A couple weeks ago I posted about the kitchen tools I could live without; those items in my cupboards that I’m not always sure why I’m holding on to. Come to find out, a lot of people need cocktail shakers. Anyway, the only acceptable follow-up would be to share the kitchen items I love and [...]
I love kitchen gadgets. If there’s a kitchen store around, I have to go check it out, even if it’s one I’ve been in a million times before. I frequently manage to escape with my wallet intact because, between the wedding and subsequent Christmases and birthdays, we’ve amassed a pretty decent number of kitchen tools. [...]
From time to time, blogs post lists of their must-have pantry items. This is mine. These are the items we always have in the house; I stock up whenever they’re on sale (to a fault, sometimes). Pantry: whole wheat pasta canned tomatoes garlic rice baking staples: AP Flour, whole wheat flour, white and brown sugar, [...]
Brian and I have a fairly well stocked kitchen, made up of hand-me-downs, wedding presents, things we bought for ourselves and items I’ve picked up at Goodwill and tag sales (my new obsessions). Nevertheless, I’ll never say no to going into a kitchen store (or the kitchen department of a store) because I think that [...]
Dear Kitchen Elf, We know you exist. You may have tried to keep your existence a secret, but let’s be frank: you did a pretty poor job of it. Your presence was made obvious by the fact that our utensils, especially the vegetable peeler, keep disappearing from their assigned drawers. I’m not doing it, and [...]
Mark Bittman (him again?!) recently wrote this piece on “items you might spurn, along with some essential pantry and long-keeping refrigerator items you might consider” when stocking your cabinets. This article makes me want to throw out most of what’s in my cupboard…but it gave me a lot to think about, especially in regards to [...]
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