New "Ease Ratings" Added!

I have received a lot of emails asking, "I am a beginner, do you think I can make this?"  In most cases, I have said "yes," as I try to break down the steps in recipes into very basic instructions. Still, I felt, some form of visual indicator would make cooking more comfortable for people, so I have added "ease ratings" to the recipes on the blog.

I hope this is a useful tool!

Key:

Beginner/Easy:         

If you can boil water, you can make this!

Intermediate:            

If you can make chocolate chip cookies, you can make this! 

Advanced:               

If your can make chocolate chip cookies, and feel a bit more adventurous, you can make this! 

I cook like a pro!:     

Can be tricky, but do-able!

Kitchen Dial; One of My Favorite iPhone Apps

I spend a lot of time reading recipes online, and often, when I am visiting European websites, recipes are in metric units, in need of US conversion. Let's face it, two facts make metric recipes difficult for me; school was a long time ago, and metric units never took hold in the US.

While browsing the iTunes App Store, I found this handy, and free conversion app called Kitchen Dial.  It has simple dial controls, and works wonderfully. I use this app all the time, and thought it may be useful to my readers.

With a little practice, I figured out how this app can even be used to scale recipes, if you with to make larger (or smaller) quantities of a dish.

Get the Kitchen Dial app here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kitchen-dial/id448558628?mt=8

The Kitchen Dial app on my iPhone.

Easy to use interface.

Explanation of the easy to use "dial controls."