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Posts tagged “microwave”

Time-Saving Tip: Microwave Your Corn on the Cob

We have no grill and not much patience for watching big stock pots of water boil, which is why this is one of our favorite tricks for cooking corn. The key is to leave on the husks while you nuke them...

How To: Soften Hard Brown Sugar in a Hurry

What do you do when you pull out the bag of brown sugar and it's a perfectly formed, rock-hard, square-edged brick? This doesn't happen often to us (we use a lot of brown sugar), but it did the other ...

Tofu Croutons, Pickled Grapes, and a Microwave Garage
Seen, noted, and found delicious. 06.06.08

What's looking good today? Well, there's a sleek way to hide your microwave, some good summer snacks and a sad (yet delicious) farewell post from one of our very favorite blogs. ...

Good Question: Help! Can We Get Rid of This Microwave?

Help! We're small, and we're trying to be cool, and we spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Our house came with a semi-ancient Caloric oven/stove/microwave combo. The microwave broke a couple of times,...

LG Combination Microwave Oven and Toaster

As we look to pare down and keep our kitchen appliances to a minimum, the first thing to go for many people is a toaster. It is the definitive single-use appliance, and it can take up far too much pre...

Tip: How To Warm Bread In the Microwave

Ever since Mark Bittman's article a couple weeks ago on using your microwave, we've had that much-maligned appliance on our collective brain. Is it perhaps more energy-efficient? Should we consider it...

How to Steam Broccoli in the Microwave

Microwaves are suddenly having their day in the sun; last week Mark Bittman gave them a thumb's up in the New York Times. We also posted this silicone microwave steamer from Orka that promises you qui...

Microwave Silicone Steamer from Orka
International Home and Housewares Show 2008

Microwaves and silicone - these two things and certainly the combination of both were hardly likely to win our attention at the Housewares show. We've predicted that home cooks are past the honeymoon ...