The only "salted" butter I purchase is pasture butter. I only buy that salted because it only comes that way. I use this kind of butter to slather on radishes, which I immediately dip in truffle ...

Salt Lake City is a little lower than Albuquerque (where I am.) I've never had to change a cookie recipe ingredient wise, but I would suggest raising your oven temperature 25 degrees, baking the c...

I don't think it's hard to find, at least not in the places I've lived (CA, WA, NM.) Any store that sells flour in bulk should have vital wheat gluten. I'm actually hard pressed to ...

I love truffle salt! One of my favorite appetizers is to smear butter on radishes and then dip them in truffle salt. A little goes a long way, so it's not that expensive either.

Wouldn't boiling the eggs for 20 minutes over cook them? I dye my eggs with onion skins, but I use a different method. I wrap raw eggs with onion skins softened in warm water. I make...

I'll be making my husband's family recipe for Portuguese sweet bread and dying my eggs with onion skins. We are hosting a brunch this year, aside from the bread we'll be serving quiche...

The hubby and I eat leftovers the next day for lunch. Other than that I don't think I'd be happy eating leftovers over and over again. I don't typically make dishes so large that we'd have more t...

I buy local hormone free whole milk, but neither my husband or I drink it. I use it to make yogurt and in the occasional recipe that calls for it. I'd buy local organic if I could fin...

Um, this is not a new item. I remember my parents having a bag made from flour sacks for this same purpose. Just goes to show, there really are no new ideas. This is something that m...

I only eat brown rice and I always make more than we can eat in one meal. Sometimes, I'll freeze the leftovers, but more often than not they go in the fridge. Brown rice doesn't get hard and dry ...

I usually make a couple of starters for people to munch on. That way, there is more than one options for those who are picky.

They may be faster at times, but I really dislike them as a matter of principle. Why should I have to pay to do the grocery store employee's job myself? Prices have not gone down be...

I have no problems using chopsticks, metal or other types. I can actually use them with either hand. I had chopsticks shoved in my hands when I was four. Of course, I also loved escargot when I wa...

This is a great idea, I have always saved peels for use later. If you are concerned about agri-chemicals, make sure you use organic citrus peels. Oranges especially, because they are dyed and spra...

It's an apartment. If the wall gets some grease on it, just scrub it off. Every apartment I've ever lived in had scrubbable paint in the kitchen.

I don't own one either. I don't feel they save any time, at least they don't the way I live.

I like to freeze the livers until I have nice amount for liver and onions. For some reason, growing up, we only ever had chicken livers and onions, never beef liver. So it's a nostalgic meal for ...

It's completely possible if you plan ahead. Hit the meat isle on Mondays (or whenever your store marks meat down) and go vegetarian for most meals. I don't see this as a sacrifice personally.

We grew some when we lived on the Central Coast of CA. Everyone in our community garden was growing it. It's easy to grow and looks like a big bush of sunflowers above ground. They'r...

Along with holiday candy making, I use my candy thermometer to make yogurt and bread. The hubby uses it when making home brew as well. I bought a stainless steel one several years b...