Does anyone have a method for removing the stubborn traces of olive oil, melted butter, chicken drippings etc. from natural bristle basting brushes? I’m tempted to try the silicon version, but the "bristles" seem so wimpy... (11 replies, last updated by madgreek December 7, 2007)

Finally got really disgusted with the old school ones. I was never certain of the cleanliness, couldn’t stand those dang stray bristles that shed at the most inopportune times... So I fast forwarded to the new millennium and... (11 replies, last updated by Karl S. January 29, 2005)

Today for about the fifth time, I picked up one of those new fangled silicon brushes, for brushing butter on food, or barbecue sauce, etc. I turned it over and over and was put off by the price ($9.95). However, I have thrown out... (21 replies, last updated by Nancy Berry March 16, 2007)

yesterday, I noticed that the bristles are what we ought, euphemistically, refer to as...“tacky”—perhaps even figuratively as well as literally. My initial solution was to simply boil away the crud. When that... (5 replies, last updated by kc girl February 4, 2003)

I bought a couple pounds of pork belly to braise, Shanghai-style. When I got home, I saw that the skin had short bristles, which I had never seen on previous pork belly purchases. Does the presence of bristles mean the skin is... (8 replies, last updated by yimster June 28, 2008)

In the vein of “you didn't hear this from me” I will admit to buying the cheapest natural bristle paint brushes that I can find at hardware/big box stores. Usually they’re two or three for a dollar instead of... (19 replies, last updated by bear July 31, 2007)

oh the new fads of painting sauce onto plates... so there are pastry brushes and then there are painting brushes. really what is the difference? you can get a variety of different types of bristles for painting brushes so are any... (5 replies, last updated by nooodles April 4, 2006)

were in North Carolina at a fish shak and I saw what they were doing to some really beautiful flouner and I bristled that they weren’t respecting the fish. Julia’s comments on the fish she had eaten in California were... (2 replies, last updated by ms. clicquot September 8, 2009)

I like Paolo’s Trattoria for “mid-level” food. (Although I’m sure Paolo would bristle at that description. :) http://www.paolosboston.com/ And of course, Tangierino is good, although definitely on the upper... (3 replies, last updated by Infomaniac January 31, 2007)

.m. on weekends)." Whatever leads a restaurateur to invest megabucks on a website that bristles with music, animations, fancy photos and graphics but leaves out essential information like hours of business? Contempt for... (6 replies, last updated by karine Seidman November 26, 2005)

a “neighborhood joint”. I think if you asked Frank Ruta if he minded such a categorization he would no doubt be polite, but I think he’d bristle just a bit. That said, I also believe that the level of the... (8 replies, last updated by BOOKGUY May 7, 2004)

7", 8", and 14" long, so the longer one is defintely long enough for the oven or grill. The shortest brush is about 1 1/2" wide, and the others around 2" wide. I wouldn’t say the bristles are flimsy, but they’re... (6 replies, last updated by Budser1228 August 29, 2006)

-mini bottle brush on one end. Oh, and one of those stiff bristled cleaning brushes with the slightly curved handles (used for cleaning up chipped or stripped wood furniture before refinishing—find them in the paint dept at... (3 replies, last updated by RGC1982 November 3, 2009)

How about trying a hard bristled toothbrush or some other brush to clean it? (6 replies, last updated by Kinnexa May 13, 2008)

that it was an escaped domestic rabbit. Perhaps it was recaptured and thus a half wild rabbit. Anyway, the Slow Food guide bristles with restaurants serving wild game in season and the half wild stuff out of season, I guess. (4 replies, last updated by Campania March 27, 2008)