Tag: tricks

  • Pro-Tip Tuesday: Splitting Squash

    Pro-Tip Tuesday: Splitting Squash

    This post is dedicated to my friend Abby, who inspired me to share this tip on how to cut into a stubborn winter squash when she told me she had a butternut waiting at her new apartment. Happy Thanksgiving week to those in the U.S. (and happy Autumn harvest to the rest)! Got a squash…

  • Pro-Tip Tuesday: Pouring without Spilling

    Are you a klutz like me, always spilling liquids when you pour them from one container to another? Try this trick I learned from my father, the chemist! I like to imagine him pouring oodles of liquids from beaker to beaker in his multiple decades of work. Hint: having a utensil helps. In summary, if…