My mom got tired of our sofa (in the late 90s) oh, 15 years after she bought the damn thing. So what did she do? What all moms do. She covered it with a pretty blanket. And when I moved to my f...
This leaves me with so many questions! Why is cedar being used to make paper? (I thought cheaper, faster growing trees were used). How much energy does this thing use (in comparison to how much en...
I'm making braised short ribs. And those lovely pink goat cheese rolls from Sparkling Ink. And I swear this is going to be the month I bake a cookie that isn't a disaster (I'm a notoriously awful...
bocadelperro and sunny blue, I too have a Wartime cookbook! I bought the American Woman's Cookbook (Wartime Edition, Victory Binding) for $10 at a flea market, and I absolutely love it. I am not ...
I came to post what !'s already said. Skyr isn't yogurt, it's just the closest comparison (and is eaten for breakfast, and weirds out Americans). The yogurt comparison sets people up not to like ...
Frum, it says in the post that borax is found in "evaporated beds of seasonal lakes". Wikipedia has to say, "Borax occurs naturally in evaporite deposits produced by the repeated evaporation of se...
Heaven forbid parents and children interact with a... wooden alphabet at home! It could completely ruin their future literacy!
(I think) this is still a design blog. This is a well d...
I've recently been soft cooking an egg in my oatmeal. When there's still a little bit of water left (probably 1-2 minutes left in cooking), I'll make a hole with a spoon in the middle of the oatme...
I cooked a cornish hen tonight, stuffed with carrots and shallots and garlic! I also made a modified version of the petatou recipe from Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles cook book and cooked *fresh* b...
So I've got a drying rack and a million coat hangers and I'd happily set up a drying line in my apartment-- but there's two problems I keep running into. I have beautiful 1950s hardwood floors (po...
I don't usually even think about stuff like this (because I'm no germophobe), and I guess it doesn't matter because you wash your fruit before you eat/prepare it, but this seems a little germy.
I can't get my plastic containers free of animal fats (or tomato products, for that matter) as it is (no dishmasher), I don't think I'd like this one bit. (Also, I have 1 learned-from-Granny-anci...
I'm sorry but this dang thing is $2330! I was expecting an expensive designer piece, not... whatever a bike chain worth three months rent. I love the piece, but not take-out-a-loan-love.
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Those are tatami mats?
My mom got tired of our sofa (in the late 90s) oh, 15 years after she bought the damn thing. So what did she do? What all moms do. She covered it with a pretty blanket. And when I moved to my f...
This leaves me with so many questions! Why is cedar being used to make paper? (I thought cheaper, faster growing trees were used). How much energy does this thing use (in comparison to how much en...
I'm making braised short ribs. And those lovely pink goat cheese rolls from Sparkling Ink. And I swear this is going to be the month I bake a cookie that isn't a disaster (I'm a notoriously awful...
bocadelperro and sunny blue, I too have a Wartime cookbook! I bought the American Woman's Cookbook (Wartime Edition, Victory Binding) for $10 at a flea market, and I absolutely love it. I am not ...
I really like this, but how is it green?
I came to post what !'s already said. Skyr isn't yogurt, it's just the closest comparison (and is eaten for breakfast, and weirds out Americans). The yogurt comparison sets people up not to like ...
The first picture looks like this would be *terrible* for the tv. And dvd player. And vcr.
I'm just awful at baking, but I'm trying really hard to make chocolate chip cookies. Arg!
Frum, it says in the post that borax is found in "evaporated beds of seasonal lakes". Wikipedia has to say, "Borax occurs naturally in evaporite deposits produced by the repeated evaporation of se...
Heaven forbid parents and children interact with a... wooden alphabet at home! It could completely ruin their future literacy! (I think) this is still a design blog. This is a well d...
Anyone know anything about these cute stockings?
I've recently been soft cooking an egg in my oatmeal. When there's still a little bit of water left (probably 1-2 minutes left in cooking), I'll make a hole with a spoon in the middle of the oatme...
These are awful. And look like water pipes.
I cooked a cornish hen tonight, stuffed with carrots and shallots and garlic! I also made a modified version of the petatou recipe from Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles cook book and cooked *fresh* b...
So I've got a drying rack and a million coat hangers and I'd happily set up a drying line in my apartment-- but there's two problems I keep running into. I have beautiful 1950s hardwood floors (po...
@chesterntrudy- This is the single best piece of poetry I have read in years. Thank you.
I don't usually even think about stuff like this (because I'm no germophobe), and I guess it doesn't matter because you wash your fruit before you eat/prepare it, but this seems a little germy.
I can't get my plastic containers free of animal fats (or tomato products, for that matter) as it is (no dishmasher), I don't think I'd like this one bit. (Also, I have 1 learned-from-Granny-anci...
I'm sorry but this dang thing is $2330! I was expecting an expensive designer piece, not... whatever a bike chain worth three months rent. I love the piece, but not take-out-a-loan-love.