Kitchen Tools

It’s possible that your chili will be either thicker or thinner than desired at some point in the cooking process. Chili is a volume problem … Read more

Sterilized glass, sugar and fruit sit on the kitchen counter. Everything prepared over many hours is now ready to be sealed before it spoils. Grasp … Read more

Canning season is always a little messy in my kitchen, sticky counters, boiling pots of water, all those tomatoes needing to be peeled. Your arms … Read more

To most home bakers, crust color is just a matter of oven temperature: Crank it up; voilà, browned pizza. But when your dough remain pale … Read more

There you are, in your kitchen. You have flour and olive oil out, and in front of you sits a recipe written in percentages that … Read more

Jerky’s also about patience: While your marinade might be perfect (a precise mix of brown sugar, soy sauce, and black pepper), without sufficient soaking time … Read more

Treating dough as A precise formula (instead of just a vague suggestion) lets you make pizza at home better then ever. The dough will no … Read more

Frosting is one of those treats that’s somewhere between elegant and messy liability. Cream cheese frosting in particular is delicious; its tang slices through the … Read more

Then there’s the waste: The first pancake is always a test batch. It’s your way to gauge the heat, the consistency, the cooperation level of … Read more