Search results

Here is a recipe for Italian gravy. It calls for one 6 oz. can of tomato paste, and apparently for tomato puree as well, but no amount is given. Any suggestion how much to use? I doubt we'll make this amount in total (3 quarts), but is there a typical ratio of paste to puree? Also, I don't think...

Looking at bottom-mounts at epinions and almost all the reviews of SubZero, Viking and GE Monogram models were horrible. Anyone here have experience with any of these or any other brand of built-in? Need reliable and very quiet. Thanks in advance.

http://www.fortune.com/fortune/envy/snapshot/0,25085,4,00.html

Have several Indian recipes for various generic curries, plus Vindaloo and Rogan Josh. They generally don't brown the meat or chicken before adding the wet ingredients. Anyone know if there's a particular reason for this, and what would happen if I do brown them first? Thanks in advance.

Stumbled on this imported Calasparra rice. There were no directions in English, but from my distant memory of HS Spanish I could gather that (like Arborio) it absorbs way more liquid than, say, Carolina, and the method seemed to be first cook briefly on high, then simmer, all without a lid. I...

I have a couple of recipes calling for fresh curry leaves, one for dal, the other for meat curry. They say to fry the leaves in ghee and stir in at the end. I managed to find dry curry leaves at a local South Asian market. Wondering if I should use the dry as suggested with the fresh, or just...

Just wondering if anyone had a preference between these two. I learned of Staub on a Fine Living show called "The Genuine Article," which suggested it is the best of the best, though I found that comparable sizes of both brands are priced pretty close. Staub apparently has "dimples" on the lid...

Looking for a reasonably priced spice grinder mostly for Indian food. Most models reviewed on Amazon at about $20 (Krups, Braun) are officially for coffee and reviews for spices have been mixed. Apparently hard items like cloves can damage them. Any ideas? Thanks.