We’re adding this to our list of pink and red foods for Valentine’s Day: red beet gnocchi from Jodi of What’s Cooking Good Looking. She uses beets instead of the traditional potato in this recipe, which give the gnocchi a beautiful deep pink color — perfect for Valentine’s Day. (Her version is also gluten-free and can be made vegan, if you so choose!) More
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So what if the holidays are over? Throwing an off-season soiree can rouse your social circle from hibernation. Whether your gathering is big or small, the goal is to make your guests comfortable and happy. Enter the backup plan, AKA: the party game.
• Party Games: Yea or Nay?
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5 / 5 Stars | 1 Review
by Ayumi
“Visit a Japanese grocery store to gather the ingredients for this delicious clear broth. Kelp, bonito and sake impart a delicate flavor to the soup. Strain the liquid and serve with simple slices of spinach, citron and fish paste.”
We’re always finding new ways to make your home a lovelier and happier place. Let’s switch it up for a bit and focus on a place where you probably spend as much (maybe even more!) time than you do at home… work.
• At Home in the Workplace
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Stephen “Scuba” Clark is a resourceful handyman. His Phoenix home is full of upgrades and projects he’s done himself… with his friends! As he tells Apartment Therapy, all of his friends have “great style and uniqueness” and every project was done with their help. This includes the leather cabinet pulls in the kitchen! See more photos below: More
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Q: I’m on the hunt for a slow cooker. I’ve never owned or used one before, but love the thought of coming home to a warm meal that’s ready to eat. I don’t have a lot of counter or storage space in my apartment and am mostly cooking for two. Any suggestions?
Sent by Vanessa
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A couple months ago, someone requested that I try my hand at caramel brownies. Amazingly, this person was not my husband, but he endorsed this idea so wholeheartedly that I suspect he might have paid this person off. Then again, in most people’s minds, who doesn’t want to make caramel brownies? What kind of strange person considers what would happen when sea salt-flecked deeply copper-colored homemade caramel meets a chewy, rich homemade brownie and then shrugs it off, “Eh, I’ll pass.” Guys, it’s me. It’s not that I didn’t think that a salted caramel brownie could be delicious, it’s just that I imagine it’s well-trodden territory, which to me translates as “people who want to make this already know how to” and then I figure my time would be better spent making other things, like weird egg salads and silky hummus.
But then, as I did a quick search or two, I discovered things that caused me to make that crooked face that I made when I’m thinking really hard, because sometimes after a day of explaining to a preschooler why we have to wear pants when we leave the apartment when I fully understand the desire to simply not wear pants sometimes, thinking is really hard. The first is that a whole lot recipes started with store-bought caramels or caramel sauce, which made me sad, because the homemade stuff requires three ingredients that you probably have, is really easy to make and the flavor comparison (especially if you add a fourth ingredient, salt) … well, there is none. They barely deserve to share the same name. The next thing that gave me pause was that they all looked achingly sweet, as if little consideration was given to the fact that dousing an already-sweet brownie with caramel sauce might cause teeth to hurt/dentists to buy new vacation homes.
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Outstanding on thick wheat crackers or pita crisps. For extra color, top with snipped chives or chopped red onion pieces that have been marinated in… by Guest on Thursday, February 7, 2013
by Guest on Thursday, February 7, 2013
Peanut butter and chocolate, is there any better combination…especially in brown form? by Guest on Thursday, February 7, 2013
