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If you'd stick it in the fridge, that 'whitening' would happen to the contents of the whole bottle. After sitting out in a normal temp room though, it disappears.


Is My Unopened Bottle of Olive Oil Still OK to Use? Good Questions
5/4/13 11:22 PM

A beautiful first course and an evocative write-up!


Dinner Party Recipe: Three-Cheese Tortellini in Parmesan Broth Recipes from The Kitchn
4/22/13 2:10 PM

Plastolux, I love what you did with your George Washington thrift store find!


5 Ways to Update Thrift Store Art
4/10/13 6:24 PM

The round items pictured in Image 12 above are not cabbage, are they?
See: "12. 10 Recipes That Remind Us Why Cabbage Is Awesome"


What To Eat After Exercising, Grocery Store Indulgences, Chocolate Chip Cookies for Two, and Stocking a Pantry for $99 Most Popular Posts Published January 20 - 26
1/28/13 4:21 PM

I boiled the mung beans for ten, and then let them sit covered for another ten. Really delicious and satisfying with the mung beans, avocado, apple & almonds in there. Leaves you feeling good...


Recipe: One Bowl Mung Bean MealRecipes from The Kitchn
1/18/13 6:45 PM

Even using a less toxic orange scented paint stripper, I'd still do any future paint stripping outside: The process was messy enough that the stripper melted through the drop cloth and I ended up with spots eaten away in the varnish of my beautiful hardwood floors! A cautionary tale.


How To Refinish Furniture in an Apartment? Good Questions
5/18/12 5:39 PM

If you'd like custom cutting for numbers or lettering, I've worked with Laser Precision Cutting in the past- Surprisingly easy and affordable to get exactly what you want- just by sending digital files:

http://lpcutting.com/


DIY Ideas: Creative House Numbers
4/14/12 11:03 AM

@DavidBarnes - The font in #1 is Neutraface, designed by Richard Neutra.


DIY Ideas: Creative House Numbers
4/14/12 10:46 AM

In another thread, Rucy suggested a pretty cool recipe website called Foodily.com that allows you to enter what you're looking for... And the food limitations. Then, it returns a huge number of recipe options from a variety of sources (including Epicurious, Ina Garten, Lidia Bastianich).


The Most Difficult Dinner Guest Ever: And 5 Delicious Meals To Feed Them
4/11/12 9:02 PM

Unfortunately, a lot of pretty healthy foods contain oxalate. Strangely enough, the oxalate in spinach, chard etc also blocks your absorption of the iron in those foods. (And I thought, "why would it want to do that?") But oxalate is actually a defense for the plant, discouraging feeding by insects. Hey, maybe it doesn't taste very good to bugs.

If you make a habit of squeezing lemon juice into your increased water intake, you'll absorb a lot less oxalate from your foods. Plus, having some oranges or OJ, grapefruit with your spinach, chard or kale lets you absorb a lot more of the iron. (And that's good whether you get kidney stones or not!)


Ideas for Kidney-Friendly Foods Low in Calcium and Oxalates?Health Questions
4/11/12 8:38 PM

Clearly, this House Tour was so soothing that it quashed all negative comments too : )


Emily & Jacob's Poetically Photographed Home
House Tour

4/1/12 2:05 PM

Beautiful and sounds so good!


Colorful Recipe: Sicilian-Inspired Blood Orange SaladRecipes from The Kitchn
3/20/12 1:50 PM

What a great idea! I definitely have a tendency to dawdle and would very much like a more subtle way of knowing* I'm on-track in the morning.


Create a "Get-Ready" Playlist to Leave the House on Time
1/21/12 9:43 PM

Anything safe to effectively get rid of mold that's begun on the bathroom ceiling?


Homemade Cleaners Toolkit: 5 Essentials to Make Your Own
1/3/12 3:17 PM

When I'm 'not buying flowers', bowls of fresh fruit like oranges, apples, grapes or nuts-in-shell bring that beauty to my place. So, I'm just shifting the charge to my grocery bill : )


Challenge: Something Fresh for Your Home Each Month
1/3/12 3:11 PM

I'm going to have to try some of these other 'best' recipes... but boy that Skillet Toffee is amazing stuff!


Homemade Gifts: Our 10 Best Sweet & Savory Treats
Recipe Roundup

11/28/11 6:47 PM

Yum! Ingenious and so right to divide the collections into two decks. I'm always wondering what the color is on gallery walls... while eating up the color in the paintings themselves.


Fine Paints of Europe's New Guggenheim Collection
Color Therapy

11/22/11 2:14 PM

sgnt13,
I'd halve the recipe for an 8"-square pan.


Quick Breakfast Recipe: Basic Oven Omelet
Cookbook Recipe

11/14/11 2:49 PM

Mark Bittman's recipe for Brussel Sprouts with Bacon and Figs is always a favorite of mine in the Fall.


The Return of Brussels Sprouts! 5 Recipes to Try This Fall
10/7/11 1:22 PM

Many years ago while riding Amtrak, I sat next to a frugal but ingenious young minister who was traveling all the way across the US. I remember he'd made a loaf's worth of peanut butter sandwiches and carried them in the bread's original bag- all stacked up like a loaf again. With that, he had brought a bunch of bananas : )


Help! I Need Meal Ideas for a 4-Day Train Trip!
Good Questions

9/19/11 7:18 PM