Love to cook?
Or just love the idea of cooking?
If you spend hours in the kitchen — or in front of the TV watching Food Network chefs spend hours in theirs, you’ll love this guide to kitchen conversions by graphic designer Shannon Lattin.
No need to break your brain anymore halving or tripling recipes — Shannon’s done it for you!
I’m just gonna use it to check other folk’s work. (You’re welcome.)
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Tagged chefs, cook, cooking, design, food, Food Network, Foods, graphic design, Humor, infographic, kitchen, kitchen conversions, life, recipes, Shannon Lattin, The Common Cook's How-Many Guide to Kitchen Conversions
I had a blue kitchen before blue kitchens were cool.
Obviously, this was many kitchens ago.
I’ve since had a black one, a red one and now a black/stainless combo.
But sitting in this Mexican restaurant in the Orlando airport, I am reminded of what I loved about that bright, saturated cobalt blue look.
Oh…and refried beans. I like that about this place, too.
HAPPY NATIONAL BAKING SODA DAY!
You heard me.
And don’t act like you aren’t celebrating, either.
I mean, how could you not? Baking soda has a plethora of uses around the kitchen and home.
Did you know that baking soda…
How would we get along with it? Why aren’t we celebrating National Baking Soda Week??
Sorry. Got overly excited. Going to drink some baking soda mixed in water to calm myself.
Enjoy the day.
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“Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.”
Archimedes, considered by many to be the greatest mathematician of all time, said that.
Clearly he never loitered in New York City.
On two separate occasions yesterday afternoon, while shopping around my neighborhood in the Upper West Side, I became a person of interest…
….simply because I stood in one place too long.
The first incident occurred in Barnes & Noble. I was talking on my cell phone and moved to a deserted corner so I wouldn’t disturb anyone with my conversation. After a while, I noticed B&N security standing to one side, pointedly looking at me. The guard continued to stare until I moved to another section of the store.
I’m so gangsta.
Since they didn’t have the magazine I was looking for anyway, I continued walking down the street. When the wind picked up, I stepped into a deep window alcove to shield the phone’s mouthpiece. The window shutters were closed, so I didn’t pay attention to the folks inside.
Until I realized they had noticed me.
There was a kitchen on the other side. The cooks gave me curious looks through the narrow space between the slats. Eventually one moved closer to the window, stirring the batter in his bowl, squinting in curiosity.
That’s when I decided to move it along….and realized another wonderful advantage of having a home.
Sure, it provides shelter from the elements and a place to sleep. But it’s the one place you can sit on your butt or stand in place without moving — no explanation required.
So, that’s why we pay the big rents in NYC.
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Grab the takeout menu; it’s time to celebrate!
If you’ve been looking for a legitimate reason to never cook again, now there’s scientific proof. A new research study suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens wouldn’t pass the health inspection given to restaurants…so the meals prepared in them could make people sick.
In the study — which was conducted online in 2008 in California’s Los Angeles County — only 61 percent of the homes taking the test would have scored an A or B if put through the actual health inspection. In comparison, 98 percent of all restaurants in Los Angeles County scored an A or B in their inspections.
Think of all the cases of food poisoning that have been blamed on restaurants, when the real culprit was a lot closer to home. Your mother? Trying to kill you. Your wife? Plotting to get your money. Or perhaps you simply have a death wish.
Not convinced? Think your kitchen would score an easy A? Take the online test and see for yourself.
And if your score is a disappointment, the only other decision you have to make is delivery or carryout.
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Paper part deux
Are these sticky notes a ‘good thing?’
You heard me. Martha is branding sticky notes now. Applying her custom colors — and what appears to be tiny notches — to the corner of everyday stickies.
They are supposedly super sticky — more so than the regular Avery brand that Staples carries. And Martha has handpicked the colors, so they will coordinate with any other Martha accessories you have in your kitchen or home office.
Because using sticky notes that don’t match your home decor?
That’s definitely not a good thing.
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