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There's a bulk section upstairs at the Fairway on the Upper West Side-- it's not great, but you can get various grains, cereals, and yogurt-covered pretzels. I'd love to hear about anywhere else (c...

I like-- alright, love-- the Volkornbrot (I think that's what it's called) from the Zingerman's catalog. Each loaf weighs about 2 pounds and is wheat-free. Buy a couple and freeze!

We always have hurricanes at the fish fry. They look so pretty, all red and orange and, um, hurricane-y.

I just read somewhere, as well, that Neem oil works. I'm not quite sure how to apply it, but: there you go. Someone may want to independently verify that. I've been getting round after round...

Mmm: we've just started keeping them around all the time-- when we have people over and I've not planned a menu (alas, happens more often than I'd like to admit), we stuff them w/tuna and capers. S...

Where can I find shiso?? I wander around NYC farmer's markets, searching to no avail-- I'm like the ghost of meals past...

I live in an apartment with low light and no outdoor space-- if I'd like to grow some food-type things (herbs, lettuces), do you think I can? How do you suggest I go about it? And thank you!

Perhaps this is reason enough to buy a rice cooker? Whenever I try to make slow-cooker oatmeal I end up with a burned and gloopy mess. Totally inedible. What on earth do you think I'm doing wrong?

This is a shade store question: we're trying to get cellular blinds for a wall-wide set of windows. We've figured out that we'll need three panels (two narrow, one wide) and we'd like the ones wher...

from Open Thread 498 on August 14, 2007 12:23PM

do you think that this would hold a reasonable amount of books? i'm trying to convince my design-snob live-in that ikea's a fine alternative to $27000 worth of beautiful shelves...

from Linnarp Book Case & Storage on July 24, 2007 01:00PM

hello, all...i'm looking for a csa to join this late in the season-- i'm on the upper west side but work in midtown and would be happy to go further afield if there's a weekend pickup. i'm also try...

from Open Thread #94 on June 4, 2007 03:41PM

ah, i just moved out of an apartment with outdoor space to one without-- and i'm feeling very, very landlocked. now i'm in a 15-year-old box on the 5th floor, looking out over the busy street...is ...

from June is Outdoor Home Month! on June 4, 2007 03:14PM