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Top 10 Top 10 Food Lists Blows Minds, Destroys Productivity

Posted Jun 2nd 2009 5:00PM by Alex Van Buren
Filed under: On the Blogs, Lists

So it's 5 o'clock EST. Did you make your last widget for the day? Answer the boss's last e-mail?

If "yes," read on. If "no," you've been warned. Because it's totally possible you'll lose the next 24 hours of your life to Endless Simmer's fantastically obsessive Top 10 Top 10 Food Lists.

Yeah, you read that correctly: For better or for worse, it's all there, from The Frisky's Top 10 Songs with Sexually Suggestive Food Metaphors (props for the Cibo Matto, guys -- but no Def Leppard?) to Lifehacker's genius Top 10 Food and Drink Hacks (we can open a beer bottle using a piece of paper?!). There's even a nod to the Creepiest Mascots and Bad Boy Bourdain's best takedowns.

These types of lists make all other tasks sort of disappear. So if we've just sent you hustling to iTunes to start typing out retorts to The Frisky or hunting for a sheet of 8 1/2-by-11 and a Negro Modelo, we apologize.

But not really.

[Via Endless Simmer]

Clumps in your brown sugar? Not to worry

Posted Apr 27th 2008 9:06AM by Ellen Slattery
Filed under: How To, Sugar

Bread is a miraculous thing. It's delicious, it gives you energy, it softens your cookies, and it can help you de-clump your brown sugar.

Simply put your sugar in a microwavable container (read: NOT plastic) and place a slice of bread on top. Seal the container and pop in the microwave for 15 seconds.

Voila. The moisture from the bread and the resulting steam will make the sugar softer and more pliable, allowing you to work on the clumps (as seen in the highly scientific "cookie osmosis" chart above).

via [lifehacker]

Use a canning jar with your blender

Posted Mar 5th 2008 5:05PM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Hacking Food, On the Blogs

Those of us who follow food blogs are well acquainted with Elise of Simply Recipes. Her recipes are always dependable and she seems to have cooked just about everything in creation, which means that her website is something of a definitive resource.

However, if you haven't been following her for a long time, you might have missed a particularly useful blender tip she offered nearly three years ago. Lucky for all us internet readers, those eagle-eyed editors at Lifehacker found this particular tip and have brought it to prominence for our edification.

She suggests using a canning jar in place of your blender carafe when mixing up small batches of things. Apparently, most blenders are designed so that their bottom blade contraption will screw onto a standard sized canning jar. This way you can blend or chop inside a jar, remove the blender blade and store easily by popping on a regular old jar lid. It's like the predecessor to the Magic Bullet.

[via Lifehacker]

Lifehacker gets dinner on the table in no time

Posted Jan 10th 2008 10:23AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Dinner, On the Blogs, How To

a plate with tilapia, mashed potatoes and braised bok choy

I have two different speeds when it comes to working in the kitchen. I either want to get in and out as quickly as possible or I want to wander, meandering over herbs and flavor combinations. You can probably guess that the first way is typically reserved for weeknights and the second is more a weekend attitude. However, I am always looking for ways to make my time in the kitchen more efficient and useful (because who has any time to waste these days?) and that's where a recent post at Lifehacker comes in.

Last week they posted a nice, long feature by Kevin Purdy called Kitchen Timesavers That Speed Up Dinner that details nine very useful ways to make your meals more rapidly. His suggestions include picking shorter, simpler recipes, keeping cheat sheets on the insides of your cabinet doors and blanching veggies by pouring a little boiling water over them from your kettle instead of dirtying another pot.

What are your secret tricks and tips to making meals quickly?

No-knead bread, once again

Posted Dec 6th 2007 11:16AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Grains, Recipes, Baking, Newspapers, On the Blogs

This last Monday night, just before I went to bed, I had an urge to start a batch of No-Knead bread. No-Knead bread has been on my mind a lot lately, mostly because somehow Lifehacker came across my post about it on my personal blog from last January and linked to it, making it the most hit-upon post in the history of that blog. So the recipe has been on my mind. I stirred up a batch that night, using yeast I had bought over the weekend, and went to bed.

The next afternoon, after about 14 hours of bubbling, my dough was nice and bubbly. I turned it out on to a board, folded it over on itself a couple of times and let it hang for another couple of hours. I preheated my pot (I used an oval cast iron pot that belonged to my grandmother. It's just a tiny bit small for the job, but creates a really nice shape) and when the two hours were up, I tossed my bread into the pot, put the lid on and slide it into the oven.

It's been about eight months since I last made this bread and I forgot how gorgeous it gets. I literally gasped when I took the lid off to brown up the top, because it was so perfect. So, I want to remind you all, once again, that you really should be making this bread. It's easy, it's tasty and it gives you a sense of satisfaction in the kitchen that is often hard-won. Oh, and if you need more convincing, Megan at Not Martha made it this week as well, incorporating tips from Cooks Illustrated into her batch.

Lifehacker lists top food hacks

Posted Nov 29th 2007 9:02AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: On the Blogs, How To

Have you ever wished that you knew the very best way to cut a mango? Or perhaps you're looking for a way to re-purpose an old CD spindle? Maybe you're looking for ways to clean your home with vinegar (although Bob just recently addressed that, so you might be covered there). It could be that you just want an easy way to open a bottle of beer with a piece of paper.

If you are looking to know more about any of the above (as well as some other cool stuff as well) then you have got to take yourself over to Lifehacker's list of the Top Ten Food and Drink Hacks. They've put together a collection of advice for new and different ways to approach your food and drink that will have you entertained and informed. So go on over and check it out. Because you know that really, deep down in your heart you want to learn how to built a fire with a can of Coke and a piece of chocolate.

Light Life: Baking light cupcakes, Lifehacker-style

Posted Aug 30th 2006 9:01AM by Nicole Weston
Filed under: Dessert, Food Porn, Hacking Food, Recipes, Baking, Food Oddities, On the Blogs, How To, Light Food

When Alanna sent me a note to let me know about a Lifehacker post on making low-fat cupcakes, I knew I would have to give it a try out of sheer curiosity. After all, Lifehacker is not exactly a food oriented site and to take a break from their regularly scheduled content to mention cooking seemed to be a sign that their technique was worth trying. Notice that I said technique and not recipe.

These light cupcakes are sort of a food hack (or a diet hack) using two ingredients: cake mix and diet soda. If you're not curious, or are so put off by the ingredients that you don't want to hear how the cupcakes turned out, you may as well stop now. Otherwise, read on...

Continue reading Light Life: Baking light cupcakes, Lifehacker-style

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Top 10 Top 10 Food Lists Blows Minds, Destroys Productivity

Clumps in your brown sugar? Not to worry

Use a canning jar with your blender

Lifehacker gets dinner on the table in no time

No-knead bread, once again

Lifehacker lists top food hacks

Light Life: Baking light cupcakes, Lifehacker-style

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