Hi Victoria: my first apartment had a kitchen almost as badly laid out and without space for a kitchen island inside the kitchen and no way to move any of the appliances. I know it's not the ideal ...
Shirley - in the five years since I moved out of my parents house, I went from owning a couple of boxes worth of books to needing three floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. (I hasten to add that I'm a com...
I really don't care about the name; that's marketing for you. It just doesn't look like a terribly useful device; I've never felt the need for an extra attachment to facilitate pouring from a skill...
gingergirl: I like the lotion idea too - but if you don't keep it in the original container, it's nice to make sure that it's obvious what is lotion and what is soap. (My first roommate had identic...
I'm another looker - I try not to judge though, because I'm also one of those people who might have 2 pounds of butter, chocolate chips, a dozen eggs, and a package of spinach in my basket. It's ju...
My grandmother mixes cilantro chutney with mayonnaise for a really delicious and interesting sauce for corn on the cob and all sorts of bbq-ed foods.
Thanks so much for posting a recip...
Meggo: my parents' cat, who is very offended by the sight of an empty catfood dish when he's hungry, lets us know by batting the dish all over the kitchen. He does this with his (full) water bowl t...
I generally peel carrots (and save the peels in the freezer for stock), though I guess it's largely out of habit. And I peel apples if I'm putting them in a pie or making apple butter, though not i...
White chocolate ganache inside an oreo-type cookie sounds so many orders of magnitude better than the standard dull frosting.
I curse my currently-packed up kitchen.
Clampers: you only use your cheese grater once a year? Now I don't know if I'm weird or not. :P I use my cheese grater all the time, and not just for cheese - it works fine for citrus zest, ginger,...
I totally blame genetics. Everyone in my family hoards books of all kinds and we all abhor the idea of ever culling our books. That's how I've managed to go from needing a single tall bookca...
I use ziplock bags for chilling pastry dough, since they can be washed and re-used and can be wrapped tightly enough to keep the dough from drying out.
I like freshly squeezed orange juice, but I'd rather just eat the orange than go to the trouble of squeezing it for juice, and I very rarely buy any juice because I find it too sweet and too expens...
Hmm,
Eggs, butter, cheese, yoghurt, and half & half. Leftovers. Some variety of green vegetable, replaced several times per week (the other veg rotate, but I can't get enough kale, spi...
One thing missing from this (in my humble opinion): a few squeezes of fresh lemon juice and some lemon zest, and/or some minced up preserved lemon.
Nonetheless, I wish this was what I...
Electropositive, I don't know about other people, but I strain my yoghurt in the fridge (sometimes it's difficult to squeeze it in, but I've always managed). Why would one have to leave it out?
Count me in the group of people who like to add apple cider during the initial cooking phase. I've been going by the recipe from Maryanne Dragan's Well Preserved , which calls for 2 cups of a...
I'm almost having a weekend of no cooking at all, as it was Canadian Thanksgiving last night with one set of relatives, a family dinner tonight with a second set of relatives, and Thanksgiving agai...
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Hi Victoria: my first apartment had a kitchen almost as badly laid out and without space for a kitchen island inside the kitchen and no way to move any of the appliances. I know it's not the ideal ...
Shirley - in the five years since I moved out of my parents house, I went from owning a couple of boxes worth of books to needing three floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. (I hasten to add that I'm a com...
I really don't care about the name; that's marketing for you. It just doesn't look like a terribly useful device; I've never felt the need for an extra attachment to facilitate pouring from a skill...
gingergirl: I like the lotion idea too - but if you don't keep it in the original container, it's nice to make sure that it's obvious what is lotion and what is soap. (My first roommate had identic...
I had a lovely variety of apples from a local orchard, so I baked this apple-yoghurt cake from Smitten Kitchen , or somethin...
I'm another looker - I try not to judge though, because I'm also one of those people who might have 2 pounds of butter, chocolate chips, a dozen eggs, and a package of spinach in my basket. It's ju...
My grandmother mixes cilantro chutney with mayonnaise for a really delicious and interesting sauce for corn on the cob and all sorts of bbq-ed foods. Thanks so much for posting a recip...
Meggo: my parents' cat, who is very offended by the sight of an empty catfood dish when he's hungry, lets us know by batting the dish all over the kitchen. He does this with his (full) water bowl t...
I generally peel carrots (and save the peels in the freezer for stock), though I guess it's largely out of habit. And I peel apples if I'm putting them in a pie or making apple butter, though not i...
White chocolate ganache inside an oreo-type cookie sounds so many orders of magnitude better than the standard dull frosting. I curse my currently-packed up kitchen.
Clampers: you only use your cheese grater once a year? Now I don't know if I'm weird or not. :P I use my cheese grater all the time, and not just for cheese - it works fine for citrus zest, ginger,...
How has no one suggested hot chocolate yet? :) I also agree with threecupsofcoffee regarding the warm milk and honey though.
I totally blame genetics. Everyone in my family hoards books of all kinds and we all abhor the idea of ever culling our books. That's how I've managed to go from needing a single tall bookca...
I use ziplock bags for chilling pastry dough, since they can be washed and re-used and can be wrapped tightly enough to keep the dough from drying out.
I like freshly squeezed orange juice, but I'd rather just eat the orange than go to the trouble of squeezing it for juice, and I very rarely buy any juice because I find it too sweet and too expens...
Hmm, Eggs, butter, cheese, yoghurt, and half & half. Leftovers. Some variety of green vegetable, replaced several times per week (the other veg rotate, but I can't get enough kale, spi...
One thing missing from this (in my humble opinion): a few squeezes of fresh lemon juice and some lemon zest, and/or some minced up preserved lemon. Nonetheless, I wish this was what I...
Electropositive, I don't know about other people, but I strain my yoghurt in the fridge (sometimes it's difficult to squeeze it in, but I've always managed). Why would one have to leave it out?
Count me in the group of people who like to add apple cider during the initial cooking phase. I've been going by the recipe from Maryanne Dragan's Well Preserved , which calls for 2 cups of a...
I'm almost having a weekend of no cooking at all, as it was Canadian Thanksgiving last night with one set of relatives, a family dinner tonight with a second set of relatives, and Thanksgiving agai...