I mostly endorse the Cook's Illustrated formula (see my own turkey page, the result of 25 years of refinements at http://www.rubenzahl.com/turkey). A couple of notes.

Resting is crucial. Cut into meat fresh from the oven and you will have a lake on the cutting board. After the rest, all that liquid will stay in the meat. Here's proof (and Cook's Illustrated has done similar tests): http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/12/how-to…

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Someone once told me, "Don't be interesting. Be interested."

Some of the complaints may be from "supertasters" who have more taste buds. Some of them find kale (and other cole crops) bitter and yucky.

Short answer: No.

Assuming that running a laptop with a separate monitor alongside counts as "two."

"Your mileage -will- vary."

And yet, you took the time to write three paragraphs.

Fatberg. No idea it had a name. Thank you, for making me smarter today.

When you warm up bread, you're softening it, so your strategy works. But for those who are warming or toasting, the bread will be softer if kept at room temp for the first few days.

Nice writeup. I think the only hard part of your instructions is this: "Careful, don't drink it all."

Aeropress for me. Here's my long-ago blog article on the topic.

One more note: The method I found that I think does work is to buy green and ripe bananas and store them separately so the ripe ones don't speed the ripening of the unripe ones. I have not tested carefully but it seems to work.

Polyphenol oxidase from the stem — that's a new one to me. But you're right, there is a conceivable mechanism in either that or ethylene. However, it did not pan out for me. I tried it and saw no difference between stem-wrapped and non-wrapped bananas.

Refrigeration will prevent mold but it greatly speeds up starch crystallization, which is what causes it to harden.

1. Correct on the bread but it's not dehydration, it's starch crystallization. That's pretty arcane. If you want to learn way too much:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011…

A lot of flaws in this article.

You can replace the battery for the cost of roughly 3% of a new one.

Wow, your dog must have a huge head.