I've been cooking this last month from Andrea Nguyen's cookbook Vietnamese Food Any Day (the first cookbook in our Summer Cookbook Club!), and sometime last week I took a moment - well, quite a few moments! - to appreciate my cookbook stand, which has been getting a workout this month. Yes, this $13 cookbook stand. I am a big fan. What's in a cookbook stand, you ask? This one is compact, collapsible, and has little rubber-tipped "hands" that keep pages open and flat; it has five positions, so you can find the best viewing angle for you; it'll fit any size cookbook (or a phone, an iPad, or even just a recipe printed on a sheet of paper!); and the whole thing is made of sturdy, smooth bamboo. I like to keep it set up on my counter, but when I need the space, it can be easily folded and tucked away. I've only had this cookbook stand for six months - for years I just put whatever cookbook I was cooking from flat on the counter. This is so, so much better! Seriously thinking of giving one as gifts to everyone in my family now, too. Cheers to good tools! -Cambria Product and Lifestyle Director
I’ve been cooking this last month from Andrea Nguyen’s cookbook Vietnamese Food Any Day (the first cookbook in our Summer Cookbook Club!), and sometime last week I took a moment – well, quite a few moments! – to appreciate my cookbook stand, which has been getting a workout this month.
What’s in a cookbook stand, you ask? This one is compact, collapsible, and has little rubber-tipped “hands” that keep pages open and flat; it has five positions, so you can find the best viewing angle for you; it’ll fit any size cookbook (or a phone, an iPad, or even just a recipe printed on a sheet of paper!); and the whole thing is made of sturdy, smooth bamboo.
I like to keep it set up on my counter, but when I need the space, it can be easily folded and tucked away.
I’ve only had this cookbook stand for six months – for years I just put whatever cookbook I was cooking from flat on the counter. This is so, so much better! Seriously thinking of giving one as gifts to everyone in my family now, too.
Hello, Simply Recipes community, Our team has spent this past week listening, reflecting, and thinking not just about how we want to respond but about what we can do better. Before speaking out, we wanted to take a moment to talk with our staff and contributors, and reflect on our own actions here on Simply Recipes -- both past and present. Most importantly, we wanted to be sure we were truly responding and not just reacting. With that said, we wanted to share with you the ways we think we can be doing better. And the actions we're committing to make.
Our team has spent this past week listening, reflecting, and thinking not just about how we want to respond but about what we can do better.
Before speaking out, we wanted to take a moment to talk with our staff and contributors, and reflect on our own actions here on Simply Recipes — both past and present.
Most importantly, we wanted to be sure we were truly responding and not just reacting.
With that said, we wanted to share with you the ways we think we can be doing better. And the actions we’re committing to make.
Eating well doesn't have to be about deprivation or dieting, and we'll prove it to you with this month's new meal plans compiled by our Nutrition Editor, registered dietician Katie Morford. Katie chose each meal plan in an effort to take some things off your plate: decision fatigue over what to cook for dinner, and stress from trying to do it all healthfully.
New This Month: Nutrition Information!
You asked and we listened. This month, each of these new meal plans will feature nutrition information on all of the featured recipes.
What's Included?
Each 1-week PDF meal plan is $1.95 (or you can buy the whole bundle for $5.95) and features 5 dinner recipes, 1 dessert recipe and a "weekend prep" recipe as well as a condensed shopping and equipment list. As with all of our meal plans, the recipes are reader favorites, and quick enough to pull off on a weeknight.
Eating well doesn’t have to be about deprivation or dieting, and we’ll prove it to you with this month’s new meal plans compiled by our Nutrition Editor, registered dietician Katie Morford.
Katie chose each meal plan in an effort to take some things off your plate: decision fatigue over what to cook for dinner, and stress from trying to do it all healthfully.
New This Month: Nutrition Information!
You asked and we listened. This month, each of these new meal plans will feature nutrition information on all of the featured recipes.
What’s Included?
Each 1-week PDF meal plan is $1.95 (or you can buy the whole bundle for $5.95) and features 5 dinner recipes, 1 dessert recipe and a “weekend prep” recipe as well as a condensed shopping and equipment list. As with all of our meal plans, the recipes are reader favorites, and quick enough to pull off on a weeknight.
I don't remember anything about the knives I used in the very early days of cooking for myself. It must have been whatever happened to be in the kitchen of the campus house I lived in with five other girls during my junior year of college. Later, it was probably a knife from a knife set given to me as a wedding present. I don't remember those knives because cooking wasn't something I was invested in yet. It was something I did, when I needed to, with what I had on hand. (I probably made things harder on myself in some cases because I wasn't using the right tools for the job, but oh well.) I may not remember any of those knives, but I distinctly remember my first chef's knife. I wanted a good knife. I knew it was time. The knife needed to be budget-friendly but highly recommended, basically the best bang for your buck. That knife? The Victorinox Fibrox 8-inch Chef's Knife ($27). I still have this knife. In fact, I have two of them! The Victorinox Fibrox 8-inch chef's knife has been a top pick of Cook's Illustrated for over two decades, and likely the reason I bought it in the first place so long ago. While I have added other highly-rated (but higher-priced) chef's knives to my collection over the years, I still use this Victorinox knife all the time. The blade is sharp and keeps its edge, it slices smoothly and silently, and for reasons that defy understanding, both my husband and I find the ergonomic handle comfortable to hold, even though our hand sizes are quite different! I wish I'd had this knife when I was starting out in the kitchen. If you know a recent grad about to set up a first apartment, this knife would be a fantastic gift. Good kitchen tools breed confidence and enthusiasm, both key ingredients to develop a life-long love of cooking! Cheers to good tools! -Cambria Product and Lifestyle Director!
I don’t remember anything about the knives I used in the very early days of cooking for myself.
It must have been whatever happened to be in the kitchen of the campus house I lived in with five other girls during my junior year of college. Later, it was probably a knife from a knife set given to me as a wedding present.
I don’t remember those knives because cooking wasn’t something I was invested in yet. It was something I did, when I needed to, with what I had on hand. (I probably made things harder on myself in some cases because I wasn’t using the right tools for the job, but oh well.)
I may not remember any of those knives, but I distinctly remember my first chef’s knife.
I wanted a good knife. I knew it was time. The knife needed to be budget-friendly but highly recommended, basically the best bang for your buck.
I still have this knife. In fact, I have two of them! The Victorinox Fibrox 8-inch chef’s knife has been a top pick of Cook’s Illustrated for over two decades, and likely the reason I bought it in the first place so long ago.
While I have added other highly-rated (but higher-priced) chef’s knives to my collection over the years, I still use this Victorinox knife all the time. The blade is sharp and keeps its edge, it slices smoothly and silently, and for reasons that defy understanding, both my husband and I find the ergonomic handle comfortable to hold, even though our hand sizes are quite different!
I wish I’d had this knife when I was starting out in the kitchen. If you know a recent grad about to set up a first apartment, this knife would be a fantastic gift. Good kitchen tools breed confidence and enthusiasm, both key ingredients to develop a life-long love of cooking!
I like to keep it set up on my counter, but when I need the space, it can be easily folded and tucked away. I've only had 
