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I actually spill stuff from pans when I pour it all the time so I'd be into something like this. Not to mention the name never struck me as nasty.

Please one of you ambitious readers make the cranberry cake and tell me it works. I love the idea and it looks aweosme. To me dessert isn't dessert without chocolate so the thanksgiving dessert sel...

Flour Salt in SF has a rosemary panna cotta. I think panna cotta is a terrible dessert and with the rosemary it is awesome. They also have a chocolate budino with fleur de sel. I don...

Cooking quick dishes isn't a problem for me...it's the cleanup that is such a hassle. Ideas for cooking that doesn't require my cleaning tons of pans and plates and utensils and cutting boards.

One trick if you're going to flip them is don't flip them half way through. Wait until they're just about done and then flip at the end just for a moment. This way they flip easier and you don't ri...

I made a plate of cheeses and meats last night with interesting condiments and accoutrements totally inspired by my last meal at Uva in the Haight.

Thank you, author, for the love of God, for your proper use of plural and possessive.

Bruno Paillard does one as well.

Lambrusco is a pink (dark pink) sparkler

I was just wondering if cretons (which we grew up hearing our grandmothers call it, in our child minds, gaton) were rillettes. YUMMMMMMY.

Why is it important for us to make our traditional recipes "fresh"? We "foodies" spend all this time finding real, authentic, traditional recipes for ethnic food. Do you think your polish grandmoth...

Always scallions, parsley, lemons, whole wheat pasta, feta, parmesan, eggs, milk, fruit, two or three veggies, tofu, dried mushrooms, wine, white beans.

Bacon is a good recommendation I keep it frozen wrapped accordion style in the freezer now, thanks to a suggestion from thekitchn.com. It's helped out so many times.

Last year I made roasted brussel sprouts with white beans and pecorino from epicurious.com and it was a total hit.

Avocados for sure, especially in Escondido. When I moved to San Diego in 1998 I noticed that Avocado is not only a random snack akin to my eating apples in New England, but you can barely buy a san...

I know a woman who has hers on her countertop and it's flourishing under a very hot kitchen lamp.

I don't know if it's technically an allergy, but when I eat raw onions I get an awful headache. It started in my mid-20s.

Hi - Andrea here. Thanks thanks thanks for these suggestions! I was thinking I could use it like a butter or oil but was too chicken to try. oooh bad joke. I hate throwing out food so now I don't h...

First of all how can MacIntosh not even be on that list?! Courtlands are my fave, but they don't have them in CA. So Macs have to fill in. A plague on sweet apples.

I just went to Walzwerk in San Francisco for dinner...perfect for October dinner. Pork Schnitzel and red cabbage and spaetzle and herring and tons and tons of beer!!! Delicious German beer! Go ther...