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Display Name: TorchyBlane
Member Since: 1/4/12

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I think the easiest way to solve something like this is to take a cocktail that's familiar and add one ingredient that makes it unique and special - perhaps an unexpected liquer or fruit puree?

blackberry mojito
St. Germain gimlet
Maple white russian
Blood orange Rob Roy

etc. etc.


Unique but Crowd-Pleasing Signature Wedding Cocktails? Good Questions
9/28/12 2:42 PM

Amy, can you tell me where you found a car for between $750 and $1100? I want to get a car there.


8 Sofas for a Classic Glam Look Decor Style Source List
6/7/12 1:28 PM

A food dehydrator might be the biggest waste of money in the world. Per Alton Brown, you can accomplish exactly the same thing in either a slow oven or using air filters and a box fan.


The Kitchn's Guide to Essential Small Electric Appliances Setting Up a Kitchen
5/3/12 2:11 PM

Chick tracts, eh? I'd say in the bathroom, wrapped around the toilet paper dispenser.


Display of 50-Plus Chick Tracts? Good Questions
4/30/12 2:22 PM

Hands down, the best coffee comes from the warm-over tray method. It's not really 'in' yet, at least on the Starbucks-addled middle American radar, but you can start to see it more at your more discerning gas stations.

The warm-over tray coffee I get at my local Kum-and-Go is divine. The beans are sourced from a carefully selected blend of local expired catering sacks, and the way Samir and Luigi pour in my two containers of Irish Creme International Delight...so divine. Well worth the $1.05.


Pour-Over Coffee: Does it Make a Better Brew?
1/5/12 12:26 PM

Oh please. Yes, Travis, it is possible that a non-KitchenAid stand mixer will somehow manage the wring the necessary cycles out of its tiny Chinese motor to knead a couple of batches of bread for you. I have an antique Sunbeam I got at an antiques fair for $50 and it works great. The doughs and batters occasionally climb, so I babysit them, but it saves me a little elbow grease, which is all 99 percent of us ever ask from our mixers.

If you want a KitchenAid because it's heavy-duty chef quality and you do a heavy-duty chef amount of mixing, fine. If you want one because it's pretty and Martha Stewart has one, also fine. But you don't need to pretend that it's the only mixer on the entire planet that won't experience congestive heart failure while exploding if you try to mix anything more viscous than a single egg.


Best Budget Stand Mixer for Making Bread?
Good Questions
1/4/12 3:32 PM