Cheesy fiesta potatoes!  Read more

Mainly the issue is that it so rarely *is* the same volume of oil. Though you can certainly purchase olive oil in larger quantities, the type of bottle you’d send in a gift basket is nowhere near the size of a standard 750ml wine bottle! Read more

Plus those kids will be excitedly talking about that meal for weeks! Read more

Agreed! Voting for candidates that prioritize public transit is how I try to transform all my hopes for train travel into possible reality... Read more

I think this is a common misconception when it comes to tipping. While truly exceptional service can be rewarded with a large tip, things get sticky when we make the opposite assumption, and/or consider the act of tipping something we administer to employees who “did enough work,” by our estimation, to warrant one.… Read more

I think that practice has gone by the wayside—I might have attempted to swipe some if I had seen it! Read more

Ah yes, this is Mike’s Harder, a favorite of mine in my college years. It has 8% ABV compared to the normal 5% of the classic bottled kind.  Read more

I give the burger a B because I really thought the burger patty worked well with the melty cheese, lettuce, pickles, and ranch, on a really fresh, soft brioche. Those all made up for the disappointment of the pickle fries. Disappointing for a pickle lover, but satisfying as dinner, if that makes sense.   Read more

For advertising, that’s true. You can’t use mashed potatoes to replace ice cream if you’re shooting an ad for an ice cream product for people to buy, for example. But stock photographers are not beholden to those rules because the object of the photo isn’t for sale. Read more

Moodle is taken! That’s the educational platform some of my college professors loaded assignments onto. They all hated saying “moodle.” Read more

I struggled with this, but for the sake of non-Simpsons fans I figure it’s best not to get bogged down by context... Read more

Not rude....brilliant.  Read more

Agreed - and the cereal milk ice cream with cornflake crumble is very fun to make at home, too! Read more

Thank you! That correction has been made.  Read more

No joke is funny when you hear it 25 times a day Read more

Totally understandable. One thing about the tilt-head model, also, is that you can’t lift it up too close to any protruding kitchen cabinets or it’ll run into them. Read more

I bought the KitchenAid custom dust cover for $24, which is nice because it’s washable when I spill flour on it—and I’m sure you could find all sorts of substitutes if you want to spend less! The best part of the cover is that it’s a dark color, allowing it to fade into the background when not in use. Read more

I agree with you! I definitely don’t think people “need” to buy a mixer, and I didn’t intend to imply that they must, especially if they don’t tend to make the meals a mixer is best suited for. It’s more about looking into why a mixer continues to cost so much, even though on its face it’s a rather straightforward… Read more

You don’t need one, but if you have one, you can go ahead and cook salmon in it! Read more

I will say that the paper towels kept the smell from emanating that much. It really wasn’t as odorous as I was expecting. But on the point of how fish in the microwave is a sin, I must say—NOTHING smells good as a lingering scent in the microwave. Remnants of baked ziti, the ghost of chicken noodle soup....it’s all… Read more