@Lena M: You want to put your knives up right away so that they aren't laying in a sink or on the counter. That keeps the knife cleaner, helps protect the edge, and it also helps protect any hands ...

I have tried that rhubarb DRY soda, and it really was not very good. Smelled amazing, but no flavor. And I don't get this drinking during the holidays thing...we have never done that. ...

Oh man, I really kind of want to make those caramel stuffed cookies...but not with Kraft caramels. I'd use Morinaga's milk caramels, provided I could stop myself from eating them all first.

Chocolate peanut butter pie! It's the best, especially now that I know the secret of making little peanut butter crumbly bits to go on top. Another off-the-wall example for your list i...

Meh. It is cute, but isn't really the kind of thing I'd want to eat even though you can.

Eggs, really? Details, please.

I think you could do the same thing with a rice cooker.

Yup, relish tray is standard for Thanksgiving and Christmas. No dip, but there are always olives, stuffed celery, pickled beets (bleh), baby sweet pickles, maybe baby corn, and some other stuff. Ge...

We actually do the dessert buffet thing. Big meal at lunch, then a break, desserts sometime later, and maybe (just maybe!) dinner that night.

Malt-o-meal is my favorite! I like oatmeal too, but I think it's better with just brown sugar, maybe some pecans. I want to try the oatmeal in a rice cooker thing, but I just don't eve...

Er, yeah. Umeboshi is definitely not a favorite of mine. It's like eating slightly-sour salt, if that makes any sense. Bleh. Shiso, on the other hand, I really like. Of course, there's...

This apple tart, from Epicurious, has this awesome 'almond cream' layer on top of phyllo. I'm planning to make it again sometime soon.

Ack! Cleaning supplies stored above food is a major no-no. If they must go in the pantry, put them on the bottom! Otherwise, under the kitchen sink is a good place, as is somewhere in the laundry a...

Love that stove! It reminds me of the one we used to have, which was a 1947 model Roper. (Which I actually miss a lot, because I hate the electric burners on the one we have now.)

Love chestnuts! I've just found them for the first time this fall and they are delicious. The roasting bit is totally easy, as I just throw them in the oven at 400 or 425 for 15-20 minutes. It's th...

Nothing beats my Mom's recipe. She makes her own sauce with mushrooms and black olives in it. And it is really cheesy, because lasagna just should be. She doesn't make it very often, though, becaus...

@dezine: Croissants are a pain. But I suggest that if you do go for it, make yourself some pain au chocolat too as a treat. :) I want to make more bread this winter, especially a fluff...

Argh, no time to cook things with all the Halloween set-up today and tomorrow, then break-down tomorrow night and Sunday. But I am going to attempt these awesome Butterscotch Squares sometime tomor...

Glazed, roasted, boiled, steamed, raw...whatever! Carrots are one of my favorites.

Sorry, but Halloween is one day a year, and for most kids (er, and a few not-quite-kids-anymore...) it is mostly about getting candy. Well, scares and candy anyway. I'd have been pissed to get anyt...