Cooks are always wonking on about this or that great piece of equipment and now I’m joining the fray on account of this sexy beast. Sorry folks, but just look and learn.
What makes this not-tiny-at-all tool terrific is the depth, fit and grip of its bowl, allowing me to pound and grind to my heart’s [...]
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wrestle a (mortar &) pestle
Posted in terrific tools, tagged mortar, pestle on March 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
mini oven toasts the credit crunch
Posted in fast food, terrific tools, tagged credit crunch, fouace, Hinari, home economics, lunch, mini oven, olive oil dough, Poundstretcher, toast, toaster oven on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now here’s one thing over which Canadians and Americans do see eye to eye: a mini toaster oven. It’s the tops. And now, in the UK, it’s here at long last. As with the best things in life, it’s a study in brilliant simplicity: just look at those nuclear-bunker knobs. Gasp at the no-nonsense controls: 2 elements with 3 cooking combinations [...]
pound that pesto
Posted in Summer, herbs, ingredients, recipes, slow food, terrific tools, tagged basil, basil pesto, dips, linguine sauce, mortar and pestle, pasta sauce, pesto, pine nuts, slow food, spreads, Summer, wet garlic on May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Nothing so good as pure old-style, old-school pesto. Particularly when made in the old-fashioned way, with a mortar and pestle and while sitting outdoors with basil’s best friend – summer sunshine - for company.
Because the basil leaves are not cut as they would be in a food processor they preserve so much more of their aromatic [...]
olive stoner
Posted in terrific tools, tagged chefs tools, cherry pitter, kalamata, kitchen equipment, kitchen gadgets, olive stoner, olives on May 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
If you’re at all interested in olives you may be aware of the continual reminders to buy them unstoned for good flavour. I used to take such advice with a pinch of salt, but that was in the bad old days before I acquired this magnificent beast: a sturdy olive stoner. Solidly built, sprung at [...]
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