I'd need a dozen sets of these to hold all the types of tea I have, but they really are cute!

I've never made it, but I've been thinking about doing so all week in anticipation of the annual shipment of pear's my MIL sends us. Usually I make pear preserves and syrup, but sauce sounded like ...

I second the IngenuiTea fro mAdagio.

This post makes me feel a lot better. I sweep... when I can't help but notice it needs it. I don't really ever mop. Usually what happens is the dog slops water and I drop a dish towel on the floor,...

The Crisco that has no trans-fats is has the green label. I think they still only sell small tubs of it (as opposed to the huge ones you can get of the regular shortening), but they do also have st...

That's a quick way to die of food poisoning, using the turn-the-bottle-upside-down method. I can soups all the time, though. I simply use a pressure canner to do so.

It's been a really light summer for me. I've been so busy w/ school I just haven't had time to really can much. So just various pasta sauces and soups.

I don't worry about buying organic foods. Frankly, they're too costly for someone on a strict budget. I agree there's no nutritional difference, although of course pesticides are the primary reason...

I hated meat as a child. All of it. Pork, beef, chicken, lamb, didn't matter. Now I love it!

The gimlet is hands down my favourite drink. When it's made correctly. When it's not, it's the most painful thing to touch my lips.

The term foodie has always annoyed me. I'm a cook. I've been a cook since I was a small child, and I'll always be a cook.

I eat eggplant a lot; stewed, roasted, baked into casseroles, microwaved cubes w/ salt that I munch on as a snack, stir fried, you name it. I think it's my current favourite food. How...

I like to add a splash of it when I make strawberry and currant sauces (also glazes and other fruit reductions), and I replace half of the balsamic with it in ceasar dressing. Also, it's great for ...

I wish I liked smoked cheddar. Conceptually I love it, but I can't stand the taste.

Usually when you buy real yams, they're already cut up and peeled, because yams can be up to 6' long.

Or buffaloberries?

How funny. I was just wondering about this the other day. My favourite strainer also happens to be the most difficult one to clean.

I just toss my carcass in the crock pot, w/ some scraps of vegetables I'd cooked previously. Whenever I get home from school/work, I strain it at that point and usually simmer or boil it to reduce ...

I have bags of juiced lemon halves in the freezer. I just grate it frozen (it's easier to grate frozen than after thawing the halves) and it works just fine. I'll be honest and say I never actually...

It's a mulberry. God I love and miss those.