The Cook’s Kitchen

I rarely buy “cute” things for my home and I never do “cute” in my kitchen. But, there is a time for exceptions in life and this is one of those times. A very dear friend gave me this egg timer as a fun little gift and I’m hooked. Partly because of my affection for […]

I just saw there were a couple of posts about making pizza recently, so this post is quite timely. I had always made pizza using a jelly-roll pan or baking sheet. For Christmas, my dear friend bought me a pizza stone and peel. Wow!! I will never ever go back…
The stone goes into the oven […]

For years of course the prevalence and popularity of silicone baking ingredients has been steadily increasing. I have been paying attention, but never really felt compelled to pick through the offerings and give the new tools a try. I bought my first Silpat last year and fell in love, wondering why it took […]

As a New Yorker, for many years I have cooked in an apartment kitchen the size of most homes’ bathtubs. Or, if I was lucky, a closet. It’s shocking just how small NYC apartments are and especially those areas called non-livable spaces. No wonder New Yorkers eat out all the time.
Last year my husband and […]