If you want an accurate utility scale, try a hardware or office store (postal scale). Otherwise, Kitchen Stuff Plus should have a few options in your price range.

that doesn’t have the same characteristics as the recipe writer envisioned and produced with the recipe. I think Todao is on the right track, by standardizing the system for his or her kitchen and cooking techniques.

home baker, and am not intimidated by scale, I just can’t figure out what I can make and freeze and will hold up well. We have a large sized mixer and food processor, basic muffin tins, cookie sheets, etc. but don’t...

If a recipe calls for a quantity of cold butter, and you don’t have a kitchen scale, you can try the water-displacement method.

I have a digital kitchen scale that I use and enjoy quite a bit, but it doesn’t register much until there’s a few grams or more of whatever it is I’m weighing. I’d like to complement it with a smaller...

I’ll vouch for puzzler’s method. I had to calibrate some scales for work using a standard weight. Just for kicks I compared to a stack of quarters and found that 5 quarters do indeed weigh 1.00 ounce. Didn’t...

Here’s a good tip to avoid a mess. Fill your sink with water and scale the fish under water. This prevents the scales from flying all over the kitchen.

an ingredient has been added to the bowl. if anyone is still harboring this scale in their own kitchen, i’d love a reminder! thanks so much!

I am vacationing in Newport this week and wanted to report on a meal @ Scales and Shells on Thames that was excellent if not marred by the ridiculous actions of the head chef that will keep me from returning. Went with a party of...

I hate to encourage bad kitchen habits – of which this is an especially pet-peevish one – there’s always one clown hogging the scale in a professional kitchen. Mise en place – put everything in its place...

baked on crud. I would try a spray product, leave it to soak, the scrub with a big kitchen scrubby. It should be relatively shiny after using the cleaner. If that’s too much work, try using the hard spray function from the...

I finally had the party and wine tasting. It went really well, we started of with the Domaine Tempier — everyone enjoyed this a lot, I need to get another bottle to have some for myself, I was busy with some kitchen duty so...

I think also that many who join CSAs frown (rightly imho) on corporate agribusiness, and Karl’s uses commodity pork: Smithfield, IBP, Hatfield, Amity, etc. Were he to make an arrangement with even a large scale operation...

Although I normally like Otto, I’d advise to stay away from there on a Friday night. The place is jam packed and very loud. The service is even more frenzied than usual and in my experience the kitchen seems a little taxed...

I have a kitchen scale by Salter that does that – I’ve had it for years (bought it at BB&B). I use it a lot for baking - and the zero feature really is quite helpful. But I still use my measuring cups and spoons all...