I second the no deep frying anything at home. It's just not worth the cost of that huge amount of oil and the risk of fire or injury. If i can't fry it in a cast iron skillet, then i'm buying it ...

garrison confections in RI makes some pretty amazing toffee. i'm sad they switched their business to web-only, because it means i can't stop by their store after work anymore, but should be fine f...

hmm, this makes me curious. if i'm alergic to pretty much all fishes, but not to other kind of sea critters that i've tried (crab, clams, oysters, mussels, etc.), any educated guesses as to whethe...

beets - i eat them regularly now, but there are still some preparations of them that i can't tolerate. right now i'm working on summer squashes, but it's proving a much harder battle...

i definitely agree it has a time and a place (seconded on the 'diner-style burgers' count and the breakfast sandwiches), though limited. when i was a kid, my family only ever had the i...

i decided to start eating meat again because i was living on a farm with a ready supply of meat that was raised in ways that i could see with my own eyes as humane, ethical, and sustainable. but i...

my mom always claimed that skimming the fat off the top of the chicken broth (which is technically shmaltz, but not the rendered stuff that people usually mean when they say shmaltz) and putting it...