I test cookie recipes on both, parchment definitely produces crispier cookies which can be good or bad depending on the cookie.

This week I had a Martha Stewart silicone mat come out of the oven positively HOT, way too hot to touch, for the first time. Is this supposed to happen? Oven temp was only 350F.

On my blog about vegetables, A Veggie Venture, I allow a pound of vegetables to serve four. These are large servings (except for potatoes, which somehow seem skimpy and for zucchini which cooks down so much) but for vegetables, that’s GOOD.

Lovely story-telling, lovely tradition!