mh330, It probably needs a good amount of salt! That's probably mostly what you're getting from the bullion cubes. Stock does taste pretty boring until you've finishe...

Anyone know any tried and true recipes for cooking a heritage bird? I had a recipe down pat for the traditional broad-breasted white, but I'm told that these need to be cooked differently. I'm a ...

I have two small windows that I just put double layered curtains on. I agree with the comment to hang them level with the bookcase. It's an easy way to add some height in the room. I did not go ...

Apologies for my terrible typos above!

After reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, I bought Ricki's book, Home Cheese Making. I was astounded to learn how easy it is to make soft cheeses It's easier than baking bread, yet so few know tha...

I made some pumpkin bread out of one of my sugar-pie pumpkins using a whole wheat recipe from the King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking book. It's slightly drier than I'd like, but with a little bu...

Those sound SUPERB. I always abhorred using the onions I had to use at work...nothing worse than slimy onions. One last questions, are those equal parts volume? i.e. 1 cup sugar, 1...

art, How do you make your pearl onions?

Nice idea but...but....but....why? All you need to make a high quality martini is a pint glass and a boston shaker or a spoon. The rest is about the quality of the ingredients.

I love the color of the green with the wood in the dining room.

Butternut squash soup is my favorite way to use butternut squash. Most preparations are fairly simply; the hardest part is peeling the squash.