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Also check how fine the gradation is in the power settings. My cheap one is like 10% between each notch. My really good one is 1%. Also, look for those with continuously variable output as opposed to using a duty cycle. Duty cycle ones lead to scorching very easily even at 40% power. Continuously variable ones act much more like a gas burner.

Not interested in brands that don't?

Thanks for sharing that photo, @SLB. My mom had one with that vibe. I loved seeing the pattern stand out against the different solid color tablecloths used for each season. Crimson or deep green for Christmas, pink or mint green in spring and gold or brown in the fall. Sweet memories!

I prefer my legs untied. I tend to trip and fall otherwise. Shoelaces tied, though -- but not together.

Almost the same as yesterday, sautéed onion, garlic, wombok and mushrooms with sliced chicken on brothy rice.

Thanks @KennethT that makes sense. My current single burner is a cheap Chinese made one. Soon though, we will be renovating the kitchen and installing a 4 burner. This is something I’ll have to watch out for.

My husbands's mother had a huge tablecloth that her mother had crocheted. It was brought out for special occaisions for my husband's family of 10.(two parents and 8 kids) At about age 5 my husband took scissors to it - little brat that he was. He recalls being sent to his room by his teary-eyed mother. To this day, he remembers the shame he felt. Not for destroying the tablecloth, but for making his mother cry. This was over 60 years ago. I still tease him when I put a tablecloth on our dining room table and say "please don't cut this!'

I'd like some input on which brands do the 'screaming on pan removal issue. interested in free standing units. absolutely not interested in any thing that screams/beeps/howls if I should dare to remove the pot. . .

Potato soup with chipotle, crushed tomato, onion, garlic, chicken stock, cilantro, and a dollop of Greek yogurt Black beans with bacon, garlic, crushed tomato, ancho chile powder, roasted chile Poblano, and cilantro

we have crocheted table cloths, "smaller" things, . . . from DW's great grand-mother, my great grand-mother . . . as our children have zero point zip interest in 'old family stuff' - most everything not in the 'omg!' category has been passed onto 'people who value' the items. yes. it's sad. but it is 'reality' - like or lump it - new generations have not-so-much appreciation for "that old stuff" . . . . they may come to regret their opinion . . . .

My guess is machine-made; the pattern of the holes is so consistent and orderly. There's no label; how would I be able to tell??

@SLB, that tablecloth reminds me sharply of the "fancy" tablecloths I grew up with...can't remember now whether it was my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, or all of the above. I think it's beautiful!

@SLB, was the tablecloth handmade or machine made?

This is not a great photo -- it's a gray day, and just plain dark: I don't know how old the tablecloth is, but I am very confident in my presumption that she did not have a tablecloth until well after WWII, when enough of her 20 children had done well enough for themselves to move her into the kind of house that had an indoor bathroom. I don't even know if it's particularly special; it just was the "fancy" tablecloth in my mother's home. In my child's eye and memory, it is very *pretty*. My adult self prefers block printing, geometrics, etc. Other kinds of visual stimulation.

You might leave the persimmons on a counter. If you get impatient put one where it gets a little sun. When it starts to look like a wet paper bag (very soggy), scrape out the contents into a bowl and add a little cream or ice cream. Absolutely nothing else is required. 😋

My sister had brought over some Hachiya persimmons at Thanksgiving, I had only had Fuyu variety previously. It's pretty obvious when they aren't ripe enough, as I'm finding out. Those tannins!

Reporting back that my Effie's Homemade Gruyere Biscuits arrived and I tore into them immediately. I could easily sit and eat the entire box with nothing on them. They are so peppery and so good. I can taste a hint of gruyere, but the pepper seems stronger to me. They will be so good with a nice brie or other mild soft cheese. If I can hold out long enough to get cheese. LOL!

A locally made Panettone (Guadalajara) sold at my local deli in Ajijic. And not the size of a hatbox! Very tasty with good addition of candied fruits. No raisins detected in my first slice.

Post Turkey---my wife wanted to bake ( Cranberry/ Pistachio biscotti )

PawWall just as well ...

FWIW, here's the Washington Post's top 14 cookbooks of 2025.

eGullet is so darn good at enabling 🤣

Leftover lemongrass pork and broccolini with a meaty roasted chile Poblano, turned into an egg-thickened breakfast soup/stew. Sauteed shallots and the last of the bird chiles for flavor, cumin seed and thyme for aroma.

Moe's appetite as been off at night so I decided to make dinner for breakfast this morning. I had saved and froze leftover wild rice dressing from a couple of weeks ago when I made the boned Cornish game hen . There was just enough to make two chicken ballotines. I boned out two chicken breasts leaving on the skin. Stuffed with the wild rice and roasted. I soaked some dried shiitake mushrooms in chicken broth for the sauce. Made a roux with the addition of butter added to the drippings, along with the mushroom chicken broth and finished with just a touch of Armagnac. Served with Moe's favourite braised red cabbage, peas and roasted potatoes. Dinner out of the way before 9:00 AM.

The Cooper is a featured Ad on some PBS cooking shows. The unit looks elegant. Ive gone to their website , and the idea is very interesting , saving the installation of a 220-240 V line. however , as far as I can tell , the batteries in the range are not consumer replaceable when they meet their lifetime end. and those batteries, in that application , are a fairly new item . now .... if the Cooper came with a Steam function , a la CSO , ie a reservoir etc I would not be sleeping well , until I at least saw it in Action , at a high en appliance store. there is one , on the way to TJ's where I live.