Re: the smooth electric stovetops - look in your owner's manuals. I think it's just the older stoves that were not ok with it (the problem is less the high heat than the heat difference between ar...

I second the smoothie - I generally make mine with frozen blueberries, mango, OJ, and soft silken tofu. Sweet, creamy, cold, and filling = yum!

I LOVE using zotero (zotero.org) to organize recipes. It supports tags, allows you to save notes about the recipes, can take a snap-shot of the page in case it disappears, and has a number of othe...

Yum! Fresh eggs, direct from the farm are *so* good. We only pay about $5/doz for ours (still twice as much as from the grocery store, I think), but they are well worth it. I have to...

When I have extra coffee, I freeze it in ice-cube trays. Then, when I want to make something like this, I use the coffee cubes instead of regular ice. If I don't want it to be very strong, I just...

We just had a picnic for dinner last night! We went to a small park near our apartment. It was great - it was in the high 80s here in Seattle (where almost no one has AC) so there were lots of pe...

I picked up a similar, though non-Cuisinart, compressor ice cream maker on Craigslist for $75; I had that search in my RSS feed for about 4 months before I found it. It was new (apparently it was ...

Imagine if you wanted something from the short container on the top shelf - it has three other containers stacked on it! Most of the things in the "before" shot are actually more accessible, AND t...

How is the tomato press different (...and better) than a food mill? I could see buying a food mill, because they're useful for a whole bunch of things, but the tomato press? Not so much.

Similar to the Lock & Lock (and also available at organize.com) are the Glasslock containers. I worry about keeping food in plastic - these are fully leak-proof (we put soup in them, and aren't ve...

The new Splendid Table book ("How to Eat Supper") and "The Art Of Simple Food" are two of my favorite books for people who want to get more comfortable in the kitchen. If he's a tota...

Thank you for posting this! I *never* would have tried this recipe without enthusiastic endorsement, but after reading about how much you liked it, I'm going to give it a go this weekend!

Huh. I've never had any trouble with the self-cleaning feature of the oven - I use it every spring and fall to take care of all the burnt-on gunk. Didn't even realise some folks had had major pro...

Has anyone had luck making this with margarine? I'd like to make some for my grandmother's seder, but it can't have dairy in it if we're going to have it after dinner. (Kitty's experience isn't e...

I imagine the sensor working even less well than the one in the bathroom at work. No, thanks.

Another site to try: teasource.com. They're a tea importer, and their teas are particularly fresh and varied. They have some samplers, too, which might be useful to you:

Lemon curd - delicious, and you can just make it in the microwave. It keeps well in the fridge, too, so you can easily make it ahead.

I have an ancient Braun immersion blender. I'm not even sure how old it is - my dad gave it to me when I first had an apartment during college (1997), but it wasn't new then. He didn't use it muc...

Is there a reason for waiting to put the water into the hot pan? I usually just pour hot water in when I start the pre-heat, and by the time I put the bread into the oven, the water is boiling and...

One of my neighbors has started one for the end of the month, as a way to build some community in our inner-city neighborhood. So I haven't done one yet, but I'm very much looking forward to it!