This is a wonderful post, and I had no idea that tastes become muted as we grow older. My grandfather is diabetic and is also on a low sodium diet due to his heart condition, which has posed quite...

Dorie Greenspan's raspberry blanc-manger calls for ground almonds. Usually I grind my own, but if the TJ's almond meal is coarse, you could probably use it in that.

It looks fine, but I had no warning, so I spent a good five minutes standing in front of the orange juice at the grocery store last weekend, staring at the Tropicana and wondering why the grocery s...

I love tea and drink it all day long - black until noon, green until about 2:30 or 3:00 p.m., then I switch to herbal. My favorite herbal tea is "World Peace" from Teaism in DC. (Which is right a...

I would love to do some kitchen gardening, but sadly my condo windows only face north. Even my hardy gingko tree is struggling to survive. (Oddly, there is plenty of light, but plants just don't ...

Add me to the list of people who want to confront their fear of yeast and start baking bread. I tried once and the results were marginal - my husband ate the bread and my polite neighbors swore it...

I always read my good friend KD's blog at goodthingscatered.blogspot.com - she is a wonderful, health-conscious cook and a sinfully fabulous baker and cake decorator! I also have to check orangett...

I have scented candles on my dining table right now, but that's just because I couldn't find any other pillar candles to fit in my particular candleholder. Normally I shy away from scented candles...

Looks good to me! My officemate and I were just discussing this yesterday. We both agreed that if we had to choose between cheese and chocolate and we could only have one for the rest of our live...

I made the NY Times cookies and was very pleased with them! They were taste tested by my chocolate chip cookie fanatic husband and his many coworkers and got fantastic responses. I'm not really a...

I'm in the love-it-can't-get-enough camp. My hubby knows that whenever he loses track of me at the grocery story, he can inevitably find me in the fresh produce section, leaning over the cilantro ...

Great tip, thanks! I've wasted SO much buttermilk since I started cooking. That ends today!

Awww, how sweet! One of my good friends had a baby last year, and as part of her shower gift I gave her a menu with ten freezable meals on it and told her to choose seven. New moms can always use...

That salad looks delicious... and OH my GOODNESS I need that bowl! Where is it from?

Thanks for posting this! I was once given a bad bottle of pinot grigio as a gift. That, coupled with the fact that the gift was from a particularly mean frenemy, turned me off the wine - it's the...

It's really cute. Is it supposed to look like an orca whale, or am I imagining that? I had to read the post three times before I figured out what it did because I was too caught up with "It's a w...

The dough is still resting in my fridge at home! I'll be baking it off tonight - can't wait!

What a great idea! Unfortunately it's about three years too late for me, but I could see adapting this to another kind of party as well. And such a great way to get really personal memories from ...

I haven't done this yet, but it's on my to do list for this weekend! The article was really interesting and the cookies look AMAZING. Might get them started tonight and have them ready for the hu...

When I was growing up, I used to pick wild blackberries, raspberries, and sometimes (when I was very lucky) wild strawberries from the brambles and paths near my family's summer cottage. The raspb...