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My mother could get my father and grandfather to eat anything in a casserole. My grandfather bragged on her ability to hide foods he didn't like from him.

I think a lot of problems could be avoided just by having stores provide prints of the product or email photos with descriptions to any potential customers who request information. That is as impor...

I picked up garlic scapes at a farmers market in Atlanta last week and used them in salad, pasta sauce, and most importantly in guacamole. Left intact, they're always a great way to dress up a plat...

Anything with too much saturated fat. If there's more than a stick of butter or if it calls for baconfat or lard, I'm not interested in eating it.

Mosses are from the bryophyte family. They are not fungi. Common mistake but a completely different Kingdom. Any biology textbook with a section on taxonomy should cover it.

Jen C, Squirrels do the same thing to my camelias. They remove the flowers, rip off the petals, and gnaw on the bulb/ovary before tossing it on the lawn.

Squirrels also like cat food.

It's awful to run out of food and drink when serving guests. I agree that uneaten food makes GREAT leftovers. What a relief not to have to cook again for a few days! There are many ty...

Garden space is not cleared yet for planting, but we already have a lot of herbs - and two apple seedlings - started in peat cups sitting in the window. We also have six large young pumpkin plants ...

Tomato-based Pasta Sauce. The best marinara sauce I've ever made has been slow cooked, allowing all of the flavors to meld together thoroughly.

It's chic AND geeky!

I found these at WalGreens yesterday. Bought a pair and took them home. The orange is quite a brilliant, rich color. The black is, in fact, an ultraviolet blacklight bulb that works well despite be...

Sadly, I think the minute that you toss the moisture-retaining skin of the apple, you open a never-ending floodgate of juice into your candy. Waitaminute - don't they dip all kinds of...

is the black CFL an actual ultraviolet blacklight?? That would very cool if it is.

You can download all of the iPod manuals in Acrobat format from the Apple website. http://www.apple.com/support/manuals/ipod/

from Apartment Therapy - Open Thread 22 on September 11, 2007 11:28AM

If memory serves me correctly, you need at least 20 watts to charge a laptop. The backpacks are too small in power to do the job. The'll work fine with your cell phone and mp3 player b...

from Good Questions: Solar Backpacks? on August 7, 2007 03:08PM

I hope the exterminators treat the laundry facilities in the building as well. It's entirely possible that the source of the pests could be an unclean laundry room.

from Bedbugs Take Manhattan #5 on June 19, 2007 04:26PM