I prefer to grill it without the husk. That’s how you get a nice char on some of the kernels, and it’s delicious as leftovers, for instance in a corn and black bean salad. It doesn’t even need butter when grilled this way.

Get one of those little cheapie freezer thermometers, available in restaurant supply stores among other places, and use it to gauge the right setting for your fridge and freezer.

I do buy things in bulk and freeze them, for instance the big bags of nuts from Costco keep well in the freezer. But the real savings is in freezing stuff that I didn’t buy, like vegetables from my garden, and berries and mushrooms that I pick throughout the summer. Also it’s great for prepared foods, like if I’m…

I think it’s common sense that you’re not going to be freezing a soft cheese like goat cheese or brie, it’ll ruin the consistency. But for any hard cheese like Swiss, cheddar, jack cheese, grated mozzarella, Parmesan or Romano, it’s great.

I am definitely going to try these! I’ve got some Eastern European genes, and cabbage is one of my comfort foods. And the artichoke recipe sounds much better than an old one I have which is heavy on the mayo and cheese.

They are great to put in the bottom of a flower pot before filling it, it keeps the dirt from leaking out of the hole in the bottom. And for greasing a cake pan(I refuse to buy cooking spray).

Yes, it still works for me. 

You can give this salad a Moroccan twist by adding a little cumin and cilantro, and leave out the sugar and mustard. Lemon and cumin pair really well together, just don’t overdo it.

New York fern, hay scented fern and lowbush blueberry and wood aster will grow in acidic soil. 

It would have been nice to include some native plants species, instead of the usual suspects. These non-native species are often invasive, and do not support insects and other wildlife. Hay-scented fern, sensitive fern, common violets, golden groundsel, Allegheny spurge(a native pachysandra) and Virginia creeper are…

Oh man, their Marcona almonds, roasted with salt and rosemary are to die for. A little pricey though. And two seasonal items I love are the Honey Crisp Apple Cider and hot chocolate mix. This winter I was there in like January, and the hot chocolate was already gone! they told me they only carry it for the Christmas…

That’s where I am the Jersey Shore!

You cannot wash a foam pillow. I found this out the hard way.

I had a bad experience with TD that made me close my account, after many years of keeping a substantial amount of money there. We went there to get something notarized, which is something I’ve done many times at various banks. The first employee was willing, so we signed the paper, he notarized and he called another…

And the whey is also a great meat tenderizer!

I have a very old cookbook that has recipes that call for sour milk. If I see I have a dairy product that’s gone off, or on the verge of going bad, whether it’s milk, half-and-half, cheese, or whatever, and it’s not a convenient time to cook, I just throw it in the freezer. Later on I’ll use defrost it and use for…

Everybody is talking about hot water bottles, but if you can heat up a solid object like a brick, a cast iron frying pan, or a round rock, it will retain heat a lot longer and make a great bedwarmer. Assuming of course you have a gas stove, camp stove, or outdoor grill you can use to heat it up. Wrap whatever it is in…

I have a ledger book with handwritten recipes and newspaper/magazine clipping pasted in, which I started back to the 1970's, but I really don’t add to it anymore. I now have a couple of folders with recipes either clipped from magazines or printed from online. I have only about half a dozen cookbooks, which are my…

I use potato flour or instant mashed potato flakes, mixed with a bit of water, which is quicker than grating a potato!

Since I’ve started cooking my own chick peas in a pressure cooker instead of making hummus with canned chick peas, it’s so creamy, not grainy at all! Really worth the little bit of extra effort. I usually cook up a good sized batch and freeze them in portions for hummus and other recipes.