I bought this $6 bottle of Trader Joe’s rum for a recipe I was working on a few months back, and after using the few tablespoons I needed, it has sat at the back of my liquor cabinet collecting dust ever since. Because let’s face it: a $6 bottle of rum tastes pretty much like a $6 bottle of rum, and that’s nothing I’m excited to have in my cocktail at the end of the day.

In a recent sweep of the dark corners of my kitchen, I unearthed this bottle and thought to myself, Self, I bet you could do something with this rum to make it taste amazing. And that’s when inspiration struck.

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From Apartment Therapy → 10 Kitchen Tools & Gadgets for Kids

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We’re looking for a full-time editor to join The Kitchn’s team. If you’re enthusiastic about food and home cooking (read our mission here), experienced in food writing and editing, and handy with a camera, we’d love to hear from you.

Read on for more info! Application deadline: Monday March 10.

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If you’re lucky enough to have some (mechanical!) help with your dishes, how’s your helper doing these days? Winter cooking can be tough on the dishwasher. All those goopy soups, milk-crusted mugs, and baked-on casseroles can overload it; perhaps you’re feeling like things aren’t running so smoothly or smelling as good as they ought to in there.

Well, we’re here to help, with ten tips for making your dishwasher run its best.

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From Apartment Therapy → Tips to Refresh Your Dining Room

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There’s a rather large, rather old, but very sweet hound dog in my kitchen right now. She’s making sloppy slobbering noises as she eats her dinner, pushing the thin tin bowl that contains her kibble plus two scoops of wet food and some warm water (to make ‘gravy’) around the kitchen floor. This long legged, floppy-eared, all-nose invasion is a temporary situation. I’m just keeping her around for a few days while her real mom handles some family situations. We’re still figuring things out, Sadie and me. I’m a little awkward and nervous and Sadie, well, Sadie is infinitely patient.

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Oh, I’m so ready for the weekend! How about you? Also, who’s going to make me this savory French toast? Hello, brunch. In other cooking news, I’m prepping a batch of Emma’s freezer burritos to take to my brother and his wife, who just had their first baby. (Any other good tips for snacks to carry along?) What about you? What’s cooking in your kitchen this weekend?

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I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to switch things up this weekend. How about taking French toast to new savory heights, or adding some spaghetti squash to the classic pasta carbonara? Oh boy. Want that. Of course, if you hope to stick to something a bit more traditional we’ve got a deliciously easy recipe for vanilla cupcakes with lemon buttercream or a three-ingredient green smoothie to shake the winter blues. Either way, happy weekend!

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