Kitchen Tip of the Week – Anchoring Serving Bowls

2 06 2009

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Last year I had started doing a weekly post on Kitchen Tips (search ‘Kitchen Tip of the Week’ to view archives). I stopped doing them in November because frankly, no one was reading them. However, my readership has grown a great deal since them (May 2009 was my best month to date – yay!) so I’ve decided to start featuring a weekly tip again. So if you’re interested in learning some new tricks and advice for the kitchen, please check back each week.

This week’s kitchen tip can help solve a common dilemma when entertaining guests. Have you ever prepared a platter of hors d’oeuvres with a side bowl of dipping sauce, only to have the smaller plate slide around as you’re transporting or serving the food? To prevent this, use a dab of honey (about 1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon) under the smaller bowl to ‘glue’ it to the larger serving platter. Et voila! No more sliding around and spilling.

(Source: How to Break an Egg: 1453 Kitchen Tips, Food Fixes, Emergency Substitutions and Handy Techniques, Taunton Press)