Tantoo guides
The explanations behind the numbers, in plain words. Free to read, nothing to sign up for.
- Cups to grams: why a cup of flour is not a cup of flour
A cup measures volume, not weight, so every ingredient weighs something different. Here is what that means for baking.
- Cooking an American recipe in a British kitchen
Cups, sticks of butter, Fahrenheit, gas marks, tin sizes and the ingredient names that mean something else here.
- How much paint do you actually need?
Measure the walls, count the coats and round up to whole tins, with a worked example for a typical bedroom.
- What your appliances really cost to run
Kilowatt-hours explained in plain words, with worked examples so you can price anything in your house yourself.
- Oven temperatures: Celsius, Fahrenheit, gas mark and fan
A full conversion chart for oven settings, why fan ovens run hotter, and what to do with an air fryer.
- Shoe sizes: US, UK, EU and Japan compared
Shoe size charts for women and men, why the numbers differ between countries, and how to measure your foot properly.
- Clothing sizes: UK, US, EU and Italian sizes compared
Women's dress sizes and men's suit and chest sizes across countries, with the body measurements behind them.
- Baking tin sizes: how to swap tins without ruining a recipe
Inch-to-centimetre tin sizes, how to scale a recipe to a bigger or smaller tin, and swapping round tins for square ones.
- How many tiles or how much flooring do you need?
Work out floor and wall areas, how much extra to buy for cuts and the laying pattern, and how to round up to boxes.
Quick answers
The questions page covers the things people ask most: how accurate the conversions are, where your data is kept, and where to find your price per kWh.
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