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Four months of cooking through a big box of assorted vegetables each week made me a more agile home cook in a lot of ways. Here are some of my favorite techniques I learned, some thanks to Front Burner readers.

- You don’t have to wait for water to boil or a grill to heat to have good corn on the cob.

Reader Steve Blancard told me his favorite way to eat corn is “husked, rubbed with butter and then roasted on the grill over hot coals,” and seasoned with Old Bay. But when he’s pressed for time–as we are lately–he recommends using the microwave.

I’d heard bits and pieces about microwaving corn on the cob, but I’d never really thought it would work. After getting Steve’s e-mail and bringing a newborn into our home, we decided to give it a try.

According to his method, you put unhusked corn straight into the microwave and cook it on high for about four minutes per ear (Exact time will depend on the strength of your microwave–ours takes about 3 and a half minutes per ear.).

Source: Fredericksburg.com (blog)