We make resolutions for things like keeping a clean house, biking to work, and spending less money - why not throw a few cooking resolutions into the mix? Hear a few of our food and cooking resolutions and tell us yours!
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What will 2009 bring to our tables? What will be the big stories, the hot new trends, the foods everyone is talking about? Here are a few ideas on what will be most tasty in the year to come.
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Looking for a last-minute gift for a cook? Try one of these inexpensive classics. Almost everything is under $25, and yet each item is useful, practical, well-designed, and long-lasting. The best kind of gift!
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Here's another homemade gift from The Kitchn and our Un-Gift Guide 2008: jars of fresh spices, covered with vintage map cut-outs. So what spices to choose? Here are a few suggestions, plus more ideas for spicy holiday gifts.
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Furoshiki are Japanese cloths that are used to wrap gifts and other items, such as bento boxes. A dishtowel can be used furoshiki-style instead of wrapping paper. It's especially sweet when wrapping kitchen-related gifts. Read on for some fun furoshiki gift combinations.
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As we get closer to the holidays we are scavenging our house for good little decorative touches. As it turns out, the kitchen has some pretty good resources for holiday decorations. Here's our favorite so far. Notice anything different about our mantel and stockings?
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Maybe it’s all the memories of rich rum cakes, hot buttered rum, and spiked eggnog, but this holiday season, we’re dreaming about rum. And we’ve been noticing an interesting new trend: rum made from fresh-pressed cane juice.
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You know that we love Rare Device, Rena Tom and Lisa Congdon's splendid little shop. So we were pretty excited to have a peek inside Rena's lovely kitchen.
We've been noticing a lot of fresh, pretty tea towels by independent designers. They're an inexpensive and often colorful way to spruce up your kitchen. Here's a gallery of ten favorite tea towels for decorating, gifting, or spreading across your holiday tea tray.
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It's cold and chilly outside, and while we're eating copious quantities of soup, we're also craving greens and fresh vegetables. There are plenty of vegetables at their peak this time of year, and many make wonderful salads. Here's a gallery of eleven lovely winter salads.
Have you accumulated a supply of wine corks throughout the year? Possibly more rapidly now that holiday season is here? Here are ten festive – and green! – ways to reuse them.
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Last summer I bought these vintage blue canning jars for the flowers at my wedding. They made very pretty centerpieces, but I also had a more functional use for them in mind.
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We love flowers in the home, especially during the holidays. One of our favorite flowers for holiday decorating is the carnation: a much-maligned and often ridiculed staple of grocery store bouquets. Placed in the spotlight, however, the white carnation can be very beautiful. Here are three ways we love to arrange them.
Did you know you can make your own hot sauce with little more than hot peppers, a blender, and some vinegar? The technique is simple - so simple, in fact, that we kept re-checking the instructions in disbelief! Homemade hot sauce -- now there's a holiday gift!
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We're looking for the best pet treat recipes out there. They're great for holiday treats and for gifts to family members' furry friends. We've amassed quite a few already, and we're asking you too. What are your best recipes?
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