1 on vinyl being nasty and bad for you. I have a Hotel Shower Curtain from Restoration Hardware. It's plain white, but fabric and mostly keeps the water in, can be washed, etc. As t...

dear god. the name. yikes.

Coffee pot. (it goes without saying) Chef's Knife. Paring Knife. Cutie Cutup board (tiny cutting board, many uses). 10" Cast Iron Deep Sided pan Rice pot. Favor...

I got the cheap glass containers (about 10oz) from Crate and Barrel and dumped most of the rest of my weird odds and ends. I have two Frigoverre containers which I adore and they get used first. ...

waffles are so good that it's hard to NOT own a waffle iron. i'm absolutely going to try this. it never occured to me (even remotely) to only make a few cookies at a time until a chef friend was ...

mmm yeah. kids and pets - vacuum almost daily and sweep around the catbox every other day or so. mop? wood floors, so mopping is... sporadic. in my defense i do spot clean.

I just had goat cheese and lavendar fondue the other night at Palace Kitchen in Seattle. It was divine. (Awesome bread and apples to dunk). I keep meaning to harvest some lavendar to experiment ...

For those of you who think #2 will work - why not record your remote access fob beep (um, mine doesn't beep, the car does) onto your phone. Then you could just use your phone to get in without cal...

Always out. Always over (tp). Speaking of spiders, I can't decide if I should do something about the truly gigantic thing living outside my living room window. I was...

i happened to run across the jars at target today (they weren't in food storage they were in housewares). if anyone else cares, the shape/style of these is a 'cracker jar'. (now i can obsess abou...

I really need to decide on a food processor. I had a Cuisinart Miniprep that died - which I used all the time. I need something bigger, but budgets being what they are I am having a hard time dec...

thanks kiddo katsu! i actually do tend to look for jars and such when i'm at target but i don't remember ever seeing anything but plastic food storage. i'll have to look again! :)

If you happen to be in a large-ish city there's probably a fancy pantsy teahouse. I've found that I've learned a lot by talking to the people at the tea shop (when they aren't too busy). In Seatt...

Here's a second on the small child situation. I can't not feed him. However, I can slide by with minimal effort for him and in a pinch the grownups get: -Pasta carbonara (this doesn'...

I love this post too. Very nice. I do have a question :) What are the jars in the tile picture originally from? Do you know? I have a hand-me-down jar like that and I know I've see...

Depending on what type of bulk you buy there are some fantastic resources online. There are a couple of great spice retailers that I've just found recently with FAR fresher and cheaper/simlarly pr...

I have a cupboard full of Rancho Gordo and I've only ordered them online. It's a flat rate for shipping, so you can join the party if you want. :)

Coffee, chocolate pancakes and strawberries in bed. Then a nap! MMMM.

Good that someone remembered the source! It would have driven me insane trying to remember... haha. I saw that too and I'm working on re-organizing. Nice job!

I'm a big fan of Rancho Gordo. My only beef with the book is that the indexing is less than robust. I've looked up specific beans and while they weren't in the index they were in recipes. I'd al...