Olive Oil

Maggie Nemser, over at Yahoo!’s new Shine Foods, wrote an interesting post yesterday about expensive olive oils. The verdict: they’re pretty much unnecessary. For everyday cooking, you’re better off using the cheap grocery-store brand extra virgin olive oil (Note: I part ways with Maggie here – I don’t recommend using canola for anything other than [...]

Using The Starter Kitchen to stock your first kitchen – Food

Building a well-stocked food cabinet takes time and money. What do you need? How do you know what to buy? All Starter Kitchen recipes include an Already in Your Starter Kitchen section. These are foods and spices you’ll want to keep on hand. Don’t have them? Don’t worry. Keep cooking with Starter Kitchen recipes, adding the Already in [...]

Using The Starter Kitchen to stock your first kitchen – Tools

My first kitchen had lots of paper plates, plastic silverware, paper towels, and a working microwave. Now I have so many kitchen toys and tools we’re running out of cabinet space for food. And yet I’m still lusting over this. What do you need? How do you know what to buy? All Starter Kitchen recipes [...]