I hate to point out the obvious, but your rooms are dark in part because you don't have enough light fixtures. You only have a chandelier in your dining room and only have the recess...

I love this squash - I lived in Korea for two years and made lots of lovely pumpkin dishes from them - including a delicious pumpkin pie. As it turns out, that 'pumpkin pie' was the best I ever ma...

No cut red peppers... they become very pungent in the small space of a car. I had no idea until I was stuck in a ford fiesta with some in a sealed heavy duty ziploc bag for five hours. Yuck. You...

I was going to say raspberry sorbet... but Julie beat me to it. Lemon/raspberry is a great combo, as is chocolate and raspberry (my mouth is watering at the idea of a moist chocolate cake whose r...

crisps = potato chips

I know I'm late to the party... but I think I would add in Rum!

I once had a delicious, but spicy, cream of roasted jalapeno soup. It was a pretty basic cream soup, starting with a roux, adding chicken stock and your veggies, pureeing, and then finishing with ...

I love her too! I was introduced to her awesomeness when I studied abroad in Australia about 6 years ago - her recipes were in the food section of the Aussie equivalent of Cosmo back then... I tri...

OMG! I am so intrigued by this awesome fork/spoon trick! How does it work? I use a lemon scented hand soap from Softsoap designed to remove kitchen odors. Works fairly well.

Lemon Meringue!

CMCinnyc, I'm no vegetarian so I can confirm your assumption. Whole wheat spaghetti works much better with a bolognese sauce than it does with pesto or Olive oil and Parmesan.

Not mine, but I was there to witness it. My male roommate was cooking a pot roast with Jack Daniels sauce. A few too many people individually decided there was not enough jack in the sauce, so th...

Delice de Bourgogne triple cream. Brie on Steroids. And 'Flaxseed oil'. Best cheese ever!

My cookbook collection... all too small, by te way, but annotated with love!

Just made this recipe for individual tarts - they were DELICIOUS! I bought some large shortbread premade tart bases and filled them with the filling - they were the perfect bring along dessert for ...