When we first moved into our 1919 Craftsman one of the first things I had my mind set on fixing was the kitchen. I decided to begin with the outdated breakfast nook — follow me to see where it ended up.
• Updated Breakfast Nook
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Did you catch Heather and Dave’s eclectic House Tour over on Apartment Therapy? It’s definitely worth checking out—a truly unique home, full of varying textures, patterns, and colors. The kitchen may be the best part, though. Check out that wallpaper! See more photos below: More
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Q: I live in a college dorm with a kitchen that I share with five others. Many of my dorm mates don’t clean up after themselves — they fill the common fridge with stuff and then don’t clean it out, leave wrappers all over the counters, and let spills go into drawers. How would you suggest I communicate with them? More
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I realize that when it comes to January Food — carrot sticks, soup, legumes and other things I suspect, what with it being the third week of the month, you are already tiring of — gnocchi, thick dumpling-like pasta made from potatoes, hardly makes the cut. It’s, in fact, not even invited to the party, having no place among the sweatband-ed, pumped up, high-topped aerobicized… okay, maybe my brain went straight past “earnest attempts at resolution-inspired rebalance” to a Richard Simmons video, circa 1982. These things, they happen.
But a kale-apple-ginger smoothie, gnocchi is not. And yet, this dish from The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is one of my favorite things to make after a month of holiday gluttony because it is both light and filling, yet warm enough for the coldest day. The thing with gnocchi is that it’s so plagued by a reputation of being bad for you that it’s presumed that if you’re eating it, your arteries/girth/sense of proportion must already be doomed so let’s just ladle on the blue cheese, okay? And, indeed, most restaurants will serve it with butter, cream, cheese and other rich ingredients, such as truffles, probably with more butter. It’s not my thing; I think such preparations wreck the delicacy that’s at the heart of perfect gnocchi, which is featherlight, dumpling-like and best appreciated in a puddle of intensely flavored broth. It’s true: I turned the Italian classic of gnocchi and red sauce into a riff on matzo ball soup, and I’m not even a little sorry.
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“Finely chopped Serrano chilies make this salsa nippy and nice. Combine with tomatoes, onions, cilantro and lime juice, and this salsa is ready for dipping.”
Q: A small indepdendent grocery store recently started carrying kale sprouts. I only found one recipie for kale sprouts online and it came out really tasty. Anyone know of other recipies out there for kale sprouts?
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Garden Design has done an excellent piece on the gardens of Downton Abbey. What are your favorite parts: the topiaries, the sweeping vistas, the wildflower meadows?
• Gardens of Downton Abbey
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Textile designer Rachel Craven’s Los Angeles home is an ode to her craft. Everywhere you look you see the evidence of her handiwork: the handmade linens and curtains, the accessories and artwork she obtained by bartering with other creatives. The home is cozy and warm, a little “bi-coastal beatnik” as she described it in this Apartment Therapy House Tour. The kitchen is particularly homey, with its vintage Wedgewood stove, packed pantry, and shelves of linens, china, and ceramics. More
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