we're expecting our first in january and the closet in the nursery (of our rental home)has floor-to-ceiling shelves with no rod for hanging clothes, so we're making do with that. i like the idea of...

my favorite is cooked carrots. just chop 'em up, toss 'em in some water with a little sugar & a sprinkle of salt, and let boil - the longer the better. drain before serving & add a pat of butter......

i second kathryn's suggestion above - wearing gloves to wash the dishes makes a huge difference. i have friends & family who think i'm crazy for wearing them, but i'll never give it up.

we keep multicolored christmas lights strung up all year, tucked up where the walls meet the ceiling. it gives off the perfect amount of cheery, warm light for evenings when you don't want to have ...

i'm partial to lattes because i really love the taste of warm milk. the sharpness of the espresso is a great complement. i used to be able to get them at a fancy-pants italian coffeeshop in the cit...

question: were the cherries in question sour or regular? the sour cherries i've been finding this summer have a terrible taste but i've always worked under the assumption that regular cherries are ...

strawberries, sour cream and brown sugar is one of my absolute favorite desserts. it doesn't sound that good but the taste is positively decadent.

i had this same issue and solved it by buying these very simple jewelry organizer boxes at organize.com - they're basically short plastic boxes lined with a velvety material and divided into sectio...

i have a set of parker bowls from crate & barrel (albeit a few years old) and they're great but for some reason i reach for every other bowl in my kitchen before i use them... i'm not sure why. i r...

gosh that's lovely.

i've been using an electric mattress pad for years and i love it. they are pricey but worth it if you live somewhere cold orw ith insufficient insulation. electric blankets never made sense to me s...

one or two individual oxtails make a nice addition to chicken stock, as well. i know some people have reservations about sullying their stock with another type of meat, but it does give a nice rich...

i just picked up a set that looks exactly like this from anthropologie over the weekend, in red to match my kitchen accessories.

i LOVE to decorate for halloween and for fall. i go as all-out as possible, and it's not for trick-or-treaters, it's just for me! fall-themed things (pumpkins, leaves, gourds) come out mid-septembe...

water chestnuts! the perfect crunchy foodstuff.

i can't figure out how you would get out the stockpot on the bottom tier. the support legs look too narrow to allow a pot to get in or out without turning it sideways & bumping the other pots and p...

my kitchen stuff is all red too! when i got married i registered for a red kitchen aid mixer (because i was obsessing over 'nigella bites' on the style network). consequently, all of our small appl...

i love seasonal autumn beers! by far my favorite is dogfish head's 'punkin ale'. where i am (about an hour north of philly) most distributors get a few cases in and if you don't buy them when you s...

i have a few items that belonged to my grandmother and which i am fortunate to now have in my kitchen. a large stockpot, 3 matching blue-and-white mixing bowls, and two mini-muffin pans for a brown...

i keep all my loose teabags in a basket shaped like a teapot that i picked up at a local store a few years ago (it was very cheap). the upside is that the basket is crazy cute; the downside is that...