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Why Is There Iodine in Table Salt and Is That a Bad Thing?

Kathleen Flinn · March 11, 2023 · 6 Comments

I was inspired by The Kitchen Counter Cooking School, but I was wondering why you're so against iodized table salt? Also, why is there iodine in table salt. Is this a bad thing? I've heard that people need a certain amount of iodine and it's impossible to get otherwise. Is this … [Read more...] about Why Is There Iodine in Table Salt and Is That a Bad Thing?

Filed Under: Basics Tagged With: cooking, healthy food, Kitchen Counter Cooking School, Reader mail

What’s in your fridge?

Kathleen Flinn · October 7, 2018 · 4 Comments

For The Kitchen Counter Cooking School, my friend Lisa and I spent a lot of time with other people's kitchens. There's something deeply intimate about what's lurks in the fridges, freezers and cupboards of strangers. As the site TrendCentral.com notes, the interiors of fridges … [Read more...] about What’s in your fridge?

Filed Under: Pantry & Supermarket Tips Tagged With: cooking, food waste, healthy food, kitchen voyeurism, return to the kitchen, shopping, what's in my fridge

Recipe: How to Make Vegetable Stock

Kathleen Flinn · June 3, 2013 · 14 Comments

Despite the name of this recipe, there’s actually not such a thing as vegetable stock. By definition, stock is made from simmering bones in water. No bones? Then it’s broth. So, let us commence with vegetable broth. In my own kitchen, I collect and save the trimmings from the … [Read more...] about Recipe: How to Make Vegetable Stock

Filed Under: Basics, Recipes, Soups, stocks & stews, Vegetarian Tagged With: healthy food, Recipes

Kitchen Shelf: No Knead Bread Books

Kathleen Flinn · December 22, 2010 · 1 Comment

We rarely buy bread anymore. As I write this, a vat of whole wheat bread dough languishes in our fridge. Mike made the dough over the weekend and has since fashioned four loaves for various holiday eating events. All of this is possible due to the no knead artisan bread … [Read more...] about Kitchen Shelf: No Knead Bread Books

Filed Under: Cookbooks & Food Lit, Recommended Reading, Updated Tagged With: 25 Food Books 2010, Books & Writing, Cookbooks, Economy Cooking, food writing, Great Books, healthy food, return to the kitchen

The End of the Line

Kathleen Flinn · December 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment

What would the world be like if there were no more fish? It’s a possibility based on current fishing practices laid out in the excellent, if devastating book The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World and What We Eat by British journalist Charles Clover … [Read more...] about The End of the Line

Filed Under: Cookbooks & Food Lit, Recommended Reading, Updated Tagged With: 25 Food Books 2010, Books & Writing, food writing, Great Books, healthy food, Reading, sustainable food

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