I’m no Bittman, but I can still answer most of those questions. First, get the oxo v-slicer. For 30 bucks you get something that is still rated as one of the best ones on the market and its way cheaper and easier to store...

oregano mix everything in bowl except onions cut the onion in quarters and then make thin slices (a slicer or mandoline would be great otherwise just thin) add onions to bowl and kind of squish them down a bit.Don’t worry if they...

I got one (OXO mandoline) also. Have you figured out how to put all the different slicers in yet? I have used it for slicing so far, and that works like a dream. Fast, and every slice so uniform. But I can’t quite figure...

I got part of the end of a finger into a Feemster slicer once when I was making bread-and-butter pickles. It didn’t end up in the finished product, but I had to go buy one of those metal splint thingies and wear it for...

), and (preparing to turn in my CH badge) Steak-Ums. I’m not good enough with a knife to slice a beef roast thinly enough for a cheesesteak, and I don’t own a meat slicer. So I throw the thin little rectangles on the...

Meringues... egg whites beaten til stiff with a little vanilla, cream of tartar and salt, then baked; sprinkle afterwards with splenda/cinnamon so that it doesn’t get bitter during baking Zucchini sliced with a spirulina...

It is worthwhile noting that not all tomatoes are good for sauce. Slicers and salad tomatoes are too watery for that use. You’ll be wondering why your sauce doesn’t cook down to a nice consistency. Plum varieties...

stores in the area, and certainly more comprehensive) the smoked fish counter (with a good slicer, a boon to neighborhood woefully short in the jewish appetizing dept) the fresh fish counter (am appreciative of the way all the...

11: More important than the bread (a kaiser roll is acceptable) is that the pastrami must be kept hot in a steam line pan with some water in the bottom, and picked up with a carving fork and put on the slicer or hand carved with...

On the subject of knives... I received an very nice set of knives and a present from a former employee. It came with a steel, a cleaver, two different chefs, two slicers, a bread knife, a boning knife, a utility knife, a paring...

. Cooked regular they’re generally a limp mass of potato strings. They just slap a fresh potato through a slicer and throw it into the fryer, which is very fresh indeed, but the starch doesn’t gel on the exterior to...

up near the host stand. It reminded me a bit of the seafood station at Brasserie Beck in DC, but with a warmer interior, It was fun to spend a minute watching the fly-wheel crank prosciutto slicer in action, and the antipasti...

We collect cheese-related objects- old cheese boxes, old cheese slicers and cutters, cheese labels, etc.

if someone has a list, with editorial comments. Also back when I lived in Chicago in the late '60’s and early '70’s a lawyer friend took me to a deli that was know for their corned beef. I remember a bunch of lines...

You are so right. The Totinos Three Cheese pizzas are the one food I would eat for the rest of my life if stuck on an island (with a stove). I bought a high-tech pizza slicer just for those babies. And one fits so perfectly on a...