I like a high-butter dough for my cookies. Little to no raising agent, good bit of flour, but a good lot of liquid. Then freeze the dough. Or at least chill for an hour. Roll out litt...

@Rosebud... did I read it correctly? Your daughter is having a Valentine's party. At daycare??? How old is she? I'm digesting raclette. And researching recipes for Millionaire's shortb...

I find that 2 hours simmering is perfectly adequate. Saves energy and you'll still get a very rich and delicious stock.

nothing beats this sort of opener in the end. We got a really expensive rabbit when they first came out (a $200 gift) and really, the thing just takes up space and gathers dust. And it broke at one...

Just to reiterate what frum has said, lemon juice has a very low pH and its metabolic fate does not dictate its food "type" - in fact the GI diet suggests dropping some lemon juice in water to lowe...

How do we feel about pressure cookers? I just got my first and everyone is raving that I should be cooking stew first and foremost. So far I've made soup, boiled potatoes and a couple of other thin...

@jen_g - lemon juice is anything but alkaline! It's quite acidic!

Hmmm. transfer to a metal bowl. cool original bowl (under cold water) and return to original bowl. Cool metal bowl and then return to cooled metal bowl... You can repeat these steps as you feel nec...

@ Jim. You are correct in saying that in most cases alcohol does not evaporate in cooking , where the solvent is water (won't go higher than 100 C) and which also hydrogen-bonds to the alcoho...