Yes, it's polarizing. Sometimes you just have to get over the smell in order to enjoy the taste. Fish sauce and balsamic vinegar aren't the most pleasant smelling things and yet people tend to li...

I use Trader Joe's sea salt. I like that it's cheap, but they don't use an anti-caking agent so getting salt out of the tall cylindrical container through small holes was a hassle. I took the top...

The big marble slab and double ovens are functional; but I'd say that the mirror isn't. Sure it's beautiful, but I wouldn't want it in my kitchen. To each his own.

Savory wise I like them diced and put in to couscous with some lemon or orange zest, cumin and parsley. I make panettone every year for Christmas and wouldn't dream of leaving apricots out of it. ...

I have NO money to donate, but I can bake. You can think a bakesale trivializes the tragedy, but what money is raised by my selling cookies is more than the NOTHING I could donate and I'd rather d...

Two words: squirt gun. Oh yes! And cover everything.

Perhaps if you make a LOT of cupcakes this would be worthwhile, but I just see it as a bulky uni-tasker. I'm down for building my own out of plates and cups, or maybe even those super-cute ones ma...

Lemontart is right about infusing things with cocoa nibs. You can toast them slightly and then infuse cream with them to give whipped cream an extra something. Or you can use this same infused cr...

Mimee23: If you have enough room in your pan for the caramel portion (remember, it WILL bubble up with the baking soda) then this should be fine. I assume your silicone is bakeware. ...

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I don't get place cards or assigned seating for that matter. Sure it's cute, but is it really necessary?

I love the 'Buy the Dozen' sets at Bed Bath and Beyond! I bought a set of flutes two years ago for my New Year's Eve party. They're basic flute shapes, but how often do I have a dozen people over...

I *definitely* needed a recipe box: I had internet print-outs and post-its all over my kitchen making the recipe I needed unnecessarily difficult to find. I re-purposed my bf's business cards and ...

A couple of different ideas. You can either look up what's in season for your region online and then cull pictures from the internet then build your own calendar. I know there are businesses that...

Hello Cure folks! So I just ransacked my drawers looking for unused/duplicate items. I had four pizza cutters! You may be the wrong people to ask seeing as how you're also declutteri...

How about sabayon? Serve over whatever fruit looks good that day.

I'm a big fan of Tootsie Rolls. Imagine my delight when I found out that Rose Levy Beranbaum's chocolate fondant recipe will produce the best Tootsie Rolls ever. I also enjoy taffies and Dots. I...

I've made montelimar which is very similar. It's very sticky straight out of the bowl, but tasty. I imagine the labor and mess are why these are seasonal treats. You can also use corn syrup in l...

It was my understanding that ricotta is made with whey that you have extracted from something else, like, say mozzarella making. Hence a name that means 'recooked.'

I have some bottles I love using I got from a sparkling lemonade. As far as cleaning them goes, I give it a quick rinse whenever I've polished off the contents then add a few drops of soap, add so...