If you love pizza and want to elevate your homemade pizza game, investing in a quality outdoor pizza oven is a smart move. You’ll enjoy faster cooking times, higher temperatures, and authentic flavors that indoor ovens just can’t match. Whether you’re hosting backyard parties, camping trips, or simply craving restaurant-quality pies at home, the right pizza oven can transform … [Read more...] about 9 scorching hot Outdoor pizza ovens to make you a pizza pro in 2025
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Do You Need Something Better Than Your Mom’s Potato Peeler?
I don't know if it's a masculine value, but I love potatoes! Mash them. Roast them. Add them puréed to a soup. They are creamy and a perfect complement to sauces and seasonings. In the olden days -- I'm thinking WWII -- you had to peel potatoes with a knife. In 1928, Victor Pouzzet invented the modern potato peeler. He called it "the econome," French for "the money saver," … [Read more...] about Do You Need Something Better Than Your Mom’s Potato Peeler?
Review: Kiinde Kozii Breast Milk Warmer & Bottle Warmer
My ingenious method for heating up breast milk used to consist of filling a pot with hot tap water, dropping the bottle of milk into the pot and then placing another smaller pot of hot tap water on top to keep the bottle submerged. After ten minutes or so, I’d check the milk, realize it wasn’t warm enough yet, drain the pots and start over again. Eventually, I would have a … [Read more...] about Review: Kiinde Kozii Breast Milk Warmer & Bottle Warmer
France approves soda tax and I agree
I hate taxes as much as the next dad, but taxes are sometimes good. They raise prices and change behavior, such as smoking. And often, legislators best efforts to tie taxes to consumer education (anti-smoking campaigns) or health effects (cancer research) are reversed when new legislatures need the cash to fund other pet projects (remember when lotteries were only to be used to … [Read more...] about France approves soda tax and I agree
Sweet Sally’s mail order treats for the holidays
The good people at Sweet Sally's send us cookies from time to time. This is just a big "thanks" to them for keeping us fat and happy while we sit at the computer all day. We listed them in top food gifts to send for father's day, and that could go for the holidays for anyone a long way from home cooking. For Thanksgiving and beyond, they just sent us their Pumpkin Scones and a … [Read more...] about Sweet Sally’s mail order treats for the holidays