Handy Kitchen Tips

Some great kitchen tips complete with beautiful line drawings. Read the whole thing!

From Les Secrets de la Cuisine.:

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This is my top 5 list of "must haves" in the small kitchen tools department. Each of these tools adds to the joy of cooking!

Last year we got some excellent kitchen knives for wedding gifts and recently they were starting to get dull. I brought them to Quality Saw and Knife for sharpening and the knives passed the tomato test!

Teresa contributed this handy kitchen tip about grilling Asian eggplants. Thanks Teresa! I am sure this will work with normal eggplants too!

What do you do when you've opened up a tin of tomato paste and you have leftovers? How long will it keep in the fridge before it goes moldy? Well, with this handy kitchen tip you won't have to worry, nor waste any of it!!

After I asked about cleavers from Global, Al pointed out that Global makes a cleaver!

Awesome! I will see if I can find this in Vancouver.

Thanks Al!

In Tuesday's ViewFromTheHeart, Al heartily endorses Global knives based on his personal experience and that of the Chef from Kitchen Confidential.

We've started a section on Handy Kitchen Tips. The first two tips are about zucchini and the difference between cocoa and Dutch cocoa,

Enjoy!