Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed very white (though not all-white) interiors as a reprieve and refuge from the soot-covered air of turn-of-the-century Glasgow. This article makes me wonder how c...

You've triggered a flashback for me: boiled peanuts as a family snack, and the piles of warm shells in bowls around the table. The weird part is that I have no connection to the South whatsoever --...

I eat while watching tv because I get dinner ready so late that our favorite shows are on by the time it's ready. While I was growing up, my family did a stint of eating dinner while watching the ...

Sadly, the Christmas period is the only time I get to enjoy the familial table, and all the traditions we've constructed around the holiday get trotted out -- the seafood hotpot on Christmas eve, t...

I got a bag of dried nettles from my CSA last year and made a tea out of it. I had read that it was a diuretic (makes ya pee) and that was the experience I had with it. Or, you can tr...

A timely guest post for St-Jean-Baptiste Day, also known as Fete Nationale

Oddly enough, I knew a guy who swore by Biotta beet juice as a morning pick-me-up after all-nighters.

For years I didn't use paper towels, but then I realized that I never made fried foods and everything would stick to the ungreased bbq grill. So like brittanykate, I now have a roll hiding in a cu...

A few related questions: Should I buy brown sugar from a store that's already rock hard? And if so, do the regular "reviving" processes with pieces of bread, microwaving (or others?) work here too?

I only ever buy unsalted butter, even for table use.

Moxie! So awesome.

@rhiana, The badge in Brownies rings a bell, but I think you had to make more than just bannock. Or was that in Girl Guides? I'm all confused now. I needs me some fried dough.

I have actually seen ads for places that will re-enamel cast iron cookware. (I imagine it's not that different than refinishing a cast iron tub) Look around, there may be someone local who does t...

Sadly, these railings no longer comply with the Canadian building code. The horizontal and diagonal bars are "climbing surfaces" that a kid could use to go up and over the railing.

I just stopped by a multi-seller yard sale where items were not priced. It added to the chaos of the sale, because the right person had to be tracked down to get the price. Perhaps this could be ...

I was instructed to use the empty shell as tweezers in Belgium, where they take their mussel-eating very seriously. And it's a pretty normal practice around here in Montreal (where all things Frenc...

In my (Chinese) family, there was no need for such a code. Guests would each be served, very ceremoniously, a generous portion of the "good stuff" at the table and then the rest of the dish divide...

I want to vote "Not!" but my left thumb, which I cut yesterday, is telling me to vote "Hot!"

Michael Pollan, in his pre-foodie days, wrote a whole book about building his own writer's shed -- A Place of My Own. Pics here: http://www...

I do the same thing as ShelleyIN -- V-shaped wedge in the top.