This Is the Right Way to Store Firewood
Cold weather is coming, which means it’s time to light up your fireplace or firepit and build up your woodpile for the season. Whether you’re chopping firewood yourself or buying…
Make This Single-serving, Crustless Pumpkin Pie in Your Microwave
Photo: Claire Lower For whatever reason, I hate-follow a bunch of keto-focused influencer accounts on Instagram. They’ll lure me in with a bunch of meat, then hit me with a…
How to Measure Any Ingredient
Believe it or not, adding a pinch of this, a handful of that, and a dash of “the good stuff” all counts as “measuring” your food; even if the unit…
Turn a Single Peach Into an Air Fried Cobbler for One
Local peaches are at their peak here in the PNW (Peachific Northwest), and I have been consuming two or three a day (sometimes in sandwich form). These peaches don’t need…
Your Kitchen Scale’s “Fluid Ounces” Setting Is a Lie
Left: one alleged “fluid ounce” of whiskey (actually 1.22 fl oz). Right: one alleged “fluid ounce” of syrup (actually 0.74 fl oz)Photo: Beth Skwarecki I replaced my kitchen scale recently.…
How to Choose the Right Storage Unit Size so You Don’t Overpay
Photo: Karolis Kavolelis (Shutterstock) So, you have a bunch of extra stuff at home that you don’t want to throw away, but you don’t have room for, either. You’ve already…
The Case for Actually Measuring Your ‘Pinch’ of Salt
Photo: Edgar BJ (Shutterstock) Much like chemistry, getting “good” at cooking is really about consistent, reproducible results, which usually requires a fair amount of measuring (at least at first). The…