'Kitchen Appliances'

This week, Rachel Ray’s TV show featured a kitchen make over for some lucky viewer who wanted their boring white kitchen to look just like the one on Rachel Ray’s TV set — and on a budget no less! 
Watch it now. the segment is called ‘I Want Rachel Ray’s Kitchen’)
Well they succeeded, in part because of [more...]

Looking for a way to add more fresh fruit to your diet this spring? According to Del Monte Fresh Produce, smoothies are the answer.
Del Monte has developed a host of easy and delicious smoothie recipes but the accompanying music will drive you bananas.
If you go to the website between now and April 14, you also can enter [more...]

There’s an interesting article in the New York Times about food as science — something Rita Connolly, a frequent Circle of Food contributor, was educating us about a few weeks ago.
The article explains some of the theories and ingredients such as hydrocolloid gums (used in the disgusting Twinkie) and xanthan gum used in bottled salad dressing and [more...]

Do you know what a cat’s tongue and a sharp knife have in common?  They both feel the same. That’s how you know your knife is properly sharpened.
This was one of the many tips I picked up from attending a cooking class focusing on kitchen knives and proper cutting techniques instructed by Chef Carrie Walters of [more...]

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“The Atomic Housewife” series: Post Grape-Nuts, 1958,

I hate to vacuum. Too heavy. Too noisy. Too inconvenient.
My husband does the vacuuming as a result. Yes, I know I’m lucky. His mother trained him well.
Well, he came home today [more...]