A chocolate treat that is perfect to share with the ones you love. by Guest on Thursday, February 7, 2013

by Guest on Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Kids know how to party! Check out these festive celebrations from the Apartment Therapy Family channel, which posts kids’ parties every day. We’ll be bringing you a roundup of these inspiring parties every week.

• Casey’s Woodland Party
• Addie’s Simple Silhouette Party
• Alex’s Dr. Seuss Party
• A Winter “One”derland Party
• Clara’s Orange & Pink Party

Q: I got a pizza stone with the convection oven I bought at Kohl’s and online instructions said to ‘condition’ the stone first. But as it was heating, the smell was awful. It got worse, and started stinging my throat and eyes. After I turned the oven off, it continued to smell bad. This morning, my eyes are still burning! What could cause this?

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This serene, lovely kitchen is elegance itself. Part of a palatial duplex in Back Bay, Boston, and featured in this Apartment Therapy House Tour back in 2011, the home is full of polished marble, hand-painted Chinoiserie walls, chandeliers, and secret rooms. We love the kitchen, though, particularly the warm grey walls, white marble countertops, and wood floors. More

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“Real Irish soda bread was and is a simple loaf made with just a few ingredients, swiftly put together and baked. Here’s an old family recipe for your St. Patrick’s Day festivities.”

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My boyfriend and I recently embarked on a search for an apartment in the now infamous rental market in San Francisco. In an attempt to maintain sanity, we came up with a strategy, a checklist of the things that are most important to us in a city dwelling.

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For years Steph and Phil had been looking for the perfect dining room table — one that was “stylish, clean lined, family friendly, reasonably priced, big enough to accommodate our friends for dinner and also where our piles of home projects and kids artwork and homework can build up in piles…” as they told Apartment Therapy. Whew! Sounds like a tall order, but they finally hit on it. A solid oak worktop and natural wood desk legs from IKEA, with a special custom touch: fluorescent pink legs! More

Q: We’re throwing a cocktail party to introduce my boyfriend to my parents, friends, and extended family in two weeks. I’d like to make a cocktail that speaks to my experience working on a cruise ship for the past seven months. I am hoping your readers may have some great ideas for a tropical whiskey drink!

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Someone pointed out to me a few weeks ago that this site has not a single recipe in the archives for egg salad. However, unlike the time I realized the broccoli archives boasted but a single recipe (and quickly sought to populate it) or the time I accepted that a quickie from-scratch homemade chicken noodle soup deserves a place in every arsenal, the egg salad-shaped hole in the archives went unnoticed less due to editorial oversight and more because, well, you know: egg salad; it’s pretty dull. Could anything be more uninspired than an amalgamation of smashed-up hard-boiled eggs and the dreaded mayonnaise? I mean, have you seen the yellow, flavorless mounds of dubious origin and assembly date most delis scoop onto a slice of bread and try to pass off as lunch? It would hardly make an enthusiast out of you. Or anyone.

But for those of us who see past the lack of beauty-queen stature and fervor around it, we know egg salad can be rather delicious if made properly, which is to say, at home, with perfectly cooked eggs and just enough dressing to cling, not drown them. At home, I make three small additions that I think transform it from the unglamorous status-quo to something I find crunchy, bright and absolutely perfect on a slice of whole-grain toasted bread in the middle of the day. The first is that I love to use coarse, or whole-grain Dijon mustard. Not only is it the prettiest thing in my fridge, the combination of the faintly crisp/crackly seeds and it’s milder flavor are heavenly here, adding texture and just enough kick to the eggs. The second is finely minced shallot, just a little. You could use red onion, too, but I think the texture is key. You want it to be noticeable enough that you enjoy it but not so loud that it upstages the star, kind of like surprise guests at a halftime show.

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