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Sorry if this subject has been discussed before, I couldn't find it in the old(er) posts by searching. I just got a 8.5 liter WMF Perfect Pro pressure cooker -- it's very similar to the Perfect Plus models, the only differences seem to be that the valve that lets out steam at the beginning of...

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An article on the NYT talks about Julia Child and how she changed the way people eat in US but not enough -- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/magazine/02cooking-t.html for more info (or click the link below). While I do agree with the author, who mentions in his article that people are buying...

So, apparently Texas has recently passed some laws/ordinances declaring that bars are "public places", so they can send the cops and arrest people for "public intoxication" inside the bars. That seems a little weird to me, if the patrons are not causing trouble, what's the big deal? But that...

A friend of mine reports a Pyrex pan cracked and broke inside her oven today. She was baking chicken breasts in it. What happened? We've known for years that Pyrex is not supposed to be used on the stovetop or under a broiler. But in the oven seems to be what it's sold for, right? Riiiiiight...

I have this 9-year old dishwasher (Bosch 68xx, white, was TOL in 1999) that I've been pretty happy with -- it cleaned very well, was very quiet and gave me no problems. The only minor complaint I had was that someone leaned against the control panel a few years ago and broke the Rinse&Hold...

A few months ago (May/June, I think), someone here posted a link to a TED Talk with Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor -- she suffered a stroke over 8 years ago and described her stroke, what she felt etc. More importantly, if I didn't know she was the stroke victim, I would not ever in a million years think...

Please excuse me for asking this, but I was traveling and missed part of the thread: I seem to remember a thread where people were discussing the use of anti-sudsing agents (or defoamers) so as to reduce the suds from regular laundry detergents. Has anyone tried the stuff used as defoamers in...