A blow torch brings drama to the kitchen…in a good way. How else you can get that perfectly caramelized sugar in seconds flat?
During my recent blow torch adventure I was a little hesitant at first. It seemed scary! But the truth is that once you master your flame, cooking with a blow torch is easy and useful. Blow torches let you caramelize, brown, roast, crisp-ify (no, that’s not a word), and... 
In my other writing life, I help small businesses with their online marketing–using words mostly. Whether its website content writing, social media content, or blogging, I can help out by being a writing coach, marketing strategy consultant, or get down and dirty and do the writing myself.
So when a friend of mine and I decided to interview each other for our respective blogs, it was like, well,... 
Not long ago I put my hand in a blender while making a cheese ball. My husband, Jason, felt bad for me and bought me a pair of cut resistant gloves a few days later. Jason didn’t mean to be funny, but it WAS funny.
Who puts their hand in the blender anyway?
Truth be told, the gloves wouldn’t have prevented my near finger-loss, but they will be useful in the kitchen. Here’s my review of G... 
If I tell you something, will you promise not to make fun of me? Will you promise not to hold it against me years to come?
You promise?
Okay, here goes…
I put my hand in a blender.
The cheese ball incident went a little like this:
1) An invitation to a girls-only gathering arrives in my inbox and I immediately start plotting to make a cheese ball, per the special request of the... 
In a previous post, I listed eleven items that every home cook should own before making sauce (see holiday cooking gift guide). After talking to all the wonderfully qualified chefs who have contributed to the last few posts, I’ve realized that I missed a few things from that original list.
Today, in post five of six in my epic series of posts on sauce, I point out the must-have tools for sauce... 
No, this isn’t a hint. I’m not asking you to buy these wonderful sauce-making gifts for me this holiday season, but I am giving you a few holiday gift ideas for the sauce lover in your life.
These tools and treats have become invaluable in my kitchen. Happy holidays!
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Cuisinart Hand Blender
If... 
