reading one poster’s New Year’s dinner made me exhasuted (the one that make Martha Stewart look like a slug). I rise to my feet in a standing ovation but couldn’t imagine personally doing something like that....

(which I love Friendly’s Frappe’s but I can’t stand the rest of the store) Sub and Jimmies... I came here looking to find out what Jimmies are made of... A co worker and I were eating donuts and I noticed that the...

nice!! I gotta say it really poofed up, had to chop some off to keep it standing before flipping out of mold but it is gorgeous esp. since I made it in a tulip mould.

Knives, pots, pans, cutting boards, and the like I exclude because they really aren’t gadgets. We use the timer on our range, so no separate gadget required. Somehow survived lo these many years without a microwave....

It’s my favorite soda. Good as a mixer, too.

Pupster, thank you...I was going to say the same thing...I stand with you. Bless.

mixture. 7) When the nuts are coated well, transfer back to the baking sheet and let them stand for several hours until cool and dry. You can store them in a tightly covered container for several days, or pack into small gift tins...

Oh, man – I’ve defended the graphic redesign of the cartons elsewhere in this thread, and I stand by that defense, but I really hope they DON’T roll out the half-orange shaped caps. Not only do they make Barmy...

A new ice cream shop just opened up in Chicago. The idea is that you pick your base, sweetener, flavorings and add-ins, then the staff uses liquid nitrogen to flash-freeze the ice cream in a mixer a la Richard Blaise on Top Chef....

will be taking up the same size table as a couple, but will be spending (and probably tipping) considerably less. But if you are going to only seat me after all the pairs have gotten tables, tell me up front, don’t just...

do 90% of my cooking/baking/serving in wood bowls. I use my electric mixer in them and love the pleasant “thunk, thunk” instead of “clang,rattle”, they don’t abrade the countertop, need only a quick...

minutes. Add the cooked onion to the lentils, along with the rice and salt. Cover and simmer 20 minutes until rice and lentils are soft. If a bit of water remains unabsorbed, remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes and it will...

of whether the bird is done. It’s actually a long-standing debate in the turkey cooking community — cook breast up or breast down? But over all, if you’ve cooked breast-up (the most common way to cook a turkey),...

dinner 3-4 times a week. personally, i want to be able to tell my customers that they are getting what they are paying for, and to bring about 100 people standing behind me to step forward and give their part of that: "i grew...

I keep a collection of plain white Corningware Corelle dishes (2 bowl sizes and two plate sizes) stacked in a three-tier plate stand (within arm’s reach) for microwave use, heat/reheat/warm/melt/defrost. Corelle is...