Tag: kitchen

  • Why you SHOULD put your knives in the dishwasher

    If you listen to the so-called knife “experts,” they always give you the same two pieces of advice: The first point is of course, insane. That $250 knife at Williams-Sonoma can only do one thing: cut. And guess what? The $15 knife I bought at Safeway has the same feature. Look, if you’re an eye…

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  • Coffee roasting at home

    You’re looking at me like I’m crazy, but roasting your own coffee is where it’s at. It’s pretty damn easy and it doesn’t take much to get started. I tinkered with roasting for years using nothing but a $3 electric popcorn popper I got from Goodwill. But you don’t even need that — Blue Bottle’s…

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