Either cherry-mango with a little crystallized ginger or banoffee pie. I first had banoffee in Gibraltar on a long weekend vacation from Morocco. It combines bananas, toffee pie and whipped cream....
I agree with the consumer element that people have brought up. I grew up somewhat poor, and my parents had friends who I thought were incredibly rich. We always were in awe of how much "stuff" th...
Even better- just bring your own cutlery, take it home and wash when finished! Saves 2.50, energy used to produce them, transport them, and want end up in a sealed landfill where even degradable s...
Ok, if anyone is still reading- this is slightly off topic, but remember those ugly brown simple biographies in elementary school libraries? I LOVED reading those- so did my husband when we were k...
Lucite coffee table?
Hi, I'm thinking of buying CB2's acrylic coffee table but wanted to know if it's hard to clean or if it scratches easily. I have two small kids who will probably ...
-bring bags to grocery store
-buy used, not new clothes, furniture, toys when poss.
-library instead of bookstore
-cancel catalogs
-share magazines with friends
-no ca...
I haven't used a solar cooker, but we do cook rice and beans and such on the stove for a shorter time, then stick it in an insulated box to finish. Saves energy and we can leave the house and not ...
Thank you very much site. I have enjoyed it almost daily for over a year now and have learned so much about "homemaking" (if you will).
I also appreciate the green products and issues...
For those concerned about the level of chlorine or flouride in tap water, a filter is great. But a warning- those reverse osmosis filters use TONS of water- very inefficient. And lots of filters ...
You might want to consider the environmental impact-- if you're not going to be there forever, and your next owner probably wouldn't mind much one way or the other (esp if the location and other fe...
Wow, I'm saddened by this conversation. I don't know all the statistics but my instinct is to give people the benefit of the doubt and the benefit of a few of my tax dollars (better that than the ...
The most ingenious way I ever saw was at when a friend's mom washed the greens, wrapped them in a clean dish towel, and put them in the spin cycle of the washing machine for a minute!
...
Chiffonade,
I use the cheap(ish) steel pans and a cast iron thrown in. Like your mom, I'm worried about the dangers of aluminum, and also of non-stick coatings like teflon. By the way, trad...
Thank you Mark Bittman. Some of the best meals I've had were cooked on the most basic equipment, including one cooked over a fire in a mud hut in Morocco.
Pixie,
My question exactly. I'm going to buy an acrylic coffee table fro m CB2, and am wondering how all these plastic-y product hold up (esp with two kids using it as a coloring station.)
Dear Rachel,
We've just been in Paris for 3 months. There are literally thousands of apartments for short term rent. Do a google search, get a good map of Paris with the arrondisseme...
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Either cherry-mango with a little crystallized ginger or banoffee pie. I first had banoffee in Gibraltar on a long weekend vacation from Morocco. It combines bananas, toffee pie and whipped cream....
I agree with the consumer element that people have brought up. I grew up somewhat poor, and my parents had friends who I thought were incredibly rich. We always were in awe of how much "stuff" th...
Any idea where the carafe/cup combo is from? Also, the tree hatrack?
I'm pretty sure they're from Nature and Decouverte in France. I see them everywhere here. Maybe there's a US source too?
We're possibly moving to Evanston. What's it like? Are there smaller, more affordable areas still close to the university?
Even better- just bring your own cutlery, take it home and wash when finished! Saves 2.50, energy used to produce them, transport them, and want end up in a sealed landfill where even degradable s...
Ok, if anyone is still reading- this is slightly off topic, but remember those ugly brown simple biographies in elementary school libraries? I LOVED reading those- so did my husband when we were k...
Lucite coffee table? Hi, I'm thinking of buying CB2's acrylic coffee table but wanted to know if it's hard to clean or if it scratches easily. I have two small kids who will probably ...
-bring bags to grocery store -buy used, not new clothes, furniture, toys when poss. -library instead of bookstore -cancel catalogs -share magazines with friends -no ca...
I haven't used a solar cooker, but we do cook rice and beans and such on the stove for a shorter time, then stick it in an insulated box to finish. Saves energy and we can leave the house and not ...
Thank you very much site. I have enjoyed it almost daily for over a year now and have learned so much about "homemaking" (if you will). I also appreciate the green products and issues...
For those concerned about the level of chlorine or flouride in tap water, a filter is great. But a warning- those reverse osmosis filters use TONS of water- very inefficient. And lots of filters ...
You might want to consider the environmental impact-- if you're not going to be there forever, and your next owner probably wouldn't mind much one way or the other (esp if the location and other fe...
Wow, I'm saddened by this conversation. I don't know all the statistics but my instinct is to give people the benefit of the doubt and the benefit of a few of my tax dollars (better that than the ...
The most ingenious way I ever saw was at when a friend's mom washed the greens, wrapped them in a clean dish towel, and put them in the spin cycle of the washing machine for a minute! ...
Chiffonade, I use the cheap(ish) steel pans and a cast iron thrown in. Like your mom, I'm worried about the dangers of aluminum, and also of non-stick coatings like teflon. By the way, trad...
Thank you Mark Bittman. Some of the best meals I've had were cooked on the most basic equipment, including one cooked over a fire in a mud hut in Morocco.
Pixie, My question exactly. I'm going to buy an acrylic coffee table fro m CB2, and am wondering how all these plastic-y product hold up (esp with two kids using it as a coloring station.)
Dear Rachel, We've just been in Paris for 3 months. There are literally thousands of apartments for short term rent. Do a google search, get a good map of Paris with the arrondisseme...