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I'm happy that he gave me permission not to buy a toaster, but was surprised to read that he refrigerates bread.

I was too, Anne! When I refrigerate bread it gets stale instantly.

But otherwise I really enjoyed the link.

hey, i refridgerate bread too! started doing it abt 6 months ago, and i swear to god, my bread lasts longer! lol

"Toasting" bread in a pan sounds like a huge hassle compared to a toaster, plus you can't just pop the bread slice in and go do something else...you have slave over a pan for your toasted bread.

I had a bag of Trader Joe's rustic sliced bread in my fridge for about 3 weeks. This past Sunday we cooked breakfast on the grill including the bread which we rubbed with olive oil, it was great. Most refrigerated bread will be fine just as long as it is toasted. (I would say that a toaster or toaster oven should be squeezed into a tight kitchen). It makes more sense to run a little electricity rather than firing up a gas burner or oven or an electric burner for a little marmite and toast.

Hooray for this post. I'm a big fan of getting people excited about their kitchens and cooking. I really like the chef's yellow kitchen too. I used to have one and it was always inviting. I wish I could put my kitchen in smallest coolest but it's not quite finished yet!

Oh crap-I just re-read the Time Out piece with chef Paul and he said to throw out the George Foreman. This could be the best home-kitchen product since the refrigerator. I got one in a x-mas grab bag and used it until it literally fell apart. This is seriously a great thing--the small one. You can toast bread, sandwiches, grill fish, chicken, steaks, hamburgers, cook bacon, veggie burgers, asparagus. It's basically a simplified panini machine. All the grease will drip down the cooking surface and collect in a little trough which can be emptied into the trash and the cooking surface just needs to be wiped off with a paper towel. And you can unplug it and throw it in a drawer.

Keep your eggs on a windowsill???? - is he mad?? - if I did that they would be cooked in about a day with the afternoon sunshine that heats up my windowsill

and how exactly do you cook beans in a milk bottle???

Hmmm, I think I'll take this with a pinch of salt (no pun intended!)