Today, most of us brew out tea with tea bags. We don’t know how much trouble it was to brew tea before these bags were invented! The tea bag truly is a modern convenience and a clever one, at that. Therefore, it’s surprising to hear that the tea bag was invented by accident in 1908. […]
Lemons Contain more Sugar than Strawberries?
After coming across this surprising ‘fact’ about lemons and strawberries, I thought I just had to write about it. According to an internet claim, lemons contain more sugar than strawberries! Now, isn’t that shocking? Lemons are so sour you’d think they contained no sugar at all, and yet they contain more sugar than sweet strawberries. […]
What’s the Purpose of a Tube Pan? Will a Bundt Pan Do?
If you have a cake recipe that calls specifically for a tube pan, do you have to use one? Can you substitute a similar pan, like a Bundt cake pan? Generally, speaking, if your recipe explicitly names a tube pan, you probably should use one. Although a tube pan may look superficially similar to bundt […]
Potato Ricer vs. Food Processor for Mashed Potatoes
Most of us love our mashed potatoes but not many of us enjoy making them. This deceptively simple dish certainly involves a lot of labor. You have to cut the potatoes up, boil them, mash them, mix in butter and milk or cream. Seems like the kind of work involved in a chef-inspired gourmet dish, […]
Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls vs. Glass
Which are better to own, stainless steel mixing bowls or glass bowls? If you don’t have a lot of room for both types or you really just want to decide once and for all what material is best, it may be an important question to you. Both types come in different sizes and shapes. Both […]
What is All-Clad Cookware Made Of?
Cooking pots and pans are not all created equal. No, I don’t mean they come in different size and shapes, although that is true. I mean that the kind of material a pot is made from will greatly affect its performance in cooking. For making pots and pans, some materials are better than others. However, […]