Charise, Mille. Cara and Sean P: Thanks so much for the advice! It turns out that it is a bottle of tawny, so now I'm excited (my mother-in-law gave it to me saying, "This may be vinegar. Open it a...

And where does port fit in this? My husband and I treat it like spirits.

I have a bottle of port from the early sixties. I'm a bit scared to open it (or not). Is there any chance it could be drinkable?

Sarah and Steve's apartment liquor-bottle placement just inspired the solution for a problem we've been dealing with in my house--what to do with an old china cabinet. Now we're definitely turning ...

This would make my husband's holiday!

I love Function Junction! Coolest store name of all time, too, I think. I remember going to this store in the very early eighties and checking out lots of cool round bright plastic dis...

I've been wanting one of these! I drink several different kinds of tea a day!

I wonder if that's the same cookbook we used to giggle over when I used to work at a used bookstore. It just had this hilarious line, when arguing why everyone should adopt a macrobiotic diet that ...

How cute! I originally thought the base was going to be Brazilian brigadeiros, which I guess would also work.

I'm so guilty of this! And my favorites are the carts that seem to point to some weird eccentricity. Real or imagined.

Alton Brown's baked brown rice method is the best! That's the only way I make rice now and it always turns out great.

Under the sink for most cleaning supplies, brooms and vacuum in the coat closet (not ideal), bathroom cleaning supplies under the sink in the bathroom, laundry cleaning supplies by the washer/dryer...

I remember seeing a picture of an apple pie covered with slices of what looked like American cheese in one of my mom's 1960's era cookbooks. I was totally appalled. Now I can sort of g...

I love all of these missouri posts! Oh, the memories! What I remember most about this store from my childhood are those rich, oily little round garlic crackers!

I brought cheese grits to a potluck once (made from an old recipe of my mom's we always ate on holidays growing up). I was shocked how many people had never had grits before.

I start every morning with an orange. I've never liked orange juice much at all. Oranges are getting pretty expensive now, but I still see them as a necessary splurge. I really can't live without c...

yum! my mouth is watering. I love cod so much, and eating it hot with cream in a dip sounds divine.

What a fascinating post! I've always thought of making butter as this arduous process involving standing over one of those wooden butter churns forever. I had no idea it could be a reasonable thing...

I second the comment on Bailey's Irish Cream cake. We make it for the holidays every year and everyone goes crazy for it. Looking over the rum recipes other people submitted, it looks ...

Chicken soup from a can. Gatorade. I'm not proud of it, but there it is.