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A long handled wooden spoon or cooking spoon with a heavy, rigid handle makes easy work of lifting a hot (or cold!) chicken. Just insert the business end of the spoon into the large cavity and lift.

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Rolling up dough as for cinnamon rolls is easy and neat work with the help of a tea towel. Roll out a soft dough onto flowered towel, then lift edge of towel to roll it over onto itself.

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It’s happened to you: The bowl, especially that handy stainless steel bowl, insists on spinning as you stir or as you run your hand-held electric mixer in it.
The solution is simple. Put a fabric or silicone hot pad or a folded towel underneath the offending spinner. Voila! Problem solved. Same solution works for a wiggly [...]

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Love green salads. Hate fooling with lettuce prep. Here’s the easy way:

Buy lettuce or pick it from your garden.
Separate leaves and place in a salad spinner.
Wash and dry lettuce in salad spinner.
Pour off any accumulated water, put the lid back on, and stick the whole thing in your refrigerator.

Voila! Fresh, washed greens that will keep [...]

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Instead of rubbing the orange or lemon against the grater, lay the fruit on a cutting board and move the grater against the fruit as you hold it steady with one hand. You’re probably quicker than I am, but it took me decades in the kitchen to figure this one out. If you’re doing it [...]

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The new Williams-Sonoma catalog arrived yesterday. (Hadn’t gotten one in ages, but I suspect a recent Pottery Barn purchase got heated up the mailing list.) I love the W-S catalog for its beautiful presentation and its plethora of gorgeous and even useful tools and accessories. There are plenty of ridiculous items in it, of course, [...]

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