June 8th, 2010 · Food
Here is a link to an article on the Cooks Illustrated site with a bunch of tips for keeping the various kitchen staples (flour, sugar, butter, &tc.) fresh, and how long they will last. I had never thought to keep butter in the freezer before! Keeping Kitchen Staples Fresh – Cooks Illustrated. The tips could save you some $$ and frustration!
I’m not a big fan of keeping coffee in the freezer, though. I try to buy whole beans soon after they are roasted (can’t wait to start roasting my own!) and use them up quickly.
(Thanks to Lifehacker for pointing out the article!)
Tags: cooksillustrated·Food·lifehacker
June 8th, 2010 · money
This may seem quite opposite to what most people think of as sound financial advice, but here is a post that tells people that an emergency fund isn’t as critical to personal financial health as you think: The 0-dollar emergency fund – MSN Money.
I have a couple thoughts on this, the first one being that if it were up to me and I had some 15% interest debt and $500, I’d be paying off the debt before I’d be putting it aside for emergencies.
Tags: debt·personalfinance
June 5th, 2010 · Food
I think pretty much any wok beats the $8 Ikea one I purchased many moons ago. The thing WORKS, but how well? Not very, trust me.
Equipment: How to Buy a Wok | Serious Eats.
Tags: cooking·Food·ikea·seriouseats·stirfry
I took an almost forced break from posting the Pic Of The Day as my beloved Canon 30d was having issues. I’d bought the camera used, and it came with a couple of issues. Mainly, the kit lens on it had a kinda screwed up zoom function. Then, in recent weeks, the shutter trigger had gotten harder to press, and finally last weekend the machine took a slight fall and the battery door broke. The camera still performed okay, but these issues led me to realize that I needed a new camera. I had considered the new Canon XS and a couple others, but really love all the features available with the 30d (and my previous 20d). Luckily, a friend of mine was selling her 40d, and I sold my trusty 30d and bought up the 40d just yesterday. It came with a whole new kit lens, and it works flawlessly. Feels like new. The Canon 40d has MANY improvements over the 30d, and though isn’t as new as the XS or others, I think it’s current enough. I’m wicked happy with it.
Though the below pic has some weird focus issues, I thought it was a good representation of what the 40d can do, with the nice cheap little Canon 50mm 1.8 lens that I love.
Tags: Photography
June 2nd, 2010 · Food
Interesting article about the people who sell their home cooked food items at flea markets and other places. It’s going to be very regulated soon, but up until now it’s really flown under the radar. I hope in places outside of the metro New York, Boston, &tc. still get a change to build this up before it becomes more (and for food safety – it’s a good thing) regulated.
Home Cooking for Sale – NYTimes.com.
Tags: cooking·Food·nytimes
May 28th, 2010 · Books, Food
Two of my favorite things: Books and Food! (drr – same as everyone…). Anyway, here’s a list that was shared from the James Beard foundation and featured on wsj.com: Summer’s Best Food and Cookbooks: Bourdain, Emeril and More – WSJ.com.
If you can’t afford Bourdain’s new book, you can check out his older Kitchen Confidential or A Cook’s Tour on Amazon.Com – both are out in paperback and I think are less than $10 each.
Tags: Books·bourdain·Food
May 28th, 2010 · Food
I don’t care what anyone says. If I’m wrong about cilantro being awesome, then I don’t want to be right. I made a post in the past about Cilantro, but this article today on NPR’s site reminded me of how great the stuff is. It totally rounds out my pizza sauce.
Kitchen Window: Cilantro, The Controversial Herb : NPR.
Tags: cilantro·Food·npr
I’m working on new workflow management and have installed Apple’s new Aperture 3. Yes, I’m still a n00b to all of this but I’m getting slowly better. I wanted this particular pic to look a bit fake and have the colors a bit bolder than they normally are. Got some interesting results.
Tags: photo365·software
