I don`t generally use canned pie filling - I tend to roast butternut squash and use that instead. I found pie pumpkins at Safeway a couple of weeks, but didn`t like the result nearly ...

I see wunami beat me to it, but... chopsticks.

I bought a lot of mustard in little 4 oz jars, rinsed out the mustard (ick) and now have a lot of nice sized, not-too-tall spice jars that close up nice and tight. And I keep them on the counter in...

I'm not sure what \i think about butchery as a spectator sport, but I don't imagine these same people are too curious to see the process by which the vast majority of our pork is processed - or the...

I don't like them. They look cluttery, and the counter-space underneath them appears to be pretty much useless, so you might just as well keep jars on the counter. Plus they're ugly. And I don't ha...

I have one of those infusers that pours out of the bottom when you put it on your cup. I found it to be a bit of a pain to clean everything out of the strainer. I just let the leaves float around i...

I have both - but rarely use the stockpot. The dutch oven though, gets used a LOT. It is very versatile - stews, casseroles, soup - and while it is not perfect for making stock, it does work fine. ...

I've never eaten collard greens. Last week I saw them for the first time ever at Safeway. Now I know why collard recipes specify quite a long cooking time!

Great chokecherry memories from my Canadian prairie childhood. My mother and grandmothers made a sweetish milk-based soup from chokecherries. It was inelegant to eat (all those seeds, dontchaknow) ...

I like orange juice, but I prefer grapefruit juice. I do enjoy OJ in the summer though, mixed half-and-half with tonic water or club soda, over ice, with a little bit of lime juice.

I've found quite of bit of difference how my system handles different types of beans. Navy beans are about the worst, pintos maybe not quite so bad, and black beans and chickpeas among the easiest ...

I like sweet-savoury main dish combos as long as they are also spicy. Like apricots in curried chicken, or raisins in a zippy chickpea tagine. I also like pork with apples. And spicy/sweet chutneys...

Bigger is not always better - I have a 14" pan that I never use because it doesn't get hot enough around the edges on my electric stove. And it doesn't fit properly into my sink for cleaning.

About how long the tubes of herbs etc. keep - the lemon grass seems to keep a long time - doubtless packed with perservatives, but also the only part that is exposed to the air is the little sqeeze...

I actually quite like the lemongrass - it is certainly better than any so-called "fresh" lemongrass I can find where I live. The ginger is not bad in a ginger emergency, but not as ni...

I agree with the poster who mentioned making sure you actually use what you buy. I've been working hard at reducing the amount of waste I throw out. I find that I actually do better by shopping mor...

I have tried magnetic containers on the fridge - but they tended to slide downwards. Maybe the fridge is made of too fine a gauge of metal to work? Not to mention that the names are st...

Aluminum for sure. Many years ago, when it was thought that aluminum was bad for you, I got rid of a big dutch oven that I now wish I had kept. One of the nice things about aluminum i...

Oh, I meant to say that with active dry (non-instant) yeast the reason you proof is mostly because you need to dissolve the little yeasticles and start them growing before mixing them with everythi...

I never proof my yeast. I have kept a jar of yeast in the freezer well over a year without any noticable ill effects. Yeast does not suddenly up and die - it will sort of fade gradual...