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A collection of 8 posts
A large cooking pot full of water is on a stovetop, with a Ziploc bag inside and clipped to the edge. A thermometer probe is in the water, and the display reads 101.3°.
Tools

How to try sous vide without special equipment

Before you invest in expensive tools, use the ordinary kitchen equipment you already have to find out if sous vide is for you.
30 Apr 2025 8 min read
Large pieces of ginger root, alongside a silver spoon on a cutting boar
How-tos

The easiest way to grate ginger

I love ginger, but I hate grating it—so I don't. I use my blender. It works!
16 Apr 2025 6 min read
Vintage ad for an alarm radio: "Noted doctor proves GE Clock-Radio wakes you Soothingly... but alarms wake you with SHOCK"
How-tos

Ease into the Daylight Saving Time change

I have a (relatively) gentle approach to the Daylight Saving Time shift that almost makes it tolerable.
03 Mar 2025 3 min read
Ten red grape tomatoes are nestled in a round plastic lid, alongside a long, orange, serrated bread knife.
How-tos

The cherry tomato cutting trick

I resisted, but I've finally been converted to the better way to cut cherry tomatoes.
26 Feb 2025 4 min read
A ceramic orange tabby cat wears a spacesuit.
Doing Better

Beyond the walled gardens

A month into a new way of being online has me feeling fresh and hopeful, even in the midst of the world's horrors.
12 Feb 2025 7 min read
A pomegranate and a knife on a cutting board.
How-tos

How to cut a pomegranate

This game-changing method for getting the seeds out of a pomegranate is fast, clean, and easy.
04 Feb 2025 5 min read
On the left, bright white sugar has orange zest on top. On the right, the sugar is now uniformly yellow and a bit more damp.
How-tos

Getting big orange flavor in baking

Turn to the peel, not the juice.
31 Jan 2025 3 min read
Flour is being poured into a bowl on a digital kitchen scale, which reads 54g.
How-tos

Switching to metric

[cowbell] Come on, baby. Don't fear the meter! Baby, take my hand. Don't fear the meter! We'll be able to fly. Don't fear the meter!
23 Jan 2025 9 min read
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