CookShelfAwhile ago we published a blog on The best food movies and movie scenes, which proved to be quite popular. We had a lot of nice responses from our readers about their favorite scenes, including the escargot moment in…
ATK's Feed recently published some helpful tips on managing a pepper mill. Most cooks have learned the mantra that freshly ground pepper is much more flavorful than preground, but that still doesn't mean that pepper…
It's maple syrup season here in the New England, so we thought we'd take a moment to discuss grades of maple syrup and dispute the claim that an "A" is better than a "B." We should note that the grades depend whether…
It's Friday (at least here in the U.S.) so we wanted to be a little frivolous and this posting from Epicurious touched the spot. In Top Ten Places to Hide Your Snacks Kemp Minifie aims to help those of us who'd like to…
Recently, a member of a very erudite cooking bulletin board raised the fact that it is now the spaghetti harvest season in Switzerland. The Swiss have, to a large extent, convinced the rest of the world that spaghetti…
The Daily Meal recently posted a fun list, Best Songs to Bake To. And they have some good ones, which they've posted on Spotify if you'd like to download them. Here's the list: I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey…
Angela Keller, writing for the Daily Meal, took on some common food myths and busted them all. Here's a short list of the kitchen myths she refuted - you can check out all the myths and the full details in Busting the…
Kerry Acker at Epicurious wrote a column yesterday - Food Words are Funny! which certainly sent us into the weekend with a smile: "I woke up this morning and laughed out loud. Why? Because, for some inexplicable reason,…
The demise of the family dinner has been forecast since at least the 1950's, when TV dinners and tables became popular. So we were a little surprised that NPR brought the subject up again in "Family Dinner: Treasured…
Over at America's Test Kitchen, they've been evaluating heavy-duty kitchen scales. In Heavyweight Champion: The OXO Good Grips 22-lb Food Scale, they acknowledge that the bigger sibling of their favorite smaller scale…
Here's a quick tip from Chow for a Monday morning. Heat a head of garlic in a microwave for about 20 seconds and the cloves will slide right out of their skins - no mess and no sticky problem. This video demonstrates.…
We're doing a two-part food and movie blog this weekend in honor of the Oscars. Today we're looking at two compilations - from Serious Eats of their favorite food movies and Boston.com's collection of chefs's favorite…
