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....
Bread Pans
I made a really dumb mistake earlier. A recipe I was making called for using a 8.5″ x 4.5″ loaf pan. I grabbed my 9″ x 5″ loaf pan. I only realized my error when I was waiting for it to rise and it was nowhere near the top...