Recent content by MaryE

Hi! I'm sorry you didn't like your hummus! I love the stuff, but, since I'm lebanese, I kinda grew up on it. If it helps, here's my recipe. The amount of tahini in yours definitely seems off. And, make sure that you rinse off the chickpeas. Otherwise, your hummus can have a bit of an off...

Hi! I love my Wusthof 7-inch Grand Prix Santoku! The Forschner Victorinox Fibrox Santoku is also a great knife for a good price. But, like others have said, the feel of the knife is really important and for that reason, it's a good idea to see and hold and handle knives in person before...

No, I haven't heard of a site where you can enter recipes, but the USDA has a site where you can enter ingredients and get the nutritional values. They even offer a free download of the software for PC's and PDA's for using offline. But, I don't think the software is available yet for Vista, so...

I love my appliances - my food processor, my stand mixer and my Foodsaver. I'm not sure what I'd do without electricity!

Hi! Whole wheat flour is flour milled from all three parts of the wheat kernel, but white flour is milled from the center part of the kernel only and that's where the gluten-producing proteins reside. So, whole wheat flour is more nutritious but also grainier and heavier and baked goods...

Buttered orzo! Yum!

Hi All, Total argeement about the Polder type probes. Every Thanksgiving I used to buy two new ones (I do two turkeys at Thanksgiving), hoping for a better performance, but I was always dissapointed. Last year, I bought two of Thermowork's smokehouse thermocouples like Robt mentioned above...

Really? I have that cookbook, but I can't say that I've ever made anything from it. What are some of your favorite recipes from the Silver Palate, if you don't mind me asking?

I also have the original Thermapen by Thermoworks. It's hands-down the best thermometer I've ever used. Love it!

I'm a cookbook reader too! I buy cookbooks pretty often and I have a lot of them. I'm just starting on 'Bakewise'...

Hi! I have both LTD and stainless pieces from AC. I like the Stainless best because it's easier to care for. Good Luck!

Rick, I think you'll really enjoy Cook's Illustrated! Happy Birthday!

I like Cook's Illustrated. Rather than subscribing to the physical magazine, I have a membership to their site.

Thanks for the link! Looks like a fun site!

Sounds tasty!