CookShelfThe Huffington Post's Kitchen Daily has a timely article by Sarah Pinneo on "The 6 Mistakes You're Making Reheating That Food." As she writes, "Leftovers can be a boon -- two homemade meals for the effort of one. Or, if…
Regardless of the kitchen, storing spices always seems to be a challenge. It can be so frustrating to buy a new jar of some rarely used spice and then find a barely opened one tucked in some corner - or unearth a jar of…
Over at The Kitchn they have a very useful blog on 21 Creative Ways to Use Up Pantry and Cooking Staples. As they write: "Do you have a few almost-empty jars in your pantry? Some half-full containers in your fridge?…
We loved a recent story on Grub Street New York discussing annoying food terms. As they state, "The time has come to publicly shame these terrible words and constructions and eliminate them from food writing forever."…
The Huffington Post recently composed a list of the top ten food graphs - based on their amusement rather than scientific value - from GraphJam. Here are the chart titles; take a look for a quick laugh and maybe some…
It's fairly well known that eating spicy food actually cools you down. However, as this NPR report states, the same science works for hot beverages. Whether you're in the middle of a heat wave or experiencing cool…
Two news items recently caught our attention - one good news (for many of us, at least) and one sad. On the good news front, Salt at NPR reports that drinking a moderate amount of wine helps women prevent bone loss: "A…
Every cook needs a spatula for so many things - cooking, scraping out bowls, gentle folding. And this wide variety of tasks that it's called on to perform often means you need a wide variety of spatulas - a firm,…
On Sara Moulton's website, she has an interesting article that's creating some buzz in the food world. Whereas cookbooks, videos, and blogs have - at least for the last 10 years - argued that home cooks should always…
Over at Food Republic they've reprinted an essay from the New Yorker, How Whole Foods Created A New Breed of Shopper. As Tom Roston writes, "In my darker moments, I imagine what it might be like to live through an alien…
We all have had that disconcerting moment - there's a bit of mold on a food item that, ordinarily, we'd be reluctant to toss. What to do...? In this article on the HuffPost, 4 Moldy Foods You Can Eat (Plus Which Foods…
In the world of elite cooking there is a conception that garlic presses are evil. A press supposedly crushes the garlic to mush, while using a knife keeps the garlic edges even and sharp, allowing for full flavor to…
