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The 10 Best Kitchen Tools You Don’t Have

19 February 2013 by local kitchen

A funny thing happens when you write a food blog: people get the impression that you know how to cook. Because, like so many of us these days, my friends & family are scattered far and wide, I do a fair bit of traveling to keep in touch with my nearest and dearest. And because I write about food a couple of times a week, most of these folks have figured it out: I cook. Quite a bit, actually. Invariably, […]

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A Tale of Two Dutch Ovens: Redux

22 May 2012 by local kitchen

Remember this post? The one where I lament that my Mario Batali dutch oven was, essentially, a $100 piece of crap, while my $140 Le Creuset was a thing of beauty? Well, I thought I would re-visit the LC, now that Big Blue is coming up on 2 years old, and introduce you to the latest member of the family: the 5 and 1/2-quart gorgeously graphite Staub cocotte. As you can see from the photo above, time has not left […]

Categories: tools & gear • Tags: cooking, dutch oven, food, le crueset, staub, tools

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