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Replacing my hodgepodge of plasticware - What are your favorite food storage containers and why?
You may want to consider glass ... should last longer, can go into the oven, no leaching weird chemicals, etc.
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Food storage containers
Love, love, love the Martha Stewart glass food storage containers at K-Mart. (You can order online at the K-Mart website). They are obviously not breakproof since they are glass, but the glass is lightweight and I think they are...
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Decanting wine
I don’t own a decanter but I should. You get the same benefits by pulling the cork and exposing the wine to air. It’s just that often you have to pull the cork the night before. Wines that are old enough or poorly made...
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Blue Sky?
to be a Bloody Mary with a raw oyster in it. Very innovative idea, but the glasses that came were very small and the vodka so overpowered anything else that you could not tell that there was tomato juice, no less spices in the...
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angel food cake -- bundt pan okay?
's already going to be challenged in that environment. Plus, you’ll be hardput to cool the cake upside down meaning that the fragile structure will collapse on itself before it is able to cool and stabilize. Really, angel...
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Road Trip Review: Bouchon - Las Vegas, NV (w/ photos!)
After an amazing meal at Lotus of Siam and seeing The Beatles Love by Cirque du Soleil (which we heartily recommend), J. and I collapsed after a very busy day. After sleeping in, lounging around and being vacation bums, we...
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I want to make a cheese souffle!
,do you let each guest serve the souffle and add sauce? Do you serve immediately upon removing from oven? Shall I expect it to collapse a bit? Sorry to be such a pest. Thanks tons.
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Remembering Flavor Straws...just for a moment.
They were really flimsy paper and often collapsed before you were through with your milk. They were striped in the color the flavor was supposed to be. I think my mom bought them a couple of times but none of us really liked...
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beef needs salt; any meats which don't?
What do you mean, unborn? Eels are fish; they lay eggs. Angulas/glass eels are one to three years old, depending on how far they had to swim to end up on your piece of toast.
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Review: Mint Thai Cafe - Gilbert, AZ
that seats four in the first suite area. We opted for the latter for the space and the privacy. We were given menus and large glasses of water. I was pleased about the water because it was served in a large, quart-sized glass with...
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Irish Stew: recipe required
Irish Stew isn’t a recipe – it’s a philosophy. Beef and/or lamb. Potatoes, and/or turnips and/or rutabagas and/or cabbage and/or carrots. A bit of mustard and/or a glass of stout or porter. Cook long and slow...
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What Washington Lacks
fell in and DC followed, along with the rest of the nation. Now every restaurant and bar in the country offers a dozen varieties for people enjoy by the glass or bottle. Fifteen years ago we still bought all our bread from the...
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Zeke's Smokehouse redux
the sidewalk melting for a moment through the plate glass windows before taking stock of the restaurant. And Zekes is a restaurant, not a joint. There are booths and tables, and a counter with stools, black and white...
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Coffee Brewed with Cold Water?
with cold water and let steep overnight. (Do not stir.) -Remove plug to filter coffee concentrate into glass carafe. -Add to cup with hot or cold water before drinking; start with 1 part concentrate to 3 parts water, then adjust...
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blind-baked shrinkage frustration!
When blind-baking a pie crust, you’ll be guaranteed perfect shape and even browning if you use two identical pans (preferably glass, because of its weight, better thermal conduction and because you can see how browned the...
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