9 Things You Should Know About Champagne & Sparkling Wine — All About the Bubbly
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Thinking of picking up a bottle of bubbly this weekend? Like chocolate, Champagne gets lumped in with the tropes of Valentine’s Day, but hey — I will take any opportunity to drink more Champagne. Just don’t stop after the holiday.
Consider Valentine’s Day this year an opportunity to brush up on your knowledge of sparkling wine and Champagne. Do you know what Champagne really is, and how to open a bottle the elegant way? Read on for that and more, including the best foods to serve with Champagne (spoiler: everything).
What Can I Make with Tahini? — Good Questions
Q: I recently purchased tahini to make a big batch of hummus, and I have a ton left over! Are there any delicious recipes that incorporate tahini that I can try?
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5 Ways to Organize That Dreaded Area Under the Sink — Organizing Solutions
What is it about the area under the sink that makes it so tough to keep organized? Maybe because it’s dark, hard to get to, and contains lots of pipes that you only have to deal with when there’s a problem. Whatever the reason, it generally ends up being a big mess of cleaning supplies, plastic bags, and even the random household essential. (Lightbulbs, anyone?)
If you’re looking for a long weekend project, that really won’t take that long. Try one of these five organizing solutions for tackling the depths under your sink.
You Guys, Here Is Nutella Cheesecake Mousse — Delicious Links
Looking for an easy Valentine’s Day treat that will impress everyone you know and love? This is it! It’s chocolatey, rich, and surprisingly easy to make. All you need are some cute glasses and a couple felt hearts to get the look.
Healthy Appetizers: Spicy Salsa
3.4 / 5 Stars | 21 Reviews
by Kim Niederreither
“A fresh, delicious tomato salsa! Feel free to vary the amount of garlic according to what you prefer.”
Healthy Side Dishes: Okra and Tomatoes II
Healthy Main Dishes: Italian White Bean Chicken
pecan sticky buns + news!
Long after our son turned one, two, and then three; a good while after my first cookbook was published, which I liked to refer to as my “second” baby, much to the disappointment of grandparents, who were hoping for the kind they could snuggle with; a sizable amount of time after we’d more or less accepted that we’d be a family of three and three only, and thus made a few decisions that might make a fourth human seem a tiny bit poorly planned […adored new apartment with no space for a fourth resident, a second cookbook and expanding midsection racing towards competing deadlines, details] and a couple months after our son started kindergarten and I was a little gloomy because I guess this meant the baby days were really behind us, the craziest thing happened.
In five months, give or take, I’m going to have to give up these stretchy waistband pants and accidental afternoon naps for good, or so I hear, but not without a fight. But before then, oh boy, I think we’ve got a rather fun spring/summer ahead, and nobody, not a single human on earth is more excited than the future big brother, who has already declared his agenda of teaching the baby the ABCs, to read, to play soccer and to always let it have cookies before dinner, even if it doesn’t eat its vegetables.
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Before & After: A Caterer Expands Her Kitchen to Grow Her Business — Reader Kitchen Remodel
We’re always interesting in seeing the home kitchens that caterers and personal chefs work out of. Sometimes they are expansive (and make us jealous), but frequently they are smaller than we’d imagined, which just impresses us with how much can be done in a tiny space.
Sue Dinneen’s before kitchen falls into the latter category. Sue has lived in her 1920s Tudor revival home for many years, and has run a part-time catering operation out of it for the past 12 years. In a kitchen that essentially had seven square feet of counter space, we’re amazed at how Sue was able to accommodate her orders. Now take a look at the after kitchen, which is definitely of the make-us-jealous variety.