@Zkdog: For the record, Steve is 19 and evidently has little to no exposure to the humanities outside of HS which I think is probably a greater factor in allowing someone this sort of opulence only for the sake of wasting away his days in a basement.

The most impressive part is that Steve seems to be somewhere in his mid-twenties.

"Wine bottle ambiance", otherwise known as "college dorm ambiance".

@IvoryPaetus: If you're spending good money on olive oil, you can look for words that guarantee it is EVOO, and certain markers that give you a better chance of buying something worth the money. First cold press is one to look out for, also good to look for olives grown in Italy. If the bottle contains oil exclusively…

The impurities that impart the delicious flavor on extra-virgin olive oil also burn quite easily, so not only do you not retain the taste as the fats break apart, but you also risk gaining a funky burned taste when using extra-virgin olive oil at high temps.

I'm not sure if it's as bad as slouching in a chair, but I've noticed that the 5 or so people I work with who use a standing setup end up hunched over with their elbows propped on their work station. I can imagine this posture put's a lot of strain on the lumbar region, and it's probably standing's lapse equivalent to…

An ether soaked rag draped loosely over the mouth for 3-5 seconds works for pretty much all of these. I recommend a "spotter". #remedies

@y0himba: I'm with the above. Pretty much all the farmers markets around here are saturated with young folks. #food

I love farmer's markets and I patronize them as often as possible, but from my experience they're no place to find deals. The organic, hand-weeded, hand coddled produce I can buy is anything but cheap. I could buy bulk tomatoes to feed a family of 10 for a week for the price it costs me to get a few tomatoes at the…

I find caffeine works better than booze as a pickup, so long as I keep the dose at a reasonable level. Booze can't help your body's ability to fight off whatever bacteria or virus is attacking it, and I wouldn't be surprised if it hindered it, which is worse than any short term CNS numbing it provides, in my opinion.…

The expert goes on to say "I've never noticed a difference. But I'm also typically unable to pick out, say, the whole-wheat pasta from the white, or the butter from the margarine."

Before I canceled cable (who needs it these days?) I would leave the TV on while using my computer, but I rarely watched it.

I generally roll my clothes because it takes up a lot less space than folding. I roll 3-4 shirts or pants together into a big clothing burrito. Avoiding wrinkles is easy (though maybe a tad less effective?) with this method, as well, so long as I make sure there are no folds or creases in the garments running parallel…

For mango's, rather than slicing the two halves into pieces, I like making a crosshatch pattern of slices to but not through the peel with maybe a little less than 1cm between each cut. Then I turn the peel inside out and perfect little cubes of heavenly mango hang off the peel ready to be eaten.

@Nogard13: That makes sense. I guess it's been in my head all this time. Well, no more horizontal cuts, I guess.

@seiun: Really, the dice will not be as uniform without the horizontal cuts, and there are a few application where uniformity is important. There are also those of us who are obsessive enough to require such uniformity.

Something that's fine for cheap restaurant kitchen knives but HORRIBLE for good knives at home is sliding the knife sideways to move already-sliced bits out of the way. I wish they would have mentioned that in this video.

@Jack: I wasn't impressed, but I don't think I was supposed to be. He clearly was going at a demonstration pace and using exaggerated motions.

@dollen: If you see in the video, he makes the horizontal cuts from an angle toward the back. In this way, he has less cuts that overlap before the final step. Therefore, he avoids getting odd large pieces of onion in a dish. It might not be practical for your slow kitchen at home, but it certainly is for the…

@Aanidaani: I use both, but know many cooks who use the horizontal method exclusively. They both work well, and either is fast. I actually find that I can do a neater dice cutting horizontally.