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How To: Make the Most of Your Groceries from Consumerist

We're all for cutting down on consumption around the house. When we saw Consumerist's list of 20 ways to make more of your groceries without spending more money, it appealed to our waste-not ways. C...

Best of Three: DIY Potracks
Email from 6.30.08

This past weekend I hung my second pot rack in three months. It's the same pot rack, it's a great find and I really like how it's transformed our kitchen at home (below) and out at my family's summe...

Cathy King: Super Cool "Private" Chef

Your home is better than a restaurant. You might think it somewhat weird that we'd highlight the services of someone who cooks FOR you in your own home on this site, so let us give you some backgroun...

Adonde Modular Ceramic Dinnerware Collection

Last month, we posted a profile of the Williamsburg store Mc & Co. One of our favorite products from the store was the Adonde modular ceramics displayed in the window. A product of France, this stunni...

AT Email: Sorapot, The Ultra Chic Teapot from Joey Roth - 3.18.08

March 18, 2008 I'm a big supporter of new design, young design and smart design. Always have been. There's something about the designer's mindset of always wanting to tinker with things a...

Look!: VintageView Wine Bottle Racks at Caffe Falai

We've been puzzling for months now about how were going to store wine in our new apartment. Floorspace is at a minimum, but we do have some usable wallspace. That said, we didn't want bottles stick...

Jill's Tour: Hansen Living Kitchen Architecture

The night of Day 2 in Copenhagen introduced me to Hansen Living, a minimalist, natural approach to kitchens. Knud Kapper, danish architect and founder of Hansen Living, has designed an eco-friendly ...

AT Email: Great Pepper Mills Monday - 1.14.08

January 14, 2008 This morning we woke up thinking about pepper mills. Our favorite of all time - which we use every day - is the Perfex Pepper Mill. This is a kitchen ESSENTIAL. Made for ov...

Bay Leaf Wreath at Williams Sonoma

A lovely hostess/host gift, this beautiful Bay Leaf Wreath is available only from Williams-Sonoma. The wreath can only be purchased online from December 3 through January 18... ...

Cast Iron Pot by Timo Sarpaneva

Love, love, love it. The Sarpaneva Cast Iron Pot by Timo Sarpaneva for Iittala is one of our very favorites......

How To... Make Glgg

We first learned of Sweden's glgg, a hot mulled cider drink, when visiting neighboring Finland. The hot drink was served with gingerbread and bleu cheese. The drink is powerful but easy to drink, s...

Eva Zeisel Teakettle

Classic Kettle. We've spotted Eva Zeisel's teakettle a few times while shopping during the past few weeks. She designed the Eva Kettle for the Chantal Cookware Corporationto celebrate her 100th bir...

Best Product: Vacu Vin Wine Saver

As we go through our days, we are constantly on the look out for those items for household living that are just indispensable and make us happy whenever we use them. The most recent one we noticed ...

Fuego Grills by Pentagram

We've blogged it before out at ATLA: Fuego - Finally Available!, but ID magazine just gave the Fuego Grill special mention in their annual design review. Designed by the hot, hot design company Pent...

Top 10: Grills

Tis' the season. Over at the Kitchen, it's Craigslist grilling, Extreme grilling, and DIY grilling, so we thought we'd start a roundup right here of the top prospects for the outdoor season: Charco...

Eva Solo Table Grill

We just can't wait for warm weather. And this isn't helping. The Eva Solo Table Grill is made for use on the tabletop or as a pick-it-up-by-the-handle-and-take-it-to-the-beach grill on the go. We're...

ID Design Review 2006: Calphalon Katana Knife

Name: Katana Series Cutlery Designer: Calphalon Link: Calphalon.com Its stretchmarks are eyecatching and apparently make it a very good knife set. Featured as the Best of Category among consumer p...

Best Products: Hess Pie Plates

A few weeks ago we had a pie at a friend's house and what caught our attention (before the delicious eating part) was the pie plate. Simple, smooth and noticeably attractive we had to ask, "Where did...

FOOD: Cooking, Relaxing and Panzanella in a Pinch

This weekend we went to our friend Charles' house in the Berkshires. Among the houseguests was a rather famous food writer, whose work I admire greatly. I was excited to meet her, and also to kick m...

FOOD: Dining In/Out Roundup - July 13, 2005

The time has come. Instead of mumbling to ourselves about what we think of Wednesday's Dining In/Dining Out, we're going to start putting our thoughts out there and blogging this great resource. sk...

FOOD: The 10th Good Thing About Paris

We would love to think that we'll have the opportunity to go back to Paris a dozen times in our life time. There is too much to imagine exploring in one trip. Making a top-ten list of food experienc...

FOOD: Paris Calling

Charcuterie appetizer at Aux Lyonnais We just returned from Paris. For me, it was a first visit to a city I'd wanted to see for many years: first for romance, and now for another kind of love: tha...

FOOD: Recipes #5, #6 & #7 - Iced Tonics for Steamy Days

Dept. of Hot & Steamy Memories. This weather reminds me a lot of the week before our wedding: after two straight weeks of frigid rain, the week leading up to our wedding was blazing hot. Rememberin...

FOOD: Ice Cream Makers That Work

It's hot!. Time for more ice cream. Earlier this week I introduced a very mint-y ice cream we made last weekend (recipe here and more recipes at Donvier.com), when I realized I had a mint plant tha...

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