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I think it costs maybe $5, but the NetNewsWire RSS reader app is specifically built to sync with Gooogle Reader. All you do is log into it with your google id and password and it syncs all your feeds with what you have in google reader. It also synchronizes read/unread, so you can go back and forth between NNW on the iPad and Google Reader on a computer while keeping what you've read and what you've not in sync.

Works very nicely in my opinion. I go one step further in that when I find something I want to save (on either google reader or NNW), I send it to InstaPaper where I have folders for dividing it up. InstaPaper has the advantage of storing things locally on the iPad, so once I save something to InstaPaper and sync it, I can read those items on my iPad when I'm offline. Great for if you need a recipe when you're somewhere without Internet access.

Watch the recent Alton Brown talk given at Google headquarters - he specifically addresses this question. His answer - basting is completely unnecessary, and actually detrimental if you want the skin to get in any way crispy. Skin is designed to keep liquid out, so all basting does is let heat out of the oven every time you open the door.