kitchen

Roast Coffee With A Drill And A Soup Can

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | When you’re looking to roast your own coffee, a popcorn popper or heat gun can be called up for the job. Then again, as one intrepid DIY-er shows us, a drill, a soup can and ingenuity can sub in just fine. More »

Make Potato Chips In The Microwave Without Sacrificing Crunch

9:00AM Whitson Gordon | Microwaves have gotten a bad rap with some people because they just don’t cook some things as they should be cooked—food blog Savory Sweet Life attempts to squash this misconception with a lesson on cooking potato chips in the microwave. More »

Wash Dishes Using A Spray Bottle

10:30AM Angus Kidman | Don’t have enough dishes for a full sink but don’t want to leave them sitting around? One Lifehacker reader solved the problem by redeploying a spray bottle. More »

Turn The Last Of The Mustard Into No-Waste Salad Dressing

1:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you hate waste and it seems a shame to throw away a jar of spicy or exotic mustard without getting the last bit of flavour out of it, this clever trick will turn that left over mustard into salad dressing. More »

Use Coffee Grounds As A Drain Cleaner

11:30PM Kevin Purdy | We thought we’d heard of just about every alternate use of coffee grounds, but here’s one you’re probably already benefiting without knowing it: grounds make for a great drain de-clogger and deodoriser. More »

Make 17 Meals From One Chicken

1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Food blog Cheap, Healthy, Good is all about stretch food frugality very, very far, while keeping the meals tasty and leftover-friendly. An older post illustrates how one roast chicken can make 17 meals for a total of $US26. More »

Use A Smartphone Car Mount As A Kitchen Helper

10:00AM Adam Pash | Most smartphones have one or two great cooking apps, and while using your pocketable device to help out in the kitchen can be more convenient than finding a place of your laptop or wasting paper, smart-home blog Unplggd has a clever suggestion: More »

Increase Kitchen Efficiency By Learning Basic Knife Handling Skills

1:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | A solid kitchen knife paired with some knife-handling know how goes a long way towards making cooking a more enjoyable experience. Check out this video and accompanying guide to get the basics down. More »

Sharpen Your Kitchen Knife On A Coffee Mug

7:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you don’t have a knife sharpening kit and you’re in between taking knives down to the cutlery store to get sharpened, you can put a little bite back into your knife with a coffee mug. More »

A Butcher’s Tips For Staying Cut-Free In The Kitchen

3:00AM Kevin Purdy | Having a very sharp knife goes a long way toward preventing disastrous knife slips, but there are oh-so-many ways of cutting yourself with any kind of knife. Tom Mylan, a Brooklyn butcher, shares his hard-earned tips on avoiding bad blade slips. More »