School's out for everybody...finally. In the olden days, back when we used clay tablets for our school work (ok, that might be exaggerating a little) school went from Labor Day (the first Monday in September) until Memorial Day (the last Monday in May). Nowadays, the kids go back much earlier, sometimes the first week of August. But the flip side is the college kids are out … [Read more...]
⏱Comfort Food Recipe Collection
No matter how carefully I plan, there are days when I just don’t know what to make for dinner. Sure, I've got my meal plan…but for a variety of reasons that dinner may not appeal to me. Maybe I haven’t been shopping and don’t have the ingredients. Maybe the weather and the meal don't fit. Or maybe I just don’t want to make what's planned. It happens. When it does, I turn … [Read more...]
❓5 Questions – Do I Refrigerate This?
Everybody’s food rituals were different growing up. Then you get roommates or get married and you learn that everybody else’s food storage habits aren’t just wrong, but they are close to criminally insane! Case in point. As a kid growing up in the 1960’s, butter was a precious commodity. My Mom was convinced that butter would go rancid if it resided outside the refrigerator … [Read more...]
❗3 TIL – Kitchen Tips
I’m not the guy you want to play in Trivial Pursuit or Trivia Crack. I’m a storehouse of information that is marginally useful. Ask my kids…I know some of the weirdest stuff. Part of my success is because I constantly collect things for later review. Upon discovering the Evernote web clipper I went wild. I clip from the browser and use the iOS share sheet mercilessly. … [Read more...]
🛠Tools & Gadgets – Proper Knife Technique
There is a pervasive assumption in society that everybody who has a kitchen knows how to use their knives. It’s dangerous in the literal sense, since you can hurt yourself if you don’t have proper knife technique. More importantly, your kitchen chores of chopping and slicing are vastly more difficult if you don’t know what you’re doing. I’ll freely admit that I was a weird kid: … [Read more...]