Loaflets
So I was at Marshall’s and saw stacks of these little pans, six to a set. Had no idea what I was going to do with them, but I had to have them. I’ve since read about using them for individual meatloaves, banana bread, and cranberry orange bread. But...
Tipping Culture
This is not about leaning. First of all, let me say that I’m pro-tipping. I tip 20-25% because, frankly, most service workers are screwed by their employers, even more so in states that allow them to screw them even more. (In California the minimum-wage laws apply to everyone; in...
Metric
USA: (Beating chest.) We’re the USA — we can do anything! The World: Metric. USA: Oh, not that — that’s hard. As a US citizen, the above is embarrassing. We made a half-hearted attempt at metric in the 70s and then just gave up. I went to Australia in...
Subscriptions
A gripe about subscriptions. I see that some restaurants are now offering subscriptions — pay $x per month and get free delivery or extra cheese sauce or something else. Interesting idea. If you use it. And if you use it a lot. I recently went through all the subscriptions...
Asian Baked Chicken
Don’t believe everything you read in books — you can cook chicken that isn’t dry....