Rings, especially ones with large stones, are terrific mediums for harboring bacteria and spreading food bourne illnesses. When I see doctors and nurses wearing giant rings I gag a little - I'm sure chefs do wear them but I try not to think about that. I have yet to see a barista wearing gloves (and I doubt they wash…

I don't know about that - it's very well publicized in America. If she didn't know anything it's because she stuck her head in the sand.

Well, one of his close friends didn't seem to have as much of a problem connecting the dots as Ms. Palmer http://www.salon.com/2014/10/29/jia…

Amanda Palmer is consistently the most tone deaf, completely insensitive asshole, bankrolling it all on with money from her fans while sticking her fingers in her ears the minute someone upsets her sensibilities or mildly disagrees with her. Stop supporting this fucking jerk. - it'll give her more time to write poems…

Wow, this woman is so delightfully agreeable, I'm sure she will absolutely be steadfast about self-reporting a temperature! No conflict of interest there!

Yep. I'm a nurse and I can't imagine being this flippant about public health. This lady is sure making it easy to not like her.

I went to Kleinfelds and looked at them in person. The construction is pretty amazing but they look like a four year old's idea of glamour. That shit is ugly.

Uh, exactly. Pallative = pain management, which usually means narcotics. They're not doing that because he's "difficult", they're doing their job.

I'm a nurse. I'm not saying what she did is right, or okay....but on some days. Oh my god. I kind of understand.

Maybe they're just jealous because Palestinian food is way tastier than Jewish food.

Needy? I don't know if that's the word I'd use. It's not my money or my problem. They're grown ass ladies making grown ass decisions about their jewelry choices.

I do the half onion thing and use ethylene absorbers in the fridge, so I guess my milage may vary, but it's not really a problem for me.

It totally works - I do it all the time, you just have to scrape off a tiny bit of the top layer: http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides…

Restaurant in Williamsburg, very small - Aurora. I think we paid too much for too little, but it was one of the cheapest venues we could find.

Rice cookers are WONDERFUL - I make oatmeal in mine, and once made an easy paella in it. If you want to do something in a crockpot but need to speed it up, rice cooker is the way to go.

Why are you cutting an orange like that?! Put it on a flat surface.

They have such a bad reputation, but I love mine! I make this all the time: http://www.chow.com/recipes/10981-…

I've gone through four of these in two years. I wish they were more durable :/

Food processor - make your own mayo, hummus, sorbet - EVERYTHING. Wonderful when I'm too lazy to chop up my mise en place for soups.

Can't you just save avocados in any old container as long as the pit stays in there?