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I think I'm going to enjoy the homework!
Last thing I ate or drank: more of those tasty little amaretto cookies. they're gone now. :-(
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April 09, 2005
April 08, 2005
a borrowed link
Sweetnicks wrote that in this Sunday's issue of PARADE Magazine, Sheila Lukins of Silver Palate fame lists the 10 Kitchen Tools I Can't Live Without. They are listed here
But here's MY top ten (in no particular order)
1) silicone spatulas - I have at least a dozen, in lots of different colors, but my Trudeau "Greenie" is my favorite!
2) flexible, reusable cutting sheets - I buy them by the handful, too. Want a clean cutting surface, whip one of these out!
3) electric scale - I love to bake, this makes it so much easier to make my "pro" recipes, or to halve packages of stuff.
4) Spaetzle press & ricer - makes fluffy potatoes, smooshes apples, and makes spaetzle!!!
5) immersion blender - much easier to clean than a regular blender
6) wustoff chef's knife - 10 inches of carbon steel, baby.
7) coffee mill - never used for coffee, but used for turning dried spices into dust.
8) cast iron grill pan - great for any kind of meat, veggies, and even for making my version of chapati.
9) microplane - nothing is better for fluffy clouds of parmesan or delicate citrus zest.
10) wooden skewers - used for testing cakes, propping things up, holding things closed, and all sorts of other uses!
I could probably add a few more, but I'm about to go to Border rill with my sweetie!!
What's on your list?
Last thing I ate or drank: tic tacs, the white ones, this time!
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But here's MY top ten (in no particular order)
1) silicone spatulas - I have at least a dozen, in lots of different colors, but my Trudeau "Greenie" is my favorite!
2) flexible, reusable cutting sheets - I buy them by the handful, too. Want a clean cutting surface, whip one of these out!
3) electric scale - I love to bake, this makes it so much easier to make my "pro" recipes, or to halve packages of stuff.
4) Spaetzle press & ricer - makes fluffy potatoes, smooshes apples, and makes spaetzle!!!
5) immersion blender - much easier to clean than a regular blender
6) wustoff chef's knife - 10 inches of carbon steel, baby.
7) coffee mill - never used for coffee, but used for turning dried spices into dust.
8) cast iron grill pan - great for any kind of meat, veggies, and even for making my version of chapati.
9) microplane - nothing is better for fluffy clouds of parmesan or delicate citrus zest.
10) wooden skewers - used for testing cakes, propping things up, holding things closed, and all sorts of other uses!
I could probably add a few more, but I'm about to go to Border rill with my sweetie!!
What's on your list?
Last thing I ate or drank: tic tacs, the white ones, this time!
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PHEW-Thank goodness THAT'S over!
I'm so glad the low-carb thing is out and I can just cook brown rice for my clients again! Click here to read an article about how the expensive engineered weight-loss foods of yesterday (literally) are being fed to inmates and indigents.
OH, speaking of special diets, I have a Personal Chef client who tries to avoid glutens, and I've discovered that rice pasta is really, really good. I love my allergic/restricted clients!
Last thing I ate or drank: Malibu Rum in Dole Pineapple-Orange-Mango!
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OH, speaking of special diets, I have a Personal Chef client who tries to avoid glutens, and I've discovered that rice pasta is really, really good. I love my allergic/restricted clients!
Last thing I ate or drank: Malibu Rum in Dole Pineapple-Orange-Mango!
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April 05, 2005
they're standards for a reason...
I bought two toaster ovens today, they were only $35 apiece, Black & Decker brand, they seem like they'd be big enough to roast a whole chicken inside...and they seem to be powerful enough for what I need... But they're weird shaped: the pan that comes with them is squarish. 9x10 instead of the standard 9x13 ratio, so I don't have any extra pans to fit in them. As far as flat-surface is concerned, it looks like it can only cook about 4 chicken breasts per oven, maybe 6 if you push it. It would be big enough to heat a server's tray worth of appetizers, probably. I think that one, if not both of them, are going back tomorrow. :-(
Last thing I ate or drank: tiny crunchy amaretto cookies from Bay Cities Deli in Santa Monica. I'm so sad to hear that they'll be getting rid of their packaged goods section!
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Last thing I ate or drank: tiny crunchy amaretto cookies from Bay Cities Deli in Santa Monica. I'm so sad to hear that they'll be getting rid of their packaged goods section!
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