OK, yes. I’m writing about something called a citrus reamer and I have a little Beavis-and-Butthead thing going on in my head. “Heh heh….she said ‘reamer’.”
You know I’m all about the low-tech. Well, not really, but I don’t like a lot of useless gadget crap lying around my kitchen. Gets in the [...]

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I’ll be the first one to say, “I am not spending THAT kind of money on a freakin’ knife. I’ll just cut with these butter knives that I already OWN.” Because. After all. How much difference can it REALLY make?
A lot. Yes. It’s true.
I’m NOT going to tell you how [...]

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Some cooks LOVE all kitchen gadgets and simply must have the latest and greatest. Me? I’m more on the other end of the spectrum, less is more. I make my pie crust with a fork. Really.
So, imagine my surprise when I realized that I MUST have a food processor to continue [...]

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Not often, but sometimes I want to hear other people’s opinions. Today the planets were aligned just so, and I was feeling almost open to considering someone else’s ideas, so I solicited some input from my friend, I’ll call her ‘Lori’, on her current favorite can’t-live-without-it kitchen gadget. Her one sentence response, “The [...]

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Ever touched your wet tongue to a frozen metal object? Like a metal spoon? When you’re scooping ice cream? You KNOW not to do it, but sometimes you just have to get that last bit of frozen goodness off the spoon, right? And then you realize, a half-second too late, that your [...]

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