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pure air? that term just strikes me as odd and gimicky, much like the device pictured.

I love finishing dishes with some truffle oil, a small bottle is really inexpensive and a very little bit goes a long way. Much easier then paying the high prices of actual truffles, not to mention...

wow, Im totally bringing a case of this next time i visit my parents'.

I usually plan the ahead and make more dinner then we are going to eat and then place the unopened portions in a container to take to work, thus I dont have to waste time cooking something extra fo...

You are about 20 degrees off for medium rare lamb. I just made a bone in leg of lamb last night and per the many recipes i looked up they all concluded 120 is rare, 125ish is med rare. I took mine ...

Come on it's whats inside that counts (and that goes for wine glasses too!) Marshals, TJ maxx, etc tend to have an abundance of mix-matched wine glasses; but for a big party, I think a...

honestly the picture looks so cluttered I wouldn't have even noticed traditional speakers.

the complete lack of symmetry makes my stomach turn, not that its not attractive but I'm just anal about symmetric design.

I sat in this chair (astonishingly comfortable) at the store and preceded to stare at it for a while, wondering how I could come up with the money asap.

greek yogurt with trader joe's ginger granola, honey and a banana and a lot of coffee

uggghhhh its sooooo goood. Theyre are soooo cheap and an amazingly addictive snack when you saute with butter, thyme, wine, S&P and then thrown in the food processor for a few seconds until minced.

you can use it in place of sugar in cooking just remember that honey is acidic so add a 1/4 tsp of baking soda and dec the other liquids by a 1/4 cup or so.

Not to be a debbie downer but..... Be careful, reheated rice is the major reservoir of a toxin from the bacteria B. cereus which heat stable and thus not deactivated by heating. If its old throw it...

1. making your own vanilla extract is pretty easy (re-sealable bottle filled with vodka or rum and 3 or vanilla beans cut length wise, allowing it to sit for a few weeks, shaking every once in a wh...

I know the recipe calls for natural peanut butter but in cooking with peanut butter regular (jiffy,etc) actually leads to a creamier base and less separation of the protein and fats. This especiall...

I love the one with the clear class door, this will be listed under my must have list. You could also disguise the door and it could be a pretty awesome (awesomely stocked) panic room ;)

sorry ramen is gross, actually Im not sorry its really gross and nutritionally poor-- with that being said most Asian soups take minutes to make anyway and taste much better.

so if you can use water, wouldn't marketing it in that direction appeal to a larger group of consumers?? But then again there isn't much I do with my urine but flush, its such an untapped resource ...

I have a soft coated weaton terrier, also 'hypo-allergenic' as they dont shed and a lot better looking then the other two choices