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And now I'm thinking--could one use fresh orange juice instead of lemon juice?

I just mix avocado with a bit of yogurt and salt, and some minced fresh herbs if I have any. It's absolutely delicious and ridiculously easy. It also makes it easier to eat a large nu...

I don't make desserts very often, but I would think that braising fruits such as pears in wine could be done without a recipe--or maybe you follow a recipe the first time, and after that just wing ...

I seem to have nine cookbooks, most of them left over from before I figured out this system: I get cookbooks from the library (as well as recipes from the internet), and I have a virtu...

now & zen, the company that makes those "meditation bell" alarm clocks, also has something that you can rig up to your doorbell.

Essential oils. They're indulgent in terms of $, not in terms of space. They fit easily into the front part of a shelf in a kitchen cabinet which has otherwise been dedicated to balcony garden supp...

Looks great. Gotta clean the rust stain on the sink! ;)

Great idea. If you are into color psychology, it depends what you want to emphasize. Off the top of my head... green - soothing, movement forward, growth blue - calm, conc...

Major movie theatre syndrome going on. The chaise longue by the window is too bare and alone. Is it really a comfortable place to sit? Why not incorporate it into the sitting room area...

I love the bedroom, which is spectacular, and the bathroom is great too, but the living room doesn't work--too much brown, and that is coming from a woman who loves brown. The pictures of flowers u...

This is funny, of course the site is doing a cure! I discovered the book, and finally understood the idea of a cure, two weeks ago. So I'm on week two! I might be here for awhile, because my husban...

I just saw this post... I'm looking for a new towel set (our current towels are sad), but my highest priority is absorbency. So many towels nowadays are ultra-soft, but they don't absorb water well...

I don't have a microwave. I occasionally boil my sponges for 20 to 30 minutes. (Speaking of which, they're due for this now!) I sometimes also let them sit in hydrogen peroxide, but I ...

What I wonder is, is all-clad any better than calphalon triply, which is also aluminum coated with stainless steel? I like to read the Cook's Illustrated website, which usually rates a...