I cleaned out the fridge and my spice shelf this weekend. In the fridge I found a red pepper that was so old that it actually hit rigor mortis! No mold, no funky smell, nothing. I didn't know th...

I just made the Bacon Oatmeal Cookies from Serious Eats...not too sure how I feel about them yet. Anyone else try that recipe? Did you like them? And I also made Olive Oil Red Wine Cookies ...

I'm heading over to Ireland next week! Any ideas of food-stuff that I can bring bacK?? I'm already completely addicted to Irish tea, bread, and butter. Anything else I can pick up there tha...

Aghh, I need these knives! Why do they make these things in such pretty colors???

I use my oven regularly throughout the summer, and my kitchen is 3 ft wide by 10 ft long...so not much in the way of circulation in there! I've gotten used to sweating while cooking, very a...

I made the Fantasy-ish Fudge from 101 Cookbooks and the Chai-Spiced Cookies (posted here on TK a few days ago) for my holiday party at work. Both were crowd pleasers! Did anyone else ...

I love french fries! But I doubt she would include recipes for fries in her book... A close second is bacon. I could eat bacon every day.

I bring my lunch to work every day, it helps a lot with keeping my food budget reasonable living in NYC. Today it was some leftover spinach pie. The phyllo gets a bit soggy in the microwave, but ...

I'm making butternut squash soup, a cipollini onion and mushroom pie, and pumpkin bread with walnuts. Mmmmm, fall!

Cinnamon definitely. I put it in my coffee, on my oatmeal, in my baking...

I looove all coffee! I think it depends on the time of day. Medium roast first thing in the morning, light roast after lunch, and a nice dark roast after dinner. Yummy.

I'd really like to try to make chocolate gingerbread. I'm having gingerbread withdrawal now that Christmas is over!