For a little educational whimsy in the kitchen, it doesn’t get any better than these chart-inspired tea towels! The speckled, multicolored eggs of birds, reptiles, and monotremes create quite a visual feast on the towel above, while…
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It was really only recently that I discovered the simplest crackers ever and I still haven’t quite gotten over how crazy-good they are. Now this new book from Ivy Manning has come along and broken the universe of homemade crackers wide open for me! Whether the aim is a healthy afternoon snack or a fancy cracker appetizer for our next dinner party, Ivy Manning shows us how to make crackers for each and every occasion.
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Here’s a scene from my kitchen this morning: early morning sunlight and a chopping board with ginger and lemons. Why? I am about to board a flight to Paris! (Lucky me, I know…) But what does fresh ginger tea have to do with a flight to France?
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So, I didn’t really know how to tell you this earlier, but we’ve gone to roam. I mean, we are in Rome, here, for a week and a half. Why so long? Why Rome? Does it even matter? The itch for travel that was more than an overnight book trip to one city or another was intense, as I remember a time pre-kid when we used to go places all of the time, just following the promise of cheap airfare passable-enough hotels to Vienna and Prague and Paris, just because. But we were scared of travelling with a three year-old because I don’t want to wreck the reputation of the one that’s been assigned to us, but you see, as normal as this makes him, he doesn’t always listen. Sometimes he yells? He’s not so good at airplanes. Or fancy restaurants. But I knew there would be a point where the inconveniences incurred by travelling with a preschooler would feel less of a burden than spending another minute taking a serious family vacation somewhere we’ve always wanted to study up close, to linger in long enough that it might almost feel routine after a few days, and here we are. At last.
My obsession with travel, and finding a way to do more of it again, is more of a desire to do things that take me out of my comfort zone. I like studying the way people walk or talk, or even take their coffee, in other places, and I like trying to figure out why. I like learning that everything I thought I knew about something (currently: pizza; soon, hopefully: everything else) was wrong. And I like being far enough away from home that even figuring out small things, like where we might buy some milk, or what all those buttons on the washing machine do (just cross your fingers we did it right, okay?), requires full concentration and at least one furrowed brow. Because while I’m having my mind bent by maps with streets that have no name, or streets that have names but aren’t on maps, things that plagued my brain earlier are neglected, and when revisited, have found a way of readjusting themselves into really no longer a big deal. How could they be, in the bigger realm of things? How could they be, in a place with “alleys” so stunning?
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“This is the type of frosting that is cooked over the stove, then whipped. This goes well on almost any type of cake.”
Danielle’s small Chicago apartment features a “barely-there palette” — pale gray paint, soft, white furnishings, and lots of windows give it an air of calm. The kitchen may be small, but it’s expertly organized. And the countertops that Danielle says she hates? She just covers them up with pretty cutting boards!
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Q: I’m planning to serve pulled pork and fried chicken for a wedding reception for 200 people. Will 50 pounds of pork butt and 150 pieces of chicken be enough? We’re also having green beans, baked beans, potatoes salad, pasta salad, and cheesy potatoes.
Sent by Lynnae
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I haven’t traveled abroad in almost two years now — life just gets in the way sometimes. But my partner and I have been saving for a trip (hopefully this fall). While we both have different tastes in travel locations and haven’t nailed down anything yet, I do know one thing for sure: there will be peanut butter. This is a lesson that’s taken me many years to learn.
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