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This sounds crazy, but I had a peanut butter chocolate beer once that was DELICIOUS. I asked the brewer about it, and it's apparently a pain in the you know what to create. If I could somehow learn a manageable recipe for that, I'd be a happy, happy girl.

Dear anyone getting married: registries are so, so helpful for your family and friends. Unless you outright state you don't want gifts, you're going to get them for your wedding as is customary (and even if you say you don't want them, you're still going to get some). Registries make it easier on everyone -- not everyone knows your taste or what you might need, and items you register for are often easily returned if you find they don't meet your need the way you expected.

That said, I've started giving cash. That way the couple can use it for whatever they'd like: stuff on their registry, their honeymoon, purchasing a house, etc.

Lovely post as always, Dana!

I guess I'm going to lose my Southerner credentials by admitting I eat quick grits with a pinch of sugar when I'm hungry but too lazy to cook something. Obviously the real grits are so much better (and I'm a huge fan of them made with smoked gouda), but I've been eating quick grits since I was a child so they have a certain nostalgia for me.

What a refreshing combination of styles! Sometimes modern loft decor can seem all the same. I love how they marry the old with the new.

This is great news!! I've learned so much about cooking from The Kitchn. It will be great to have the inspiration on my countertop. All of the cooking school posts are worthy of cookbook entry, and I agree with the suggestions of pictures, pictures, pictures and substitution/cooking tips.

The recipe that I've cooked more than any other from this site is the Penne alla Vodka recipe, so that would get my vote for inclusion.

It seems the only people who take this list seriously are the people who live in the cities listed.

The cities on that list do have problems with some combination of violent crime, unemployment, foreclosures, high taxes, high home prices, commute times, weather and net migration, do they not? I hope most of us are smart enough to realize that the negative qualities do not tell the whole story of a city's personality.

I'm always intrigued by what's on people's bookshelves. I have the same British Lit textbook on mine :) Very cozy room!

Holy wow! How many people would have been able to envision such a transformation?

Holy moly, I was just thinking this morning that I was going to submit to Good Questions on this very topic. I am dying to get rid of the shower doors around our tub. I kind of want to smack the person who thought it was a good idea!

I haven't done the investigative work, but what if there IS a screw in the bottom track that penetrates the tub itself? Is there a decent way to repair that hole?