CookShelfSometime ago Epicurious announced The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. They asked kids between the ages of 8 and 12 to submit healthy lunchtime dishes. They received over 1,200 entries and a distinguished judging panel…
It's always commendable when an organization laughs at itself, and Bon Appétit is doing just that with its article, The 15 Most Insane Vintage Recipes Published in Bon Appétit. And they include not only descriptions,…
BuzzFeed has a fun article called "20 Odd Inventions That Might be Awesome." Not all of them concern food, (though food does seem to bring out the most creativity) but they're all amusing and do pose the question, "Do…
In a recent article in The Observer, Viv Groskop confesses to being a Nigella Lawson addict. In a world where the Kardashians and other non-notable celebrities receive far too much press, we're happy to find someone who…
At America's Test Kitchen Feed they have a quick video with three different approaches on how to open a stubborn jar lid: Improve your grip by using a piece of plastic wrap, a rubber band, or wear a rubber glove Tapping…
Grub Street found a great video on how to separate an egg. The video is in Chinese but it doesn't matter -- it's perfectly clear from the images what the woman is doing. Indeed, it adds a whole new layer of context to…
On his blog, Michael Ruhlman has a fun article titled, "Cooking with Tofu (Are You Serious?!). In it, he describes how a cookbook by Andrea Nguyen, Asian Tofu, converted him from an eater who disliked tofu due to its…
Eater has a two-part series on cookbooks to be published this fall - just in time to be added to holiday gift lists. They list numerous books in several categories, as either featured or honorable mentions. The…
Regardless of how much kitchen space you have, most of us are still reluctant to invest the money or storage room in single-purpose items. So we thought this article by Bon Appétit, 11 Things You Didn't Know Were Great…
In Brian Palmer's Slate article, "Ignore Your Oven Dial: You can't control the temperature of your oven very well, so stop worrying about it," Palmer gives a brief history of oven temperatures leading to the conclusion…
For those of us in the United States who watched the Olympics, it was very hard to ignore the continuous Chobani yogurt commercials. And Chobani should be acknowledged as the New York company that introduced and has…
Over at EATER, they asked five chefs, "Is There Too Much Television?" In general, the answer was yes, even from those on television. Per Andrew Zimmern, "I will say that a lot of producers are making shows where people…
