I don’t pull that crap when I shop. For the stores, this is self inflicted, and I have zero sympathy they are turning average citizens into minor criminals. If the theft is more than the savings of not having a cashier, well..... go back to cashiers. Big chain stores have the resources to tackle human behavior,…

If you want a juicy burger, wouldn’t sous vide be the way to go? Say, put it in a ring mold, vacuum pack it with the ring mold to retain the shape, cook in the water bath and sear it off on the hottest grill to get your outside char?

The big square building on W 25th St. (to the upper left of the track) is the Coca-Cola building. I never got a chance to tour there, or use the parking lot for the race when I worked for Coke... Probably can’t do that unless you call ahead to get the gate code. Employees would park in the lot and leave their badge on…

My solution? Chef knife. Old habits die hard. Need garlic not quite whole? Smash with the flat of the blade and toss in. I use the garlic press when I am trying to hide garlic, onions, pepper, etc. in the finished dish. Smashed fine enough, it melts away.

Put a chain on the shears and bolt it to the counter like a lobby pen at a cheap bank.

Jesus is off shift, but Juan is here, we can ask him.

Pull the catalogue for GFS and Aramark, and see if the soup is listed. Buy the soup, and tinker away.

But then the manufacturer can’t upcharge for the privilege of being vegan, gluten soy and dairy free. Vegan has a bad name for the one insistent friend that says “Here try this!” and as you bite in, say... “And it’s Vegan too!” Vegan has the connotation of vegetarian is not good enough... ie, the picky eaters (to…

It me know when the rich start adding the third and fourth kitchens. We have a monstrous 16 burner, two oven downstairs, but has never been fired up since I moved in. Mother-In-Law used to cater, and had the stove lowered in when the addition was built. If we ever get organized and the stove checked out, we could…

Try it on vanilla ice cream. Works well for BlackBerry wine too.

I managed pizza joints in my youth. Health department inspection was a regular thing, and I have no problem with the rules and checking on stuff. I wouldn’t want to get a customer sick, and most of it was common sense. What you had to be careful with was places bacteria could grow, keeping hot food hot and cold food…

No shockers in there. I will keep an open bottle by the stove for more than a couple of days, and use it for cooking. I do give it a sniff test.

I salt fresh corn on the cob. Maybe a bit of butter...

Aunt Susan needs her hearing checked, and possibly a hearing aid.

Air chilled is easier to certify Kosher. The large communal bath on the water method is not Kosher, probably due to the chance of possible contamination from one bird to another (that’s why the water is heavily chlorinated). According to food science, both work....

I have done that before on another car, but I didn’t bother on this car. I am not selling it, so if the gas mileage is off by a mile or two either way does not affect my decision to drive it until it until the wheels fall off.

Quarter million for transport can be worth it when downtime costs over five million a day. At retail price, it is a much higher number. Yes, it can cost, but when you need to get a plant back in production, the cost can be cheap. Just don’t do it all the time.

You don’t have to buy a gas guzzler. If you believe the car fuel calculations, I can get 42 on mostly highway driving, if I keep my foot out of it and stick strictly to the speed limit. It seats four comfortably. What it is not is sexy, it is an appliance. I used to have an hour commute... Now I drive it whatever way…

If your family does not like the crusty ends of a loaf of bread, freeze them and then pop them in a food processor when you have enough. Better tasting breadcrumbs than the store bought variety. I like to use the ends for cleaning sauces off the plate, so we don’t have many ends left over. So I usually grab the…

Empire schmaltz should be at these locations, if you can’t find it at a local Kosher butcher.