Ingenious dishwasher hacks
Piggy-backing on Tuesday's post, today we will discuss more hacks for kitchen equipment. This time it's the dishwasher. While not everyone has a dishwasher, most people who do have one will never go back - and after…
Darcie
Bastille Day recipe ideas
The upcoming Bastille Day holiday provides the perfect excuse (like we need any) to make delicious French food and celebrate liberté, égalité, and fraternité. The holiday is the anniversary of the storming of the…
Tips for getting the most out of your Dutch oven
A Dutch oven is a workhorse in the kitchen. The versatile pans are equally at home on the stovetop or in the oven, and are perfect for everything from deep frying to braising to holding hearty soups and stews. Those are…
YouTube cooking stars challenge traditional show
Between excellent programs like Netflix's Chef's Table; Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat; and Ugly Delicious - not to mention terrific shows on network and cable television - people who love food programs have never had it better.…
Food news antipasto
Alton Brown's new show Good Eats: The Return debuts in August, and earlier this week Brown gave his fans topics that will be covered in the first season. Via social media, he said that we could expect to see the…
Substitutes save the day
Has the following scenario ever happened to you? In the middle of measuring ingredients to make a cake, pie, or batch of cookies, you realize that you are out of one of the key ingredients: cornstarch, baking powder,…
Anyone can be a cook
If you are an avid cook or baker and make food for others to enjoy, you often hear someone say "I wish I could cook but I just don't have a knack for it" or words to that effect. When this happens I am often at a loss…
Uses for leftover hot dog buns
I firmly believe there is a conspiracy afoot between hot dog makers and hot dog bun manufacturers. How else can you explain that hot dogs generally come in packages of 10 but the buns are sold in 8-packs? This means you…
When politics hit the dinner plate
Tariffs are in the headlines the world over these days. Most of the news emanates from the US, where President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs on a number of goods in various countries and regions. While food lovers…
The world's most expensive ingredients
Most of us know that saffron, pound for pound the world's most expensive spice, costing up to $10,000 USD per pound. But it isn't even close to being the costliest food, as Fodor's explains in its list of the ten most…
Get ready - Prime Day is just around the corner
If you took advantage of Amazon's Prime Day sales in the past but wished the window for savings was larger, you are in for a treat this year. Amazon recently announced that it was having its longest Prime Day ever,…
UK Guild of Food Writers announces 2019 award winners
The Guild of Food Writers is the UK's professional association of food writers and broadcasters, and is the longest-established and largest of its kind. Established in 1984, it now has around 480 authors, broadcasters,…