Amanda S.'s Profile

BRIGHT KELLY GREEN!!!!!!!!! It looks awesome with grey, black, brown, white, and is perfectly fine in a room with pops of red and orange or your other bright accent of choice. Let us know what you choose- it's a great chair!!!

Question!

Would it be possible to use canned tomatillos for salsa without terrible results? I made a super fast Posole recipe that called for canned tomatillos. Not having much experience with them I didn't realize this was just a "shortcut" and not because there would have been any real difficulty using fresh. Which I would have preferred. But now I have a jumbo stash of canned tomatillos, as the only can I could find was huge, and not a thing that I know of to do with them. Salsa was my thought- but I'm worried the canned will taste awful. Anyone with experience want to offer a suggestion?

Thanks in advance!

Just trust me, this is freakin' DELICIOUS:

1 corn (or flour) tortilla toasted via dry skillet or toaster oven

1 hard boiled egg sliced

1 handful fresh argula

salt and pepper

Devour

Repeat until full

YUM CITY my friends!

Oh, sweet Louisville! I love my hometown. Having gone to college out of state and currently living in beautiful but dead end Savannah, GA I have found plenty of upturned noses when I announce my birthplace. But Louisville truly is a gem.

When I was a wild young thing the local music scene could simply not get any better, and since I moved away in '99, the city has only improved. We've always had theater, art, FOOD, SO MUCH FOOD, great bars, music, festivals (my lifelong friend started the Forecastle Festival and it's growing every year).... not to mention the gorgeous old Victorian neighborhoods and vast green space in the city. If you have the chance, stop in the city and take a look around; you just might like it!

PS: If anyone wants to buy an adorable brick bungalow in a great neighborhood in Savannah so that I can move BACK to sweet Louisville- let me know! :)

The floor lamp is the Ziyi Pivoting Floor Lamp from Circa Lighting.

http://circalighting.com/details.aspx?pid=895&cid=

Available in Bronze, Hand-rubbed Antique Brass & polished Nickel.

That kitchen tile really is phenomenal... I would love to see more pictures from that location!!

Here are 10 & 18" Moravian stars in clear, opaque or antique mirror glass.

http://circalighting.com/search_results.aspx?q=moravian

Oh YUM! I bought a dark, purple Pluot thinking it was a Plum until I saw the label at home. DELICIOUS! So good in fact, that my boyfriend and I have been eating them daily. They have a fabulous firmness to them, gorgeous color and are the perfect sweet/tart combination. Absolutely wonderful fruit. I'll have to look for this book at the library!! Thanks for the write-up!

I have several cast iron pans handed down from grandmothers. I really love them but I find myself (probably irrationally) concerned every time I cook meat in them. I worry that when I cook meat in the pan that when finished, instead of just wiping it out with a paper towel and salt and then greasing it and heating it and putting it away, that I have to use a little soap and hot water to get rid of anything leftover from the raw meat. I'm not generally a paranoid person and I feel like this worry is unnecessary. I am bothered by this behavior because I feel like every time I do this I'm losing the potential for greater and better seasoning on my pans which is what I am going for by using them!

Help cure me AT Kitchn readers! What do you do when cooking meats in your pans? Do you ::gasp:: cook meat and then veggies while the meat rests and not clean it between? Oh I need to be educated! And set free!

I grew up in Louisville, KY swimming at Lakeside which is a huuuuge rock quarry turned *amazing* swimming pool that I have yet to ever have one-upped by another (except for maybe in terms of view: infinity pool on the beach in Jamaica! Woo!). We swam constantly growing up and I had no idea what a luxury a cold swimming pool is until I moved to Savannah, GA a few years ago. The heat in the deep South is legendary and while the beach is only 20 minutes away, the water is like mild bathwater. Not to mention that the beach here is extraordinarily icky and the water murky and mysterious. I've seen silly string floating by, beer cans, diapers, beach toys, random trash: it's disgusting. When I say I long for a pool here, I mean it: I LONG FOR A POOL! I dream of a pool. On dog walks I see people's unused pools through cracks in the privacy fence and literally have to talk myself from climbing over. The heat here leaves you contemplating the depths of puddles and soaking yourself with the hose when watering the plants. It is H.O.T. But alas, a city with sun and heat 85% of the year spent all of their money on an INDOOR pool complex. It's shameful. I have yet to find an affordable, clean place to swim for the general public and it is sad.

Whew. Sorry for all of THAT! But people, hear me now, if you need a pool sitter; for the love of all things great and holy, send me a message. I've got my suit on under my clothes.

I just can't say enough about Circa Lighting...

What about something like this giant and fabulous bracket light that would swing all the way across:

http://circalighting.com/details.aspx?pid=1787&cid=1

or for your Swarovski wish, this Paris Flea Market sconce:

http://circalighting.com/details.aspx?pid=1493&cid=1

or this gorgeous adjustable torchiere sconce:

http://circalighting.com/details.aspx?pid=728&cid=1

and this Swing Arm Wall Lamp is a classic beauty:

http://circalighting.com/details.aspx?pid=226&cid=1

Good luck! The headboard and shelves are beautiful!!