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cold noodles with miso, lime and ginger

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cold buckwheat noodles with miso and ginger

Because we did not move this past weekend after all, we ended up with a bit of free time which we used to do some overdue purging. I’m sorry if this shatters your misplaced imagine of me as some sort of domestic goddess, but my signature move is shoving something into a closet and slamming the door before anything falls out and then willfully ignoring its pleas for mercy — come on, you do it too, right? anyone? Sigh. And so we dug out, removing three giant trash bags of stuff we should have gotten rid of a while ago, two of clothes and one of (shh, please don’t tell on us) toys. Just 10 or 12 move before this apartment is Pinterest-ready! i.e. vast amounts of open space uncluttered by the existence of actual human beings.

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grating ginger

I also unearthed all sorts of wonders I’ve hung onto for far too long to get rid of now, such as my most prized possession of the year 1982, a hairband from the original Annie movie, my lifeguard certification card from 1996 and the dorky Ann Taylor shirt I was wearing when I met my husband in 2003, something you’ll no doubt see Stacy London clucking her tongue over one day when I finally land my own What Not To Wear episode (a girl can dream, right?).

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Sign Up Now for The Kitchn Cure! — The Kitchn Cure Fall 2014

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Next week we are starting our annual Kitchn Cure! Are you ready? If you’ve never taken The Kitchn Cure, here’s the scoop: It’s a 4-week program of small daily tasks and encouragements to get your kitchen into shape for fall cooking. We’ll gently prompt you to clean your fridge, wipe out your spice shelves, and take charge of your cooking space. As I said last year, “My experience can be summed up this way: it made me finally do the things I’ve been wanting to do in my kitchen.”

Are you ready to make your space healthier, fresher, and more organized? Join us! We’re all in it together!

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Kitchen Before & After: A Rundown Cottage Kitchen Gets a Little Charm — Reader Kitchen Remodel

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Back in 2008 Kitchn reader Deb bought a cottage in Chester, Nova Scotia that needed a ton of work. “When I bought the house the kitchen was a disaster and pretty gross,” she wrote to us. “The laminate floor, ancient appliances, lack of cupboards and brown paneling weren’t going to cut it.”

But she was determined to make “this strange kitchen with a horrible layout” into a charming cooking space! See how she transformed it:

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An Act of Love and Madness — Weekend Meditation

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I have a friend who is not that into food. She mostly sees it as fuel, with an occasional concern for some minor preferences (no ketchup, eggs boiled hard, dark German beer). For her, the act of eating falls into the category of basic maintenance, like brushing her teeth or taking a shower. It’s a not very exciting but necessary activity, the kind of thing that can be occasionally skipped if no one is watching. Don’t worry, she has plenty of other passions. Food just isn’t one of them.

I love my friend, and I believe she is as happy and fulfilled as any human being can expect to be these days. But there’s no way I would switch places with her. I cannot imagine my life without my love of food and the many amazing things that happen while standing in front of a stove.

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