© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-lyagushka Recent reviews written by member lyagushka en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_435102060164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Herrick C. Kimball's Complete Guide to Making Great Garlic Powder is a self-published effort intended to guide the reader in growing garlic and preserving at least part of the crop in the form of dried and powdered garlic. This 40-page booklet,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435102060164 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:25:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435102060164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434949885572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Over the last three years or so, kale has supplanted broccoli as my all-time favorite vegetable. Not just any variety of kale though; the one I like goes by several different monikers, but I first encountered it in Italy, under the name cavolo... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434949885572 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:09:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434949885572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433995550340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Waiter Rant has been a blog for a few years now, and the anonymous writer finally got a book deal with Harper Collins. I've been a reader of the blog for about a year, and was lucky enough to receive a review copy of the forthcoming book,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433995550340 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:26:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433995550340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433368501892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I've ordered garden seeds from the Seed Savers Exchange Website for the past few years. The non-profit organization began in 1975 with a tiny group of people who wanted to save rare and vanishing vegetable and flower seeds. Today the Exchange is based... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433368501892 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:09:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433368501892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433395175044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - We were lucky to get a roughly "finished" basement when we bought our more than 100 year old home a few years ago. Many houses of that era in our area have dirt floor basements. We were even luckier to have not one or two, but three sump pumps... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433395175044 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:50:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433395175044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432849456772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Our home had a recently remodeled kitchen when we bought it in late 2006. It came with a General Electric over-the-range microwave, so this isn't an appliance we chose for ourselves. I don't usually like a microwave or anything else to occupy the space... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432849456772 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:21:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432849456772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428790419076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - This Braun citrus juicer was part of my husband's kitchen equipment before we married. When our kitchens merged, this little appliance survived the sequential purges of redundant items and under-used junk. We don't use this juicer all that often... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428790419076 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 10:37:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428790419076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_429773262468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - A short while ago we found ourselves with a minor occasion to celebrate while visiting Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. I asked around for dinner recommendations and the Apollo Grill was recommended by a local. On very short notice we tried to get an early... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~429773262468 Sun, 8 Jun 2008 07:24:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_429773262468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432809348740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Adding four "retirement age" laying hens to my household was supposed to provide us with something on the order of 12-16 eggs per week. Instead, we're getting about 28 eggs per week. That means we've been eating a lot more eggs than previously... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432809348740 Sat, 7 Jun 2008 07:38:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432809348740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424603324036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I have had agrarian fantasies of developing my own little homesteading situation. We've got the land, but other things like money to build our dream home and lack of expertise are slowing us down. Still, I cleared a bigger garden bed than I've ever... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424603324036 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:51:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424603324036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_427652255364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I checked the cookbook Cuisines of India out of the library when I was looking for a good lamb curry recipe. I've got two of Madhur Jaffrey's cookbooks at home, and she provides consistently good recipes. But I just can't resist looking for and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~427652255364 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:56:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_427652255364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_429428018820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I love cookbooks and anything to do with real food. I came of age when chefs and cookbook writers were not superstars. Julia Child might have been honored, but she was no idol. But for the past twenty years or so, chefs and food writers have become... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~429428018820 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:45:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_429428018820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428794744452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - The Salt Lick is an Austin area institution and a quintessentially Texan phenomenon. Located a significant drive outside of Austin, set among the sage brush and mesquite in a dry county, the Salt Lick has been in business for more than forty years. Run... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428794744452 Thu, 8 May 2008 09:10:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428794744452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428800511620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I'm a sucker for tips, tricks, shortcuts, and solutions in the kitchen. When I cooked professionally, I learned at least as many valuable tricks from my fellow cooks as I did in culinary school. So I couldn't resist picking up this fat book of tips... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428800511620 Wed, 7 May 2008 07:54:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428800511620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428950064772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I'm a big fan of the flavor of sesame. But cooking with the seeds is often more hassle than it's worth, given the tiny size, shape and looseness of the seeds themselves. That's why I love to have toasted sesame oil on hand. Kadoya is my preferred... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428950064772 Tue, 6 May 2008 07:03:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428950064772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428940299908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - The Grip Tip is one of those simple but ingenious little inventions that seem so obvious one wonders how it took so long for them to be invented. It's a small disk of metal, roughly the size of a US fifty-cent piece or 2 euro coin. It fits over the end... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428940299908 Mon, 5 May 2008 19:59:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428940299908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_427034119812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Spring is here, and that means planting. The vegetable and herb garden is plenty of work on its own, but we also have several dozen tree saplings to plant each spring. Mixed into the thin topsoil on our land is plenty of shale, and that makes for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~427034119812 Fri, 2 May 2008 09:19:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_427034119812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418866630276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Starting a miniature flock of laying hens in my backyard was my New Year's resolution for 2008. It's been a long held fantasy of bucolic whimsy, but this was the year to translate it into reality. Being a reader, I of course turned to books and the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418866630276 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:01:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418866630276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424717356676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I've owned Great Garden Companions, by Sally Jean Cunningham, for many years. It's part of my gardening collection, and it straddles the line between inspiration and practical how-to manual. This spring I'm using it to help design the layout of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424717356676 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:17:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424717356676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426332098180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - A recent visit to Austin had me dining out more often in a week than I usually do in three months. One restaurant we ate at was the Mongolian Grille, downtown. Mongolian "barbeque" is a style of restaurant I became familiar with while living in the San... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426332098180 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:56:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426332098180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425758002820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Málaga is a sleek tapas bar with an arty, hip atmosphere in the Austin's downtown Warehouse district. I had the chance to eat there recently when visiting family and friends. My husband and I thoroughly immersed ourselves in the lovely tradition... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425758002820 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:59:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425758002820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_413251440260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - When it comes to woodworking or construction projects, I am about as amateur as it gets. Still, I have a few opinions and preferences when it comes to tools for these sorts of jobs. One hand tool I've been very pleased with is the Swanson Speedlite... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~413251440260 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:35:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_413251440260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_422875795076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Science fiction isn't my usual reading fare. But when I have a reliable recommendation, and I feel like some escapist fiction, I'll occasionally wade into the genre. I'd heard the name Orson Scott Card so often that I finally decided to read something... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~422875795076 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:06:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_422875795076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421780885124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Broadforks look like pitchforks on steroid, having two long handles and a row of long tines, which vary in number. They are tools designed to help aerate garden soils without disturbing the structure of the soil too much. While rototilling and double... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421780885124 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:07:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421780885124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421548494468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I'd been wanting a good dibble for some years. They're such practical garden tools, used to easily make holes in prepared garden soil for transplants or bulbs. I kept putting it off thinking we'd bust a shovel handle and be able to make one for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421548494468 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:47:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421548494468?linkin_id=8003929