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From Apartment Therapy → Editors Weigh In: Memorable Renting Fails & Wins
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Crying while you cut an onion is annoying at best. There are plenty of tricks that help stop the tears — including putting bread in your mouth or wearing goggles — while you get the job done, but what if I told you those tears you produce have a purpose? What if I told you those tears can help you … be a productive human? Before I confuse you anymore, let’s watch this video.
Alice Waters has said that creating a menu “means creating your own reality.” For many years at her famous restaurant, Chez Panisse, she offered up a very special menu for Bastille day, and for the last two decades, she has served a meal that celebrates Northern California garlic.
In that same spirit, I’ve created an imagined menu in tribute to her for Bastille Day.
Now is the peak season for corn — not the wan stuff of early May, but the real deal; the sweet, juicy golden corn that’s worth eating at every meal. In fact, midsummer corn is so tender, crisp, and sweet that the best way to eat it is raw.
Here are five ways to gobble up summer corn without turning on the heat.
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It wouldn’t be summer without a whole host of frozen treats — ice pops foremost among them. Anyone can enjoy a sugary, drippy treat from the ice cream truck, but we’re here to challenge you to make one of these frosty treats at home.
From chocolate ombré pops to a mango-coconut confection, these don’t take a lot of equipment — you can even make them without popsicle molds. Plus, you can do something that most ice cream trucks can’t: Add your favorite wine or spirit for a refreshingly boozy treat.
Summer cooking is supposed to be as easy and carefree as the season itself. You should be able to toss together a meal at a moment’s notice, after a long day of fun, without too much hassle or seriously heating up the kitchen. This pasta salad follows this order — speckled with roasted eggplant, tangy feta, and fresh herbs, it’s just the kind of dinner your summer evening is asking for.
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We like to eat salad for dinner, but we don’t want to be hungry an hour later. There are plenty of main-dish salad recipes out there (we wrote about some of our favorites in this post), but often we want just a simple green salad — only we need one or two extra things to make it more hearty. Here are seven quick additions.
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