Picking corn when I was little (before microwave ovens), the farmer told us that he didn’t cook it, just ate it at room temperature brushed with melted butter. I still prefer it that way.

One of the fixtures of summer was the rotisserie on our gas grill. Chicken, roasts, the aroma wafted across the back yard. It was necessary, too hot to cook inside. Add grilled corn on the cob and a salad. Dat dere is summer.

Nope. I’m firmly in that camp, too.

The absolute worst way to put mayo on a sandwich is a squeeze bottle. Subway does it (another nail in their coffin). The sandwich place at my work does it (on one side of the bread only). My favorite sandwich joint spreads it on with a spatula!

I love mushrooms so much, it’s hard to cook a small enough amount to create a single layer in my largest skillet.

Parmesan cheese. Crumbled. In the filling. Counterpoint for the mustard. Little nuggets of glory.

I’ve always had a microwave and a toaster oven, but precious little space for Instapots, Air Fryers, Panini Press/Grills. I am really looking forward to what I will learn this week. I think it would be useful to know the wattage of the ovens you use and how to adapt if the wattage is different.

I am very happy to see Desert Hearts on this list, it is hard to explain just how important that film is. I saw it over and over in the theater, marveling at how perfect it is. The first lesbian story with a happy ending.

I had read “Desert of the Heart” by Jane Rule, a landmark work in its own right. What Natalie…

That’s true, but they break the yolk to make it cook evenly. The hard yolk reminds me of over cooked fried eggs.

So if I read this right, the best egg for the McD’s sandwiches is the round egg which is equivalent to a fried egg with a hard yolk. I love you all very much but no. The yolk in a fried egg must be liquid or it’s icky. This makes no sense of course, because hard boiled eggs are essentially the same thing. But hard boil…

I have 3 fans that I use around my home, a Lasko 9" table fan, a Honeywell TurboForce and a Holmes Lil Blizzard.

This is the first time I’ve heard of the practice. It does seem like it might have started as an Orthodox tradition, then filtered down to conservative congregations. Learned something new today. As a conservative California kid, no candy throwing.

I have become besotted by a local bakery’s rosemary focaccia, finding all manner of ways to integrate it into my culinary repertoire (it makes exemplary french toast). Thank you for the focaccia fries, I’ll add to the list. The other night, I tossed a couple of raw garlic cloves in with potatoes on the boil, the…

In the summer, my family piled into the station wagon and drove all over Southern California to Pick-Your-Own farms. South to Cherry Valley. North to Camarillo for strawberries. Corn right off the stalk from I forget where. Plums for jam. Peaches for hand cranked ice cream. Corn Dogs at the county fair. The pit…

Filtron uses 1 pound of coffee with 60 oz of water, soak for 12 hours. If my math skills hold up, that’s 4 oz of coffee to 2 cups of water. Maybe adjust the amount of water in your brew?

The MarketWatch article lists devices that are for pouring hot water over coffee, then chilling it. I’ve always called that iced coffee.

My Dad hosted his first dinner for friends recently, I thought you might enjoy his report:

When I see Bacon in the headline in my RSS feed for Lifehacker, I know Claire’s on the job.

I stumbled on a way to control grease when oven cooking bacon. Dampen the sheet of parchment paper slightly larger than the sheet tray, then line the pan. Add a rack, bacon and bake. The damp paper conforms to the pan better and doesn’t burn at the high temp. After cooling, the grease can be scraped off to save.

Peanut butter + hoisin warmed in the microwave = best apple dip