Two, tall-ish, black bookcases to fill in the spaces on both sides of the chimney (preferably solid backed and not see-through), paint the walls a dark grey, and add the requisite baskets of wood a...

Expanding on the avocado idea, Joy the Baker has a recipe for Vegan Chocolate Avocado Cake on her blog: htt...

The little, lonely stove makes me so sad. Maybe a shelf like this http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20105628 or this

This is my go to site: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ It's a great resource for whole foods, and quite a few ...

I love the texture of Mary's Gone Crackers....and Triscuits. What's wrong with Triscuits?

I completely avoid recipes that require frying- I can't stand the resulting mess and stale smell around the range hood. I also resist recipes that tell me to cook a certain food, remove it from the...

I think oofs just meant that shortening can be used as a general term for any fat used in making crusts and pastries. For example, butter might be referred to as "shortening" in a list of ingredien...

Instead of just throwing them away, you could use them to create another decorative display away from the kitchen. This is a photo of a decorative tray of spices that I saw in an Indian restaurant:...

Respectfully, one 2oz boneless, skinless chicken thigh has approximately 5 grams of fat, of which only about 1.5 are saturated. With some veggies and whole grains, I'd say that could easily fit int...

LOVE it. Admittedly, I definitely tasted soap the first time I tried it. However, I reached a point where I started to enjoy the extra complexity that it adds to the flavor profile of food. Now, I...

I'm a transplant from the U.S. living in Western Australia, and bringing your own canvas bags to the shops is a fairly normal occurrence (no weird looks from the cashiers). So, I adjus...