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Last year as a new year’s resolution, I decided to bake a new cake every month that I had never made before. This year I am doing the same thing but just with desserts period. This month was king c...

by tcamp 5 days ago

Son, 20, is a decent cook and interested in food. I am interested in facilitating the habits of other adults in the house who are willing to make dinner and include a veg or two. Anyway, we made be...

Hello all, well here's an odd question; does anyone know of a specialty store that might carry chicken salt? Preferably Chook's brand? I was watching an episode of Valerie's Home Cooking in whic...

Are you dining out again? What safety guidelines do you follow during this time of Covid? What should restaurant venues be doing? It's been difficult all around, but we do want to stay safe and sti...

Like many other first-time posters, I would agree that this is easily the best community for all-things food and cooking related and I thank all of you experts in advance for your feedback. So I...

by Melanie Wong 6 days ago

In another discussion some were dreaming of avocado cream pie. Yes, it is a real thing. This is the recipe from the California Avocado Commission that I used to make in college. And for some reason...

by kaleokahu 7 days ago

I'm curious what the actual thickness dimensions are for this 'hybrid" line. There are a couple of ways to think about this Groupe SEB product: (1) a 3-ply SS pan body with an additional bonded al...

by kaleokahu 7 days ago

Last week, I received a new Type K thermocouple from Thermoworks. The TX-10641 is a fine wire-based contact probe that is held in place by high-temperature 3M adhesive film. I’d been looking forw...

by Melanie Wong 7 days ago

"...The situation is complex. While droughts are expected to become more extreme under warming conditions, climate change may actually benefit wheat, expanding its growing range, according to new r...

I go to a local (fake) Italian restaurant run by an Albanian gentleman. The food is quite good especially their bread (brought in daily from the Bronx) and the infused olive oil they serve with it....

Anyone else have any household specific (ideally stupid) names for foods? Wife and I have some stupid names that come from who knows where – one brand of veggie sausages are known as ‘guffers’ (as ...

by herby 8 days ago

Welcome to nominations thread for February dish of the month! February is the last month of winter when days are starting to noticeably get longer and the coldest days are in the rear view mirror. ...

Hi CHers, Saw this from Toronto Life and it got me thinking about dinner options for Lunar new year (which happens to fall around my birthday this year!!!). Any recommendations for takeout/...

I just bought an old copper saute pan with a stainless steel lining, but am extremely dismayed to find scratches that reveal the copper. There aren't many, but I worry about how toxic the copper m...

I cooked a "special occasion" dinner for my husband last evening to celebrate his birthday at home, which got me thinking about the topic in general. I'm not referring to family, holiday meals tha...

by kaleokahu 9 days ago

On my last trip into Ace Hardware, I spied a curious machine. At first I thought they had a new popcorn popper, all shrouded in clear plexiglass. On closer inspection, it turned out to be a slick...

I am still using the original style dough hook that came with my Kitchenaid K5A mixer. It doesn't do a very good job. Is the spiral dough hook better?