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When I'm in the mood for pumpkin ravioli but too lazy to just make it I make pasta sauce with pumpkin, garlic, sage and thinned with broth, maybe a little cream or yougrt if I have some in the frid...

I use a mild soap and a scrubby sponge to clean my skillet every night. I make sure to dry and oil it immediately and my seasoning has remained intact for years.

I store mine in a steamer trunk that we keep in the kitchen for extra seating. Weird, but we have a weird, small apartment with teeny, tiny closets so I had to get creative.

I get my mise en place baby. My attention span is too short to remember how many cups of flour I've incorporated, let alone if I already added the salt. Plus it's fun to pretend like I have my ow...

I used my immersion blender the other night to make mashers with a little butter and some greek yogurt. They were amazing, just steer clear of liquid and you should be fine.

My husband and I spent our first year together in a loft with no walls (except the bathroom). While we ocassionally were left wanting for privacy, we had a blast. In fact, after we moved to a big...

A China Cap, a silpat and a copy of The French Laundry Cookbook. I can't wait to dive in.

I made this for dinner tonight and it was awesome. The cheese melted right into the sauce, so I missed out on that melty cheese texture, but the flavor was fantastic!

I love Shoo-fly pie! You never see it in Chicago.

As a South-Sider I am crossing my fingers and toes and hoping that Rio gets it. Or Barcelona. Or anywhere but here thankyouverymuch.

Ikea has a very similar shelf, but be wary of anyhting this light as a room divider.

I love a lentil in the fall, I'll try this for sure.

I guess I’m a bit of a prude, but I’m hung up on the fact that a discussion on the ‘ethics’ of shopping (and paying for) items from a big box store is being moderated by a w...

'Borrowing' something with not intention of returning it isn't borrowing, it's stealing. Things like shampoo are consumable, and are provided with the intent that you use them or keep them. I am ...

Sand! Prime! Sand! Then paint away. It seriously make a difference.

My biggest concern is the odor once it dries. Those Arm & Hammer trash bags have a big time scent, can you smell anything in the dried paint?

I think a bright coral would look great with the couch and lamp colors. And I have tissues in every room of my house, I have terrible allergies! How judgemental the lucky people who ...

Luxury in a home to me- in Chicago- was finding an apartment with a garage, a patio, huge south facing windows and an in unit washer and dryer. Granted there are some trade-offs; busy streets belo...

We are really struggling with our open floor plan. I'd love to make better use of the space, but we have a spiral staircase right in the middle of the room. We use it to delineate office space fr...

Ha! Mine involves sunglasses, a slightly chilly morning, thick nubbly socks and coffee on the deck so that you can see the steam rising in circles from my cup of joe.