Isabelle Palmer is the founder of the online shop The Balcony Gardener and author of The Balcony Gardener.  She was kind enough to answer a few questions to help urban gardeners create green spaces to call their own.

• Q&A with Isabelle Palmer
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Paula Deen's lemon bars, shaved fennel salad, and spaghetti with clams and mussels in today's Delicious Links. 

Sometimes there are just no words. I mean, this is... I don't know. Amazing? Incredibly ingenious? Completely wacked out and hilarious? But hey, you have to admit it's practical. Why carry a lunch bag when you can just wear one? All kinds of questions arise, though: does she match her snacks to her clothes? Does she follow the rule of style to 'look in the mirror and take one thing off' and take out one snack instead? The mind boggles.

Q: I love making homemade salsa, but when I buy cilantro, half the bunch always goes to waste. I use quite a bit in the salsa, but I just don't know what to do with the rest. Are there any good ways to use the rest up?

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2012 Frog's Leap "La Grenouille Rougante" Napa Valley Rosé

• $14.99

We drank this wine at a celebratory dinner early this week and oh, people, it's rosé weather. The crisp rhubarb and strawberry flavors are fresh but not sweet; this is a rosé made in the French style. There's just a hint of effervescence too. Delightful, especially for the price!

Last week Nancy attended Coverings, the annual show featuring tile and stone from all over the world. One of the biggest trends was a myriad of patterned tiles. Take a look...

• Tile Trend: Pattern!
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What was happening this time last year? Glad you asked! We had cocktails of both the fresh spring variety and of the non-alcoholic sort. We had cornmeal-lime cookies to nibble and guacamole to make. We had a cute puppy to love and a very good reason to make a huge pot of rice. Want to hear more? Here you go!

One of the most exciting sections of the upcoming Kitchn Cookbook is the up-close-and-personal tours of ten kitchens. This week I revisited several of our subjects to do follow-up interviews. Bridget, who lives on New York's Upper West Side, has been an empty nester for over ten years and she's great at cooking for one. I asked her for some of her favorite homemade-for-one dishes and she immediately told me about a chicken dish with red onions and lemon that her daughter Zoe taught her. "There's something about red onions," she said, "I think they have drugs in them."