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Mark Bittman has a great fennel and couscous salad that uses port for soaking raisins.

How to Cook Everything Vegetarian

- one fennel bulb shaved thin
- 1/2 cup port
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 cup israeli couscous
- lemon vinaigrette

soak raisins in port for at least 30 minutes. combine port and raisins with fennel and couscous. toss thoroughly. add vinaigrette to taste. so simple and absolutely delicious.

Nanaimo bars

Ok, spill. How do you get your pin-tucked duvet to stay unwrinkled? Mine looks like a sloppy mess, and yours looks like a catalog pic. Why am I full of fail?

We just moved into a new townhome that was painted all neutral beiges. We immediately set out to paint all of the main rooms. Turns out that the previous owners had painted the bedrooms dark gray - the color we love - and painted them neutral in order to sell the place. We then spent a weekend painting it back.

Be bold!

I think the after here is awesome. I think it's sleek and sophisticated. Once the art goes on the walls and furniture placed, it'll warm up.

I also can't imagine how much work it was to paint over both the paneling AND fireplace.

Kudos to you!

As a single mom who now has teenagers, I am so thankful for this post. It is really tough to be sick and have children. A few years ago I had pneumonia AND had other illnesses that left me hospitalized and home-bound for weeks.

A few things that really helped me:
1. If it's going to be longer than a day, I ask friends to bring some food. They are happy to do it. (I don't abuse this.)

2. I am ok having food delivered. That's both groceries (amazon fresh) and prepared meals.

3. Teach young children how to load a dishwasher. My daughter knew how to load her dishes into the dishwasher before she was 5. The small things matter.

I'm currently in bed with the flu, and I am grateful that my children can get themselves out to school and work on time without my having to do anything. Thanks so much for this post.

Where to put the television, particularly if there is a fireplace in the room.

Totally awesome. This is one of the only rooms I've voted for so far this year. Absolutely love the "go big or go home" attitude about it.

Where is the bathroom?

I love this method for white rice. Makes life so much easier. Pearlmelon and I have differing definitions of perfect.

I live in Seattle, and the EMP has mixed reviews. Twelve years after completion, it's still being nominated as the biggest eyesore in the city (currently with the 2nd highest votes).

It's ... um ... strange.

And while I like a lot of strange, a lot of these buildings are just eyesores to me. Some of them are - to me - absolutely incredible. But the rest I'd avoid. Count me in the "I'm not cool enough for him" category.