Oooooooh, I just picked up two ginger jar lamps in that elongated style at the thrift store! I loved the lines and muted colors. The harps were too big for the shades I purchased so I just switch...

We're snowed in this weekend, so I'll be making a big pot of roasted red pepper soup to be served along side a no-knead bread loaf (I've joined the dark side - I just love the bread it produces). ...

I always use soap to clean mine which is at least 25 years old. I swipe it dry with a towel and put it on the burner on high and let the heat dry it. I've never re-seasoned it. That said, I alwa...

a sweet pork shoulder, short ribs, scallion pancakes (posted today), pasta, soup, soup, soup. Anything in the new crock pot.....

Yesterday we had sugared bacon waffles (oh yum). I also whipped up a Smitten Kitten batch of soft pretzels, and topped it off with a cocoanut lime chicken over a bed of rice. Today, we're having ...

Oh, and moffles!

I made squash ravioli with sage brown butter sauce, blood orange sorbet, char sui bao, no knead bread (okay, I am a convert), french bread (meh), black bean soup in the crock pot, char sui, pork po...

I have a mini-tagine that I keep near the stove with kosher/sea salt in it. It is hardly air tight but the salt never clumps and we get really humid here in the south.

That bed in the pool would stink and the sheets would always feel musty damp. ewwww The aquarium ones are pretty cool for a hotel though.

I love it, but it definitely needs some help to pick up the pizzaz. I usually top it with bacon, truffle oil, and grated pecorino romano. It's hearty, rich, warm and satisfying. It's not going t...

Tonight's Dinner: Warm Brie with Orange Fig preserves, Olives marinated with Rosemary and Lemon, Roasted Squash Ravioli with Sage and Parmesan, Fresh Green Salad with Beets, Tomatoes, and Goat Chee...

I just discovered using my food mill for making perfect mash potatoes that aren't gluey at all. Fine texture without over working the potatoes.

In my old house in the burbs, I never locked the back or side doors, but the front was always locked. Now that I'm back in the city, I lock all of them. We've had a couple of things walk away whi...

And can you imagine how tedious it would be to paint!!

I'm thinking of painting my kitchen this color. I have a smallish kitchen with white cabinets and very little wall space. The backsplash is a bright sunny yellow formica. I think it would look p...

This is what happens to people with too much money and too little brains.

More a romantic ideal than a practical reality. What if your partner gets up at 4 am and you don't rise until 7? That said, my old house in the suburbs had an outdoor shower that I ...

I don't understand the desire for no-knead bread. Kneading is the best part about making bread, next to eating it hot right out of the oven. I find it very theraputic and relaxing.

After last year's house obsession (selling one, buying and renovating another) meant eating out for a year, I just want to play in my new (to me) kitchen. The house is no where near finished, but...

I think I would do this using bacon grease rather than olive oil. That hit of smoky flavor would really enhance the sprout flavor I think.