Kitchen Tools

The first time you cook, you spend hours tweaking temps and playing with the smoke rings to get things just right. Then some klutz tries … Read more

The magic of fermentation is when the cabbage tastes like itself. It transitions from tasting like salty vegetable to tasting like what it is going … Read more

So you open the fridge, grab a pack of ground beef, and everything seem okay. Human memory’s fuzzy; something doesn’t feel quite right in your … Read more

Panic: You grab a pack of chicken breasts from fridge; they’re coming up on their sell-by date. Here’s the truth: That date stamped onto the … Read more

It sounds delicious; the pot of rice smells good. And it certainly appears innocent enough on your plate. You dig in, and all goes well…until … Read more

The freezer is a time machine for most folks. The moment you stick that ground beef in there while your fridge overflows, it will be … Read more

You have three slices of pepperoni pizza in a box on your counter at 10 PM on a Tuesday. If you account for how long … Read more

Midnight: You’re standing in front of an open fridge doubting yourself. Light hits your feet and then lands on Tuesday’s leftover meal. Does that look … Read more

It’s time to make eggs, so you grab one from the carton. But then you can’t remember when you purchased it. Now writing on the … Read more