by Christina on November 17, 2009
One thing that is rarely missing from the Thanksgiving table is mashed potatoes. I would even argue that if you went to someone’s house for Thanksgiving and they failed to offer mashed potatoes as a side, you would be slightly annoyed and feel jipped out of a proper Thanksgiving spread. And right now, farmer’s markets [...]
by Christina on October 12, 2009
A Microplane is a very sharp grater intended to “create zest”. Jillian had been telling me for months about her love for the tool and all of it’s handy uses, yet when my boyfriend’s grandmother gave me one it sat in my top drawer untouched. I always thought, why would you ever need to “create [...]
by Jillian on September 17, 2009
Don’t let the simple design of this trusty little lemon reamer fool you. Even though it looks like a something a 1950’s housewife would have stowed away in her kitchen, it does a pretty amazing job of draining every last bit of juice out of a lemon, lime or orange. To get the most out [...]