Maybe I just like cake too much... but nothing about this says "event of a lifetime" for me. I like cookies, but I've had as many awful cookies as cakes, and would much rather pay for a simple, un...

I made it precisely as directed... but used onions instead of leeks in the risotto. It was a beautiful combination of flavors, and was not difficult. It was also lovely and rich, so...

Delecson, if you're talking the bottom of the dutch oven (as in not the cooking surface), the brown stain is probably burned residue of oils from your cook surface. It comes off with a 15 minute s...

The bulgur salad with pink seared lamb was a delight - really easy (once I figured out how to cook bulgur) and really tasty. I couldn't find 'lamb loin', but the butcher at my fancy grocery...

I use pens with a steel shirt clip, so my tiny super strong magnets can keep tham handy on the fridge. I can only do this with pens, But I LOVE the idea of keeping the other markers with the silve...

Can you share how you thawed frozen pizza dough quickly enough to serve guests? However you did it is clearly an awesome speedy method!

I love love love the artwork! Please tell me more about him/her!

What a beautiful spread! That bread looks amazing - I hope it was half as tasty as it is beautiful!

Oh, please don't paint it, it's so beautiful! Maybe you can do something more temporary like Hanging floor to ceiling white fabric for a year or two to make sure you are really ready to lose such a...

Wow - this is such a great idea, I'm sorry to hear they are such a poor product. Thanks for sharing your experiences everyone... I probably would have bought them if I hadn't read your comm...

I'm with jac7980... this is a beautiful space. But, for the first time ever in this contest, I just don't believe I'm looking at someone's home. There's not so much as a coffee maker on the counte...

Cookwarejunkie - that's genius!

I've made these with success, too, and I am a terrible baker (I've just made a disastrous buckle... it's tasty as can be, but the cake batter poured out over the toppings of fruit and crumble toppi...

Extra bonus - no nasty cleaners, just pop your dirty aluminum in the recycling bin when its too dirty to reuse.

Maybe when you cook a bird you should just protect your oven walls? I don't know exactly how you would go about doing this... maybe extra wide heavy duty aluminum foil? ...

I will second the concept that the CI website is phenomenal. I finally ponied up for a subscription, and the engineer in me is still gleeful. The recipes are great. As far as magaz...

The worst part is how quickly it gets cluttered when making a large meal. It can be really tricky to deal with raw chicken , cake batter, icing, and salad veggies all in one teeny space without cr...

I'm having nightmares just thinking about how hard it would be to figure out how long to cook the cakes... there would be so many different thicknesses of cake to worry about! I feel like the outsi...

Really Lovely - I'm so Jealous!

Yipes - this is okay... but I would hate having to keep that cabinet door open while I'm cooking. If you want the magnetic strip, the Container store has tons of narrow stick on magnetic str...