Do you Fondue?

I have a soft spot in my heart for fondue. When my husband proposed to me many, many years ago, he had a small engagement party waiting for me at his best friend’s house. I guess he must have been pretty certain of himself! Anyway, it was a fondue party. I hadn’t had fondue since I was a kid, and I loved it. I loved that the pieces were bite-sized, and I loved that care had gone into setting it up, and I loved that he would do something so out of the ordinary. There’s a fondue restaurant in our … Continue reading

5 Reasons Why You Need a Rice Cooker

1. Perfect rice every time. Rice cookers are amazing magical mechanisms. OK, maybe they aren’t magical and it is all mechanics but I never, ever made a decent pot of rice until a friend gave me a rice cooker. I haven’t burned rice or had crunchy rice ever since! In fact, it comes out perfectly cooked every time. 2. No stovetop splatter. Starchy rice water in a pot on the stove gets hot! I used to have to dodge the liquid, hot magma as I tried to stir the rice so that it didn?t stick to the bottom of the … Continue reading