KCTS 9

A knife just doesn't cut it with those rounds of soft goat cheese. Try a length of dental floss (the plain, Teflon-y kind is best). Arrange it under the log of goat cheese, cross the ends over the top in an "x" and pull, making a neat slice.

Calls are coming in to our in-house call center and the biggest question is rescanning. If you had a digital TV or converter box working with KCTS 9 before today, and now aren't getting us... it's because we switched digital channels from UHF 41 to VHF 9. (For the full story, click here.)

It's a few minutes past 4:00 a.m. in Seattle and we just put the new KCTS 9 digital transmitter on-air.

This transmitter is on VHF channel 9 where our old transmitter has been.

Click here for digital transition help

I'm here at the KCTS 9 transmitter with our transmitter engineer Tim and it's almost time for the analog shut off.

In about 20 minutes we will be shutting down the KCTS 9 analog transmitter. We will also shut off the current KCTS 9 digital transmitter that's operating on channel 41.

We unearthed this mystery utensil during a recent KCTS kitchen cleanout, and don’t have the faintest idea what it is. Any guesses? On the neck it says "Regd 911032 Made in England."

The UFO is about 7 inches long, wood-grain plastic handle.

Can anybody help?

When using canned whole tomatoes for sauce or soup, they break down more easily if they're chopped a bit before they go into the pan. Transfer the contents of the can to a bowl and use a pastry blender to break them up, or cut them right in the can with a pair of kitchen shears.

One of the most well known voices on NPR’s dial is speaking tonight at the Paramount Theatre. Terry Gross’ warm voice and intelligent questions make her renowned as one of the best radio interviewers in the country.

I got this one from America's Test Kitchen. Grill brushes are best at removing food stuck on the grill grate, but they can wear out quickly. In a pinch, create a makeshift "brush" by using a crumpled wad of aluminum foil held in a pair of long tongs to scrape off a hot grill grate.

When I started working in the production department at KCTS 9 last November, I’d only been in Seattle for a few months.

“All of life’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players” — so Shakespeare’s melancholy fool, Jacques, meditates in the famous opening monologue of As You Like It.