Chef Logic

So - trying to find rock salt isn't easy. At least if you're lazy before an approaching storm - and don't want to fight the masses at a hardware store.

What do you do? You improvise while you're at the grocery store.

Which takes you from this:

To this with little effort:

And if you're smart - you do it when it's at the perfect melt point - so you're shoveling these:

It's 36 degrees - on our way to a high of 40. You can tell this is progress, because look! You can see the man-hole cover.

But you know what REALLY makes a chef smile?

If you want the full scope of pictures of snow (with snarky commentary - I know you are SHOCKED) you may go here.