Cambria at our sister site Re-Nest just did a quick, loving makeover of her rental kitchen for only $80. She took doors off cabinets, hung pictures, and added some colorful paper for a fast, cozy upgr...
We love a bit of creamy foam topping our morning coffee, but haven't really wanted to invest the funds or the counterspace in an actual milk steamer. Here's how we get around it with just a jar and ...
We've been baking our own weekly bread for a while now, which has been extremely satisfying. But on the downside, we've discovered that our homemade bread stales a lot quicker than store-bought bread....
Several weeks ago, we bought some Rick's Picks Kool Gherks. They were delicious, but they didn't last long. And when we'd finished them, we realized we had a beautiful, flavorful brine full of pepperc...
We are huge fans of making butter at home. Making your own butter is so fast and so easy that we often make small batches of table butter for maximum freshness and taste. But we've also been making ex...
Q: I recently made a delicious beautiful white cake for a friend's birthday. It went over so well that I'm planning on making all sorts of variations for future cakes. However, it calls for 8 (EIGHT...
Last week's Tips for Leftover Wine sparked some discussion about freezing it to cook with later. Do you ever freeze wine? Here's how we do it......
We can already hear some of you saying, "What leftover wine?!" But perhaps you do occasionally find yourself with a not-quite-empty bottle after a dinner party, or some wine cubes taking up space in t...
We should probably clarify that those handkerchiefs should be clean and preferably un-used! But yes, large-sized inexpensive cotton handkerchiefs make a great substitute for the cheesecloth and muslin...
Kitchen shears can be a very handy tool to have around the kitchen. We can use them for everything from separating a chicken to snipping pita triangles. But is it really necessary to go out and buy a ...
Going out on a not-so-shaky limb here, we're guessing that none of you would argue that fast food is healthier than a home-cooked meal. But the 99-cent value menus and rock bottom prices can be temp...
There are some products, like tomato paste and wasabi, that we love to keep around in tube form. But herbs? ...
If you're trying to keep to a food budget, sometimes you have to make hard choices between what you want and what you can afford. But it can't be all about sacrificing - we need some luxury now and th...
We all have at least one of these long, wicked-looking, and many-toothed knives laying around in a drawer. Unless you make or buy whole loaves of bread, chances are that knife isn't seeing too much ac...
When we shared our favorite pot roast recipe yesterday, we also mentioned how much we love having the leftovers in the fridge to use for meals during the week. Our families inevitably get tired of str...
Bagged meals found in the frozen section at your local grocer can make for a quick weeknight meal. Unfortunately, they come with a heavy price tag and don't always leave you satisfied after a long d...
If you've recently moved into a new apartment like we have, you might find yourself lacking the leftover funds for actually decorating your new digs (also like us!). Luckily, a friend pointed us to ...
We've been throwing and attending a lot of cookouts and dinners this summer. It's so fun to gather with friends around a big meal — but sometimes feeding a lot of people can get expensive. There...
Are you awash in pole beans, with nary a ripe tomato? Or perhaps you have a bumper crop of tomatoes and no zucchini this year. What if you could find a fellow gardener nearby who wanted to swap you so...
Q: I work at a nonprofit agency and every Friday, a local cupcake store donates their day-olds to us. The thing is, they give us WAY too many cupcakes. Our staff is pretty small and we always end up t...
We needed a quick, simple dinner last night, so we whipped up this pasta dish with ingredients we had around the kitchen and a bag of fresh chard from the farmers market. We'll tell you right out: the...
Could you take a dated, 1950s kitchen with brown wood cabinets and unfashionable appliance colors and transform it for just $30? Well, it's possible. Read on for a before photo of this $30 makeover ki...
Bagels with cream cheese are a weekend treat for us, and if we're feeling particularly generous toward ourselves, we buy a baker's dozen for munching all weekend long. This inevitably leads to a few s...
And, despite the charming photo above, we mean one cast-iron skillet. That's the opinion of writer Jhumpa Lahiri (author of Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake), who gets nostalgic about vacation...
As we talk about all things chilly and frozen this month, we're wondering how many of you have an extra freezer (maybe one of those big chests in the garage?) to store batches of homemade ice cream, b...
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