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My brother needs a mandoline. What I would be looking at would be beyond what would be worthwhile for him on price. Our needs our different. He would be using it for home use potato chips and such for the family. The "Wolfgang Puck Stainless Steel Multiple-Blade Mandoline Slicer Item...

Charlie Trotter's and Alinea are both reputed to be among the 'top 50' in the world. True? If one can go to only one, which, and why?

I'm starting to do some calorie counting, and am having a hard time getting a fix on calories per cup of of homemade chicken stock. My searching has brought up some very wide ranging results. My chicken stock recipe is as plain jane as one might expect. About 1 1/2 gallons water, one 6 pound...

I'll be in Atlanta this Friday, Saturday, and part of Sunday. There'll be a fair bit of open time to indulge my own whims. Lived in Atlanta years ago, but live in the middle of nowhere now, so a good excuse to maybe do some shopping. Will be staying in midtown area, so will probably go by...

In July I established a food budget as an experiment, and have stuck to it faithfully for almost five months now. The budget wasn't 'necessary'; as I'm generally pretty careful about spending money, I can pretty much do what I want. I had fallen into a pattern of eating out a lot - trash food...

I'm looking to make some Portuguese Sweet Bread, and have found a recipe that is calling for DSM (Dried Milk Solids). Is this the same thing as Dried Whole Milk? I can't get either here, but can order the Dried Whole Milk from King Arthur. They also have something called Bakers Special Dry...

If it is a reasonable project, I would love to make licorice jelly beans, but have come up with precious little information. I've got some experience with candies, but need a starting point with regard to specific recipes and techniques. Note: Really only intersted in licorice and/or cinnamon...

I have made some really good caramels, but it is awfully hot here so I can't just leave them out as would ordinarily be the case. The pieces are well wrapped in plastic, so they are holding shape ok, but are just too too soft simply because of the air temperature. Would it hurt my caramels...