Archive for the ‘Kitchen Tricks’ Category

Radical Riffs: From Produce Sack to Pot Scrubber.

Posted 16 Dec 2010 — by chefshirle
Category Kitchen Tips, Kitchen Tricks, Organic Produce, Recycled Merchandise

It began innocently enough, I had bought a couple netted bags of brussel sprouts, then came the net bag of small red potatoes. Next thing I knew it was clementine season and those little citrus gems came in a little net bag as well. And I couldn’t or wouldn’t throw the colorful bags away. They had to be good for some reuse, right?

Well, right on I was, one night at my kitchen sink…you see, I have a metal scrubby that I happily use on my stainless steel pots and pans, but I had nothing similar to scrub up my more delicate cookware. Until I started to look at that metal puff sitting there on my soap dish. Its construction seemed simple…layers of netted metal all rolled into a neat donut. Read More

From Grinds to Wine…Make This Cool Wine Rack!

Posted 11 Jan 2009 — by chefshirle
Category Kitchen Tips, Kitchen Tricks, Wine

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It’s amazing how much coffee we, as in David and I, drink on a monthy basis. Especially since we were not coffee drinkers up until a few years ago. Being a bit older, choosier and more eco-conscience than say, younger java joes, we search out coffee that is made from fair-trade, shade grown and organic beans. We have become fond of a brand of coffee from Trader Joe’s that fits all those criteria in one canister…which brings me to the canister.

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Cookbook Management-101

Posted 01 Sep 2008 — by chefshirle
Category Cookbooks, Kitchen Tips, Kitchen Tricks

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“Hi everyone. My name is Shirle’ and I am a cookbook addict.”

If there were a Cookbook Addicts Anonymous I might have had to find a meeting because I was a true Cookbook junkie. I would join cookbook clubs, buying tons of books, with the hope that I would somehow make every dish in its pages, only to have the book sit on the coffee table, or better yet, my desk, collecting dust. This went on for a few years until one day I realized I had barely touched a recipe in any of them.

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