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A Plea to Cook at Home: Fast Italian Food

A Plea to Cook at Home: Fast Italian Food

(photo: cooking at home begins with basic ingredients; olive oil is key) “By becoming a cook, you can leave processed foods behind, creating more healthful, less expensive and better-tasting food that requires less energy, water and land per calorie and reduces our carbon footprint. Not a bad result for us — or the planet.” Why Don’t Americans Cook at Home? […]

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A Kitchen Scale for Everyone: Pasta Portion Control and GiveAway!

A Kitchen Scale for Everyone: Pasta Portion Control and GiveAway!

(The unit comes in many colors and is perfectly sized.  The two simple buttons are large and easy to use.  The LCD screen is huge and there’s no guessing the amount when scrambling in your kitchen preparing a dinner party)  Update: Congrats to Ami for winning the contest.  The giveaway is now closed. For years, I’ve used a Salter metal […]

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More Essential Kitchen Tools: Part II

More Essential Kitchen Tools: Part II

Essential Kitchen Tools (Part II) Back in October of last year I wrote about essential kitchen tools and kitchen simplicity.  The article attracted a few comments from readers stating that my list was too extreme and left out some key tools and items.  So, I’ve decided to take another look around my kitchen and update my essential kitchen tool list […]

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President’s Day Blog Entry Blowout

President’s Day Blog Entry Blowout

In honor of President’s Day, I’m rolling out some slightly used blog entries which are in fantastic condition.  The entries all come with standard savings and get great bang for your buck, how-to, value!  Hurry down to Scordo.com before the Presidents’ Day savings expire! Here’s a preview of the hot deals on our lot: 1. Do you buy bottled salad […]

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Essential Kitchen Tools

Essential Kitchen Tools

Essential Kitchen Tools Basic Kitchen Tool Philosophy Let’s get something out of the way quickly: you don’t need a fancy kitchen or hundreds of kitchen tools and gadgets to produce superb Italian food at home.  There I’ve made a food claim that I categorically stand behind and encourage you to adopt when preparing food at home.  My bold claim stems […]

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