Author Archives for Hal J.

Tools in Kitchen: Potato Ricer


I’m an interesting breed of man: I certainly share a love of power tools (and I use my trusty power drill whenever I get the chance), but I get a certain satisfaction from my kitchen tools that power tools just don’t provide.
For instance, there is something intensely satisfying about cutting butter into flour with my […]

Perfectly Prepared Eggs


Sometimes the best trick in the kitchen is the simplest. An egg is perhaps a wonder food, fat and protein all bundled into a neat package, that’s just the right size for a balanced part of a meal or a meal in its own right. But people get really frightened of cooking them.
I’ll let you […]

A Pear of Good Sandwiches


One of the blogs I read on a regular basis, mental_floss, posted an article the other day where the author was reminiscing about sandwiches past. It seems that at one time he was rather poor and had to resort to eating things such as mustard sandwiches — poor fellow! But, that wasn’t even really the […]