I cook and bake a lot. I try new things pretty often. I ROYALLY screw up at least once a month; particularly if I'm stressed, which is when I most enjoy baking. Burnt cookies are SO ...

My dad uses my Mom's warming drawer; he sets it to 150* and leaves his expensive whatever-just-got-washed in it overnight. He's washed and salvaged his blackberry a number of times with this metho...

Danielle, and Gundy, Thanks for being considerate!! I'm sure dropping by your neighbors, telling them what you're doing and asking for patience will make things to much more smoothly....

Melody, I'd start by checking your recipe. Try the NY Times chocolate chip cookie; it's got a great crunchy outside, with soft chewy middle. Some cookie recipes, pumpkin ...

I like my cold brewed coffee; all I need is a mason jar; put in your coffee, add your cold water, let it sit overnight, then stir, let sit for half an hour, and pour carefully. Usually, you don't ...

... I want one of these. Horribly. I have this mini-cake pedestal, and this would make perfect sized cakes. It would be SO CUTE. And it would have to be covered in rainbow sprinkles...

This is BEAUTIFUL. I can't wait to try it! I also just found out how to home can lemon curd, so I'm pretty excited about that, too.

I use a green curry recipe, the only fat in it is coconut milk, and even though it is the majority of the sauce, the proportion of sauce to veg means that it's actually a pretty low calorie meal. ...

I like making "These veggies are almost bad" chicken soup. I make stock with anything that I can boil, pretty much, and so I have it on hand all the time. I just add veggies and some chicken and ...

My dorm definitely looked like a prison cell. The most I could hope for was not being in it very often.

I would love one of those wire ones, it's DARLING, but I don't have the storage. I've used my two cake stands stacked on eachother, though, for cupcakes and other small foods.

I'm Tiamat_the_Red's sister. I do love my Garlic Zoom. I use it when I'm chopping peppers and don't feel like trying to remember not to touch my face for the next 12 hours, or for garlic when I d...

Universal Mod: I work for a bookkeeping firm, and one thing I've learned: DON'T USE CASH. Unless you're amazing at keeping receipts, cash just disappears, and you'll have no idea where it's ...

Cambria, Congrats for sticking with it, though! This sounds like it's really disgustingly challenging. Now we know why it's also really disgustingly expensive to have someone else do...

Damnit. My diet's excuse to my sugar craving has been that baking is too much trouble and I don't wanna clean up! Thank god I don't have any cream in the house, or my New Year's res...

Nani, You don't have to order the large sizes, there is also an 8 oz. "Short" size cup. I usually just make mine at home, unless I want my coffee to taste like hot ice cream.

LMinnich, I've done a lot of random crap to my no-knead and have had no problems. You might get a more airy loaf if you let it rise for 10 hours instead of 8, but it would still taste fantas...

I've had pretty good results with mine, but I wouldn't buy them again; they've got the cute pleating to make them look more like the paper variety, and they're a BITCH to clean. We usually use a t...

I've been devouring satsuma mandarins; they remind me of the short time I spent in Japan, as well as reminding me of summer sun (which, I realize, makes very little sense).

Plumeria, There's a post on here about seasoning new cast iron, you might want to read it before you start cooking. Basically; lightly oil the outsides of your (clean) pans, and then bake th...