I treat pistachios like you’re supposed to do with cooking clams or mussels - if it isn’t open enough naturally, I assume it shouldn’t be eaten. If it’s open but not enough to crack with my fingers, I love the method of using an old shell as a lever.

One of my big kitchen rules for prepping and serving is always to grab a bigger size bowl / container than you think you need. Nothing is worse than trying to stir ingredients and having to be ultra careful to keep things from jumping over the sides or the mess from trying to transfer an in-progress recipe to another…

I make after shower spray with 1 1/2 cups water, 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol, 1 cup vinegar, 1 tsp dishwashing liquid and 20 drops each of lemon and tea tree essential oils. Mix in a spray bottle and go to town after the last person showers. Smells a bit like a salad for a few minutes but cuts down the time between…

Oh, yeah. Otherwise it would never happen.

I’d like to point out that ABC cancelled Happy Endings, yet Last Man Standing is somehow still a thing.

Also, when you use the goddam red exclamation point your email gets automatically ignored.

Years ago some higher-up in the company tried to float “email-free Fridays” (I think because they read Google did it or something) and tried to encourage phone calls or face-to-face meetings. The idea lasted maybe three weeks because too many people knew they needed the written word from colleagues as a CYI for when…

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I go to India for vacation every year and every year I get a “just in case” prescription of Ciprofloxacin in case of severe stomach upset (and because getting Cholera just once is more than enough.) A few years ago I was getting my annual meds and asked the doctor if I did have to take the Cipro would taking a…

Agreed. American’s Test Kitchen routinely pushes the manual ones as the best but I don’t want to have to sit and fiddle with the heat. With the electric you just push a few buttons and the brain of the unit does all the work.

You’re not doing it right, then.

I've used DRS (Digital Recipe Sidekick, Android) for years now. I can manually add recipes using .txt files or directly from the AllRecipes site. It's free and interactive. I can call over to my tablet and it will read me the ingredients and the steps as I cook.

I've used DRS (Digital Recipe Sidekick, Android) for years now. I can manually add recipes using .txt files or directly from the AllRecipes site. It's free and interactive. I can call over to my tablet and it will read me the ingredients and the steps as I cook.

I've used DRS (Digital Recipe Sidekick, Android) for years now. I can manually add recipes using .txt files or directly from the AllRecipes site. It's free and interactive. I can call over to my tablet and it will read me the ingredients and the steps as I cook.

I've used DRS (Digital Recipe Sidekick, Android) for years now. I can manually add recipes using .txt files or directly from the AllRecipes site. It's free and interactive. I can call over to my tablet and it will read me the ingredients and the steps as I cook.

I've used DRS (Digital Recipe Sidekick, Android) for years now. I can manually add recipes using .txt files or directly from the AllRecipes site. It's free and interactive. I can call over to my tablet and it will read me the ingredients and the steps as I cook.

I've used DRS (Digital Recipe Sidekick, Android) for years now. I can manually add recipes using .txt files or directly from the AllRecipes site. It's free and interactive. I can call over to my tablet and it will read me the ingredients and the steps as I cook.