What’s That?: Updated

Friday, February 22, 2013 by:Joe Stalvey, content editor

We asked readers of the Recipe Box blog to identify the kitchen item pictured. Here are some of the guesses:

‘‘A tea ball’’
‘‘Berry strainer’’
‘‘Easter egg color dipper’’

As many of you correctly guessed, it is an egg poacher, which sells for $11.95 at Different Drummer’s Kitchen. This week’s randomly selected winner is Chris W.

Check out the Recipe Box (http:/blog.timesunion.com/recipebox) for another item. Take a guess at its purpose, and you could win the item. You do not have to guess correctly to win.

Cindy Schultz/Times Union

Categories: Capital Region, Contests

Savor and share: Green food

Thursday, February 21, 2013 by:Joe Stalvey, content editor

March brings us both the first day of spring and St. Patrick’s Day, two occasions associated with the color green. Reason enough — or so we thought — for you to send us your favorite green food recipes for the Recipe Box of March 14.

You can post recipes using the comment link below. You might just win a cookbook for your efforts.

Please include your name, address, phone number and number of servings. (And please spell out measurements: teaspoon, tablespoon, cups, etc. It’s our style.) Remember nut recipes for March 7. And it’s not too early to think about pasta recipes for March 21.

Categories: Reader favorites

Savor and share: Nuts

Friday, February 15, 2013 by:Joe Stalvey, content editor

Nuts — pistachios, walnuts, almonds and all their tasty cousins — add flavor, texture and nutrition to main dishes. Send us your recipes using nuts for the Recipe Box of March 7.

Post recipes using the comment link below. You might just win a cookbook for your efforts.

Please include your name, address, phone number and number of servings. (And please spell out measurements: teaspoon, tablespoon, cups, etc. It’s our style.)

Remember pork recipes for Feb. 28. And it’s not too early to think about celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with green food recipes for March 14.

Categories: Reader favorites

What’s That?: Updated

Friday, February 15, 2013 by:Joe Stalvey, content editor

Cindy Schultz/Times Union

We asked readers of the Recipe Box blog to identify the kitchen item pictured. Here are some of the guesses:

”Would use it to form cannolis.”

”Some kind of press.”

As all but a couple of you correctly guessed, it is an apple corer. It sells for $5.99 at Different Drummer’s Kitchen. This week’s randomly selected winner is Katie W.

Check out the Recipe Box (http:/blog.timesunion.com/recipebox) on Friday for another item. Take a guess at its purpose, and you could win the item. You do not have to guess correctly to win.

Categories: Capital Region, Contests

Savor and Share: Pork

Friday, February 8, 2013 by:Joe Stalvey, content editor

If you are curious what’s new with the other white meat, visit PorkKnifeandSpoon.com, the official blog of the National Pork Board. Then send us your favorite (new or otherwise) pork recipes for the Recipe Box of Feb. 28.

Post recipes using the comment link below. You might just win a cookbook for your efforts. Please include your name, address, phone number and number of servings. (And please spell out measurements: teaspoon, tablespoon, cups, etc. It’s our style.)

Remember citrus recipes for Feb. 21. And it’s not to early to think about recipes using nuts for March 7.

Categories: Reader favorites

What’s That?: Updated

Friday, February 8, 2013 by:Joe Stalvey, content editor

We asked readers of the Recipe Box blog to identify the kitchen item pictured. Here are some of the guesses:

‘‘Toothpick dispenser’’
‘‘Pill dispenser’’
‘‘Toothbrush cleaner’’

It is the Cherry Chomper, designed to make pitting cherries easier. It sells for $9.95 at Different Drummer’s Kitchen. This week’s randomly selected winner is Katie Willey.

Check out the Recipe Box (http:/blog.timesunion.com/recipebox) on Friday for another item. Take a guess at its purpose, and you could win the item. You do not have to guess correctly to win.

Cindy Schultz/Times Union

Categories: Capital Region, Contests, General

What’s That?: Updated

Friday, February 1, 2013 by:Joe Stalvey, content editor

Cindy Schultz/Times Union

We asked readers of the Recipe Box blog to identify the kitchen item pictured. Here are some of the guesses:

‘‘Crumpet rings’’

‘‘Ring used to make round fried eggs’’

‘‘Magical bracelets’’

They are English muffin rings, which allow you to make your own. They sell for $6.99 at Different Drummer’s Kitchen. This week’s randomly selected winner is Frank LaPosta Visco.

Check out the Recipe Box (http:blog.timesunion.com/recipebox) on Friday for another item. Take a guess at its purpose, and you could win the item. You do not have to guess correctly to win.

Categories: Capital Region, Contests

Savor and share: Citrus

Thursday, January 31, 2013 by:Joe Stalvey, content editor

The sweet piquancy of citrus can be a nice wake-up for slumbering taste buds, and it’s a happy coincidence that the peak of citrus season arrives in the middle of our long winter. So give a cookbook a squeeze and send us your recipes using citrus for the Recipe Box of Feb. 21.

You can post recipes on the Recipe Box blog at http:/blog.timesunion.com/recipebox or mail them to Recipe Box, Times Union, Box 15000, Albany, NY 12211. You might just win a cookbook for your efforts.

Please include your name, address, phone number and number of servings. (And please spell out measurements: teaspoon, tablespoon, cups, etc. It’s our style.) Remember chocolate recipes for Feb. 14. And it’s not too early to think about pork recipes for Feb. 28.