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Well ... "Perhaps someone can step in and clarify any misinterpretation of your statement on my part." I'm only repeating what was told to me by several editors at CR. Your issue is with them, not me.

Ugh! Sandy! Why the hell would the store manager insist on installing such an exotic appliance inside a TEACHING kitchen? What's the point? Does it not make more sense to teach with equipment most of your students will be using in THEIR own kitchens?

What do you expect... ... from a man whose secretaries in 1961 were pounding away on an IBM Selectric model that wouldn't be developed and brought to market until 1978?

Lamont ... "I would assume Julia Child used an electric on set because most studio's probably do not have a gas line run into them and electric is "safer" for the crew." In New York City, television studios need special permits and variances for open flame cooking; they essentially need to be...

And ... "Commercial gas ranges are a different story; they have greater heat output on their burners. But they use about triple the gas, they often require special support construction for the floor underneath them, and they are absolute Hell to clean." And for those "high end" residential...

JeffG ... "just try to find a single high-end home (e.g. worth over $2M) with an electric stove in the kitchen. It simply ain't gonna happen." Actually, it DOES happen. You're just not looking hard enough. There are many estate homes in the Pittsburgh area in the $7- $10 million range with...

Actually ... "Like Kevin mentioned earlier-- if a gas leak develops or if the apppliance should malfunction you can smell the odor of gas very quickly." But there's very rarely any risk of an ELECTRIC leak ...

John ... ... I'm not sure what you're asking.

I should have been more precise ... Consumer Reports doesn't rate "based" on price. But price largely determines whether it's evaluated in the first place. I've been told this directly by CR editors.

This is gross but ... Silverfish. They eat ONLY cotton and similar vegetable based natural fabrics such as rayon, they especially eat clothing that hasn’t been recently washed. They eat mostly around the bottom of the shirt because of oils and dirt from your belly button sticking to the...

Nate ... ... BINGO! I've long complained that Consumer Reports weighs PRICE along with other criteria in determining "value". As we all know on this board, quite often, quality comes at a price. It is unfair and inaccurate to calculate quality, durability, and reliability through the lens of...

OMG!!! My mom still hangs those vintage plastic popcorn decorations! For years, when we had a chocolate brown front door (with no windows), Frosty really popped!

A few points: -- I made that "natural selection" comment last year totally toungue-in-cheek. -- I concede that they really DO look like candy; Tide even packages them in a clear container in the shape of a classic candy container, no less. -- Is this an attempt by Tide for in-home ongoing...

OMG!!! This is the exact model Goldie Hawn's maid used in the laundry room of their TriBeCa loft in her dramatic movie "Deceived"!!

Spray the dish ... ... with Pam.

Darren! Congratulations on the beautiful space!!

Unfortunately ... "The mechanical parts of the car the mechanic man should still be able to repair." ... it's very rarely the mechanical parts that fail in cars these days. It's usually the (planned obsolescence) electronic gadgetry that is often ingeniously interwoven into other electronic...

Sandy ... ... Thank you. You said it better than I did. I was also mostly referring to the ingenuity behind the mechanical devices. I think younger generations don't realize that for decades we had "smart" machines that were not computerized, many of which didn't even require electricity...

Omg ... ... they look new!

Pressure cooking ... ... is actually among the healthiest ways to preserve nutrients and food integrity (as opposed to microwaving, which can create a litany of problems).