I love the idea of making holiday gifts with it! You can look into Thai and Vietnamese recipes. Basil also livens up pretty much any stir-fry. One of my favourite ways to...

I mostly save on proteins - less meat and expensive fish, more legumes and eggs. Like many here, I love cheese and will splurge on it, but only occasionally. My biggest s...

The copyright for the Barrel chair in the bottom pic is owned by Cassina (I Maestri collection). DWR may carry the chair, but they don't manufacture it - or it would be a major copyright inf...

My neighbourhood is quiet and residential, but only 3 blocks away from two main commercial thoroughfares. I am surrounded by greenery, low buildings and character houses. It is very convenie...

Thanks - I bookmarked this and will check out the related posts as well. I have decided that this was the year my tiny, drab concrete balcony is getting a makeover :)

Oh, how I covet the tall Sapien bookcases! I would need three or four of them though, so that's a bit of an investment. If anybody owns one of the other models, could you let us know ...

My signature savoury dish is a leg of lamb in puff pastry. The lamb is stuffed with mushrooms cooked in Madeira wine. The recipe comes from a wonderful restaurant in Provence and it has been my mot...

I love Martini Bianco (the white, drier variety). In the South of France where I grew up pastis is a religion, but I much prefer a good Lebanese arak. My all-time favourite, though, i...

Improving the lighting would be one of my priorities - I have one of those typical 70's galley-style kitchens partitioned off to the back of the living room, so it gets no natural light.

Like erinpeace, I would love a few pointers to pretty up my rental kitchen. I do not mind that it is tiny - I actually work better in small kitchens, but it is dark, drab and the materials u...