. The baggies keep the chocolate in place. We were supposed to use a chipper thing...

Coffee extract is great. We use it at work for all kinds of things and it helps add a rich dark color as well as flavor. We mainly use it in our espresso chocolate chip coffee cake, mocha cookies a...

I've heard that you don't want to use hot water as an ingredient (from your tap that is) because it's been sitting in your water heater tank, just getting hot and stale tasting.

That spout looks like it would be very difficult to pour water into. And, yeah a bowl set over a pot of simmering water is much easier. This thing is silly.

Mine's from work. I used to work for a place in Portland called Marsee Foods as a night baker. Names have been changed. My shifts were from 3 to 11 pm. All of our projects were big. There wer...

A rolling pin. A good one.

There is a difference between cracking non-organic (NOG) eggs and Organic (OG) eggs. With NOG, you want to hold one in each hand, rap firmly on a flat surface, (cutting board or counter top) then s...

Olives stuffed with tuna. Tortilla. Chorizo con Sidra. Copious amounts of Sidra in general.

Cabbage Rolls would be the first thing I'd make. My gram's recipe.

My boyfriend and I have been searching for a lovely pepper grinder for years now. And red would go swimmingly with our kitchen. These are so pretty they could go on the table. And my father has dev...

Well, paper filters, along with coffee grounds can be composted, so I don't see anything wrong with paper filters.

I would listen to all of my favorite novelty christmas songs, like "Grab your Balls like Micheal Jackson" on my new red speakers.

Not that I would use it or buy it or whatever, but the SNL version was far more attractive.