Kitchen and Cooking
CategoryCarnation Evaporated Milk Recipe Booklet
Having lived almost 12 years with a Carnation heir, I’m well versed in the company’s fascinating history. Sadly, the Carnation name has ..
The Best Cutting Boards: Epicurean Cutting Surfaces
Although it’s hard to improve upon the perfection of a hardwood cutting board, the Epicurean Cutting Surface boards do. Made from an en..
The Best Rice Cooker: Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 5-1/2-Cup Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker and Warmer
This is the Rolls-Royce of rice cookers. I’m pretty sure the "Neuro Fuzzy logic technology" is a misnomer, but it turns out perfect ri..
The Safer Pantry Pest Trap
This morning, I discovered a flour moth flying around my cereal boxes. Now, if you’ve never had an Indian Meal Moth infestation before,..
The Best BBQ Thermometer: Maverick RediCheck Remote Cooking Thermometer
My friends David and Fred had me over for dinner last night. When David, paring knife in hand, asked me to come outside to help him che..
Pineapple Slicer
My friend JB made us brunch last weekend, but the one task he passed on was cutting up pineapple. It’s a messy, complex task that no one..
The Best Toaster Oven: Cuisinart
Bruce and I fight over toasters. He likes the classic slot-loading kind. I like toaster-ovens, mostly because I like to make cinnamon t..
The Best Mixing Spoons: Betty Crocker
The Betty Crocker catalog is going out of business. Yes, collecting those boxtop points sometimes seemed silly, but they offered signif..
The Best Butter Spreaders
You’ll never spread butter with a knife again after you use these
little plastic spreaders. They’re also great for jam, peanut butter,
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The Best Starter Knife Set: Henckels 5-Star
I’ve written enough about Martha Stewart’s 20 Essential Kitchen Tools to start appearing in Google searches related to the list. And tha..