What’s your most-used kitchen utensil? Most people would probably say a chef’s knife, or a wooden spoon, but those in the know? They’ll say spurtle, every time. But we don’t blame you if you’ve never ...

My husband and I met in culinary school about 15 years ago, and we both work in the food industry. He’s a chef at a fabulous steakhouse, and I’m a food writer constantly testing kitchen tools and ...

Anyone who's proud of their porridge has just a few days left to enter the Bob's Red Mill contest for a chance to win a berth at the world oatmeal-making championship in Scotland. ... Looking for an ...

I’m no stranger to an unusual kitchen gadget. A Danish dough whisk is part of my regular bread-making routine, and I reach for my dumpling dowel (a small type of rolling pin) every time I make ...

The tool’s been around since the 15th century. A few years ago, I received a care package from the mom of one of my close friends. Inside, there was a wooden stick that looked like a dowel. I ...

In 2015, Lisa Williams was vacationing in Scotland when she stumbled across a glitzy bagpipe procession and a line of people in aprons holding flags from countries around the world. She took a closer ...

If you stir porridge anti-clockwise, you let the devil in. That is just one of the lessons in a new Australian documentary about the World Porridge Making Championship, which takes place every year in ...

An Scottish man won the prestigious 21st Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championships on Saturday. We learn from Dr. Izhar Khan about his secret to winning porridge. Goldilocks had no respect ...

Recently, I participated in a Secret Santa gift exchange. A colleague gave my friend a turned piece of wood which looked like a wooden flute that someone forgot to drill a hole through, or like a ...

John Boa is the 2011 winner of the 19th Annual Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Competition. He explains what a spurtle is and shares tips on how he likes to make his porridge.

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