I, too, live in China, and Western baking equipment is hard to find (and expensive). And my U.S. measuring cups and spoons and the like are invaluable. I have a conversion chart taped to the fridge...

Yes, burrda2000! (Green, please.) Always, always a fried egg on my enchilladas. And, like lillies, I love poached eggs in tomato sauce, over toast. I swear I eat it three times a week.

I make a roasted tomato soup (from Cook's Illustrated or America's Test kitchen or something...), and I just seed the tomatoes before I roast them. I save the juice for the soup, though. Just break...

Thanks for posting this! My chicken is hanging out in the fridge for roasting tomorrow, Zuni cafe-style. Can't wait to try this out!

I have mastered cooking and baking in a countertop convection oven. In Celsius! The roasting part was easy, but I ruined several cakes. It takes longer, since it's so small, but I can do anything I...

I'm comfortable with the roasting of chickens, but not the carving. Also, I've never made stock before, though I've been meaning to do it for a long time. I think that's my project for the week.

I must have chiles in my pantry. I keep several types of dried chiles, which are revived with a good soaking, plus the canned Hatch green chiles (because I can't get the good fresh or frozen ones i...

Few apartments in Hong Kong come with ovens (baking isn't big in Asia), so I have a countertop model. It takes up valuable counter space, but I can do everything I need to do -- from roasting chick...

OOooh, that's brilliant, meg_ues! I'm going to try that myself!

U.S. citizen living overseas, so I have to mail in my U.S. returns. (Not sure why.) But the local taxes are electronic.

Good ideas to use up quinoa flour? Normally, I make Heidi Swanson's quinoa-and-corn-flour crepes; they're fantastic, but I'm hoping for some other ideas to use up the bag I have in my pantry. I ima...

Great tip, travers! Thanks!

Or, just wrap a rubber band around the top and use them like tongs.

I did go to usedcarboardboxes.com when I was moving and ran out of time to scrounge up enough boxes from craigslist, the grocery store and the liquor store. They were delivered straight to my door ...

All good choices. I also really, really love Fuschia Dunlop's book on Sichuan cooking: "Land of Plenty."

spiralcma: If you have easy access to fruit, you might try jams or fruit butters. If you don't want to go through the whole canning process, make sure to tell the lucky receipents to keep them refr...

It really only works for small gifts, but I've painted cardboard tubes (think paper towel or toilet paper rolls) red and white to look like peppermint candies. Just wrap the tube with masking tape...

How well does this soup freeze? Looks like it would be OK, since there's no dairy in it...

Those pie cups are the cutest things I've ever seen.

Nutmeg is great with dark, leafy greens as well. I think the mill is pretty, but, since my microplane is my favorite kitchen tool, I'm not willing to give up any chance to use it. (Pl...