My SIL in the opposite. She never orders tea out because she will only drink Liptons and has yet to find a restaurant that serves it. My mother and I have given up on trying to get her to drink other tea and for Xmas got her a...

's in those blasted half tin/half plastic bowl and lid combos then it’s no fun cold.

We talk a lot here about our misadventures in restaurants across the country— what about in your own kitchen? 'Fess up. Me? I tried to defrost butter in the microwave... with the foil wrapping paper still on. Oh the shame...

. Most mahi is the same thickness and it will be close ... a bit more done but close. Cook another 30 sec and remove and cover with foil. One hint or tip. I cut mine in individual servings. Easier to cook, easier for cooking times...

millilitres of double cream • 3 egg yolks • 50 grams of caster sugar • A dash of whiskey 1. Heat the oven to 200 degrees C. or 400 degrees F, gas mark 6. 2. Line four individual tart tins with the pastry. Sprinkle some ground almonds...

their teas in resealable foil bags and I like the way that each bag states the correct amount of tea to measure, the correct water temperature and the correct brewing time. Red Blossom – www.redblossomtea.com. Recently...

). The recipe calls for 1/4 cup chopped garlic but given past experience with the amount of recommended garlic I chopped 4 cloves. A small tin of anchovies and a “good pinch of crushed red pepper” are added to the pot...

For stand up brunch events, finger foods or small bites work well. My fav “food carriers” are those gold & silver foil cupcake liners. French toast triangles with maple glaze brushed over ahead of time Fresh fruit...

the care and attention that go into everything else she makes. Refuse to buy bottle stoppers. Instead she used to put pieces of aluminum foil over the mouth of soda bottles. The soda went flat in ten minutes. As a kid, I would have...

garden, but Crisis Garden. Now, being in the nursery business (seeds) I followed the link, and found a company selling “an acre's” worth of garden seed, packed in foil sachets, packed in a tube made of heavy duty 4"...

I may be ultra sensitive, but I’ve had some lousy canned beans. Since I moved to England, though, I’ve found that most of the supermarket brands (Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Tesco) I’ve tried have been really...

. BBC pasta: whole wheat pasta, canned tomatoes, tinned sardines (little ones!), capers, grated parmigiano Salmon Cakes: canned salmon, egg, mashed potato, garlic, any handy seasonings (served with whole frozen green beans)...

A winekey is another name for a corkscrew. Usually it comes with a foil-cutter and a bottle opener. They come in so many permutations, but I prefer the simple waiter’s winekey. There are those that are gas powered, table...

powder or soda); essentially ground walnuts, egg, sugar, minced raisins, and flour. All the oil comes from the nuts. NO spices! These are always delicious, toasty, nutty and subtly sweet but HARD – they need to sit in a tin...

) and so I tried this. The recipe went together very easily and quickly. I choose to make muffins and instead of greasing the tins, used paper baking cups. I for some reason started with 1/4 cup of batter for each muffin, and...