It's a Target brand Bake Smith 12 in. pizza stone. Target seems to sell them for about $15. I got mine at my local dollar mart for $4. I highly...

Anybody have one of these? Any good? I saw one at a discount shop yesterday and was tempted but held off, awaiting expert info from this crowd. modom Only...

On Sat 11 Jun 2005 10:37:40a, Piedmont wrote in rec.food.cooking: Been making a recipe that uses a custard. Any tips on cooking a custard The recipe...

hi, we have just got a big bag of avocadoes, but many are already a bit too soft. since we cannot eat all at once, would it be feasable to scope out the...

A Viking birthday song for you from the SCA, sung to the tune of the Volga Boatman. The "thud" is smacking your mug of ale on the table. It's your Birthday!...

Does anybody else separate the flakes from the seeds? I pour the flakes on a cutting board and with a fingernail or the tip of a knife I separate and discard...

Hello: Some crazy but good curry like dishes from my food blog. More to...

After close to 30 years, I moved from Portland, OR (PDX to some of you) in early March to the San Jose, CA area. I live in a town called Campbell - next to San...

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further to my previous post about freezing avocadoes, i find that about 50% are too badly gone. is there a very simple receipe (since my skills are...

We got home too late from a get-together at my husband's parent's house to get what i had planned together. So we ate hot dogs tonight. Since the chicken salad...

But they were really good: Friday I marinated a passel of chicken thighs in mango nectar and guava nectar with chili powder, minced garlic, lime juice, smoked...

I have recently started reading blogs on the Internet (I know - I leap into the new Millennium), but I haven't found any interesting food blogs yet, so I was...

I don't do much baking, so I rarely make pies. When I do, it's usually the Pillsbury frozen kind, pie crust isn't my strong suit. But this recipe for...

Years ago a Basque neighbor served me some zucchini stuffed as one would green pepper, with ground beef, onion, ckd. rice, tomato sauce. Totally delicious. I...

THIS SHOULD END ALL 3 BEARS STORIES. Baby Bear goes downstairs and sits in his small chair at the table. He looks into his small bowl. It is empty. "Who's...

I'd like to make the baby-back rib recipe that Alton Brown made. http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cooking/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_11125,00.html I'm having trouble...

I bought a cheap wok (never used) for 3.oo at a yard sale today. I scoured and washed it as per instructions. Then for the seasoning...oil and heating for 5...

I watched this cooking show on TV about roasting root veggies until they taste sweet. I tried it -- and nearly gagged! I guess I wasn't paying attention. ...

Hello all, I have a professional set of flat bottom SS mixing bowls. I have wondered if there was a reason I couldn't use them on the cook top? I'm not talking...

I have a new toy: A chicken roasting stand. The instructions to use this tool seem to have been elided during the marketing phase. It has a nice four-color...

It's good, but not as good as the original-although blueberry fiend SO is in love with it! Really, I did like it, the rest won't go to waste, but the rhubarb...

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eggs should not be hard-cooked in their shell in a microwave oven. Pressure will build...

Jaques Pepin (sp?) did this thing on his show where he removed all of the bones from a whole roaster chicken without cutting the external skin. Then, he...

One-fourth of our basement (the part where all of our unpacked boxes are stored) is under water. And we're under a flash flood alert for the next four...