The first time I hit a Sam’s, I fell sway.  Man, I bought everything.  Lesson learned.  Now, honestly, as a single person in a fairly small apartment, my bulk buying is limited to toilet paper and paper towels.  Both of which cost a fortune here and are considerably cheaper (usually) at a bulk store.  I have pretty…

Here’s the thing with salmon - I REALLY hated it, I mean hated it. I was also at my doc because I was feeling like shit (there was so much wrong with me) and she basically revamped my whole diet. One of the mains was salmon, 3x a week. “But I fucking hate salmon,” I said. “I don’t give a shit.” she said. So I did it,…

I grew up with not even being able to play with my gifts until I sent a thank you note, and had no problem with it. I kind of enjoyed it. Cash gifts were even better. I could wait until I either bought something (which literally took a day) or put it in the bank. I’d tell then what I bought and how awesome it was or…

Margaret Visser is a writer, essentially a food anthropologist, who’s written a couple of books on food history.  I believe that her Much Depends on Dinner spends a good deal of time on essentially this issue, the history of what we cooked with and the food we ate.  It’s really fascinating stuff.

A slice of pizza. Dude, I’m more than willing to share slices in a pie, an actual slice itself? GTF away from me, seriously, run.

Jesus Christ, that sucks. I am the luckiest person ever. I’m an old so maybe the rules have changed, but I was a smart kid and reading was a really big deal growing up. I even got a two part allowence, one regular and one for books. When I was about 8 or 9 my dad went to our local library and told them to let me take…

I have long been a believer that the perfect marriage situation is both having their own apartments in the same building. Best of both worlds. Can hang with each other and go home without even having to get fully dressed. It’s ideal.

Ms Lower, I think this is pretty much my favorite waffle maker post you have ever done. I’m kind of crushing on you right now.

I LOVE good, fresh tomatoes, but HTG, they’re so hard to find in NYC (the exception being cherry and grape). You can spend up to $7-8/lb on heirlooms and 2/3's the time, they end up mealy, tasteless wonders. Hence, my deep affection of canned tomatoes. Me, I’m a Muir Glen Fire Roasted gal. I have never had good canned…

The easiest, most perfect combo showing the awesomeness of butter and soy sauce is simply rice with butter and a bit of soy sauce. It’s delicious, but the combo works on almost everything. I keep ghee (you can keep it with out refrigeration) and soy sauce at my desk. Almost every meal I bring from home for lunch gets…

NYC here.  Okay, Domino’s makes crap pizza.  That said, I am addicted to their thin crust pepperoni feast pizza with added olives.  And their large thin crust pizzas come square cut.  The crust is almost like a thin cracker.  Anyhow, once they cut it live a regular pizza and it really didn’t work.  There is a time and…

Well, mine is snack/condiment drawer. I have DJ&A’s Shitake Mushroom Crisps, F Bomb’s Cheddar Crisps, ghee, soy sauce, Frank’s Original, rice wine vinegar, Chomps, and food related items include a real china plate, real utensils, and plastic wrap.  This all in addition to my fridge stores of Kewpie and two different…

I miss the olden timee days. When I was a kid, my dad and I would fly from Hawaii to NY for vacation every year. We’d always do the red eye, always coach. And every single time there was an opening in First Class, the stews would move us up there. I loved first class, and I also very much loved getting wings from the…

This is an excellent tip.  As a rule I always have my current use butter in a nice enamel butter dish outside the fridge.  I want to spread, not wait.  An excellent sandwich is on a baguette.  With gorgonzola butter, shaved ham, arugula, and a bit of thinly sliced pear or apple.  It is perfect.  If you use plain…

Joining this a little late in the game.  I have never, not once, ever been paid back by a family member.  I have given money as gifts, but loans were always stressed as loans, that I really needed the money back.  Nope.  Zilch.  I have one family member who calls me frequently, letting me know she hasn’t forgotten,…

I pretty much took over the cooking for my family (just my dad and me) when I was 12. For my 15th birthday be bought me a 10 inch cast iron skillet. Said skillet is 47 years old now and I have used it almost every day since I got it. I even make toast with it.  Nothing fancy, I know, but it’s a thing of beauty.

A peanut butter and potato ship sandwich is just about the best thing a person can put in their mouth.  

I make a lot of different compound butters. They’re super easy and really kind of make one feel like a chef. My current favorite is butter with finely minced candied ginger and maple syrup. It’s great on anything warm bread or pancake related. On the savory side, butter with lots of freshly chopped cilantro and lime…

I load up on them right after Thanksgiving.  Not only are various versions of cranberries great on so many different foods, but they also make a smoothie delicious, and work wonders swirled into a sorbet.  AND, make a basic cranberry sauce, only instead of adding water and sugar, just use a mediocre real maple syrup…

I love a large fluffy curd, can’t stand those super creamy scrambled eggs.  Basically, I do the Ramsay recipe at a slightly higher temperature and it gives me perfect eggs, which are made even more perfect piled onto thick, super buttered toast.  Hmmmm.