I don’t recall, but I probally learned the tap or flat difference through experience, I also don’t remember being upset by it...even at McDonalds you specify if you want a cup of (free) water or (pay for) a...

mashmallow orange circus peanut candies that are left out for a few weeks until they are really stale and hard as a rock. Also stale mint pastelles. A pint of cream whipped and then a full can of lychee with syrup dumped into the...

then. The one upside to making your own sorbet is experimenting with flavors, but I’d happily settle for buying Haagen Daz’s raspberry sorbet over making my own, especially when you factor in the cost of buying your own fresh...

Frank’s Tabasco Brand Habanero Sriracha Homemade Concoction: one pint heinz distilled vinegar one can chipotles in adobo one small head roasted garlic

. She doesn’t do a lot of baking. When I was a kid she made cookies—one of my earliest memories is of her giving me a little measuring cup with three or four chocolate chips in it for me to snack on while she made...

like the cereal and milk that was a typical breakfast at home! I can’t tell you how many years it took me to learn to make an egg that tasted like those...and when I was shopping in a kitchen supply store and found egg cups...

It’s fine if it were just a bar but it’s become at least equal parts restaurant and bar. People wouldn’t line up there for a draft poured into a hot pint glass fresh out of the dishwasher. More people than there...

's cheaper to buy that cup at some coffeehouse than to buy the grinder, coffee maker, and filters needed to make a cup at home.

and at Kopplin’s Coffee in St. Paul, along with the bestest cup of coffee I’ve ever had. Not kidding at all. It was this Columbia Tolima from Paradise Roasters and O.M.Geeee it was fantastic coming out of those clover...

i second the sweet life. it’s a wonderful little store with a very carefully-chosen selection of merchandise, great prices on fresh nuts, and fantastic but not fussy homemade candies. i’m partial to the peanut butter...

and greater respect for the subject. And let’s remember, there is also efficiency. If I’m prepping a soup or stock and I ask for pint of mirepoix, that’s a heck of lot easier than saying, "two cups of that...

-watercress salad the remainders of a pint of Ciao Bella chocolate gelato Sunday night: Korean short rib soup with rice and banchan (Korean pickled anchovies, sauteed dried squid, veggies, seaweed) Monday night: chicken and chickpea...

when they know I only eat at Daniel Boloud’s?" “Why didn't the restaurant kick out the people with the whiny kid at the table next to me?” "Why can’t I charge a $.75 cup of coffee." "Why doesn’t the...

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