There's a show on HGTV called "Find Your Style," and recently they covered a HUGE mirror like that with some squares of wood stained to complement the room. They left borders of mirror to make it m...
I sang my praises on the Boos Block post--I have a bar sized little one, a medium one and one of those huge ones with a carving channel. I have bad wrists and I love that these are easy to carry ov...
I wish I could say my own, but to my continuing shame and frustration I can't. Oh well.
The best I ever had was at the very casual wedding (by the lake in Ithaca) of an old roommate, w...
I used one in Boerum Hill when I lived there--I think it was Bob's. I was so charmed the first time I heard the banging and looked out my window to see that blast from the past rolling down the str...
Oh, I love this! I recently tried to upgrade and bought a stainless steel citrus juicer with a built in strainer from Crate and Barrel, and it does NOTHING. After massacring two limes and getting a...
Pretty much all my dinner parties featuring Suzanne Goin's Sunday Suppers at Lucques recipes. And yes, I think they were all worth it. Most are on my blog:
Yeah, I hated--and returned--my Booz Block for exactly the reasons you mention. I'm 5'4" and it made the counter just a tad too high for me, and we do put our cutting boards away when not in use an...
Oh, I love gin & tonics. My husband makes them perfectly, and no matter how hard I try I can't match his--and he doesn't even drink them! I am a huge fan of Martin Miller's gin, which is still a bi...
Yeah, I prefer thick for the same reasons. My mom always says the thin ones "taste grassy" and I agree that there's more of the best kind of asparagus flavor in the thicker stalks.
Hmm, from memory.... 3-4 pounds of duck fat, for an eventual confit. A quart or so of turkey stock from Thanksgiving, sigh. A few individually-wrapped slices of bacon, ditto pancetta. Half a contai...
Last time I was in Tuscany it was this time of year, and all the supermarkets, as well as outdoor markets, were full of baskets of favas next to large chunks of pecorino cheese. We ate them raw wit...
I resisted KitchenAid for years but finally gave in and used up a lot of post-wedding WS giftcards on the pro version (where the bowl lifts up and down, instead of the head flipping back). I have b...
I'm curious why you don't like magnet strips? I'm guessing there are children around, perhaps... We use one and I love it. I grew up with one of those drawer inserts, a wooden one, and it was easy ...
I try to get flowers every week, and Trader Joe's usually has the best deals. The daffodils were $1.39/10 up here in Boston, starting at least a month ago--I bought three or four bunches at a time ...
We use the plastic single-cup versions, which is also what I grew up using. I never thought to look for something more attractive than the red or brown plastic ones!
I like that you ma...
Yeah, I was in a rush a month or two ago and didn't dredge/sear the beef before making my standby stew, and there was definitely a drop in flavor. It was still good, but not luscious. Too bad; it r...
I also have butcher block and while I like the warmth I will definitely go for Cesarstone next time (while dreaming of soapstone). I just don't feel like I've got the upkeep under control. A while ...
Sigh, ours goes off when I boil water, like KidMoe's. Don't tell my insurance brokers but it's battery-less on the bookcase right now. I am going to get a kitchen fire extinguisher, though. And may...
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There's a show on HGTV called "Find Your Style," and recently they covered a HUGE mirror like that with some squares of wood stained to complement the room. They left borders of mirror to make it m...
I sang my praises on the Boos Block post--I have a bar sized little one, a medium one and one of those huge ones with a carving channel. I have bad wrists and I love that these are easy to carry ov...
I wish I could say my own, but to my continuing shame and frustration I can't. Oh well. The best I ever had was at the very casual wedding (by the lake in Ithaca) of an old roommate, w...
I used one in Boerum Hill when I lived there--I think it was Bob's. I was so charmed the first time I heard the banging and looked out my window to see that blast from the past rolling down the str...
Oh, I love this! I recently tried to upgrade and bought a stainless steel citrus juicer with a built in strainer from Crate and Barrel, and it does NOTHING. After massacring two limes and getting a...
God, I love strawberry shortcake. But a word of recipe experience, I made those Bon Appetit chocolate ones last year , and I have...
Pretty much all my dinner parties featuring Suzanne Goin's Sunday Suppers at Lucques recipes. And yes, I think they were all worth it. Most are on my blog:
Yeah, I hated--and returned--my Booz Block for exactly the reasons you mention. I'm 5'4" and it made the counter just a tad too high for me, and we do put our cutting boards away when not in use an...
Oh, I love gin & tonics. My husband makes them perfectly, and no matter how hard I try I can't match his--and he doesn't even drink them! I am a huge fan of Martin Miller's gin, which is still a bi...
Yeah, I prefer thick for the same reasons. My mom always says the thin ones "taste grassy" and I agree that there's more of the best kind of asparagus flavor in the thicker stalks.
Hmm, from memory.... 3-4 pounds of duck fat, for an eventual confit. A quart or so of turkey stock from Thanksgiving, sigh. A few individually-wrapped slices of bacon, ditto pancetta. Half a contai...
Last time I was in Tuscany it was this time of year, and all the supermarkets, as well as outdoor markets, were full of baskets of favas next to large chunks of pecorino cheese. We ate them raw wit...
I resisted KitchenAid for years but finally gave in and used up a lot of post-wedding WS giftcards on the pro version (where the bowl lifts up and down, instead of the head flipping back). I have b...
I'm curious why you don't like magnet strips? I'm guessing there are children around, perhaps... We use one and I love it. I grew up with one of those drawer inserts, a wooden one, and it was easy ...
I try to get flowers every week, and Trader Joe's usually has the best deals. The daffodils were $1.39/10 up here in Boston, starting at least a month ago--I bought three or four bunches at a time ...
We use the plastic single-cup versions, which is also what I grew up using. I never thought to look for something more attractive than the red or brown plastic ones! I like that you ma...
Yeah, I was in a rush a month or two ago and didn't dredge/sear the beef before making my standby stew, and there was definitely a drop in flavor. It was still good, but not luscious. Too bad; it r...
I also have butcher block and while I like the warmth I will definitely go for Cesarstone next time (while dreaming of soapstone). I just don't feel like I've got the upkeep under control. A while ...
Sigh, ours goes off when I boil water, like KidMoe's. Don't tell my insurance brokers but it's battery-less on the bookcase right now. I am going to get a kitchen fire extinguisher, though. And may...