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(Image credit: Christine Gallary) From The Kitchn → How To Use Your Dutch Oven as a Slow Cooker

(Image credit: Joe Clark) From The Kitchn → This Is Officially the Correct Way to Load Your Dishwasher

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) From The Kitchn → Use This Holiday Leftover to Line Your Cabinets

(Image credit: Rachel Joy Barehl) From The Kitchn → One Dishwashing Tool We Swear By

(Image credit: Sara Kate Gillingham) From The Kitchn → 5 Tips for More Filling Smoothies

(Image credit: Maureen Petrosky) From The Kitchn → Recipe: Nutella Hot Chocolate

(Image credit: Faith Durand) From The Kitchn → The Nutella Taste Test: We Tried Every Chocolate-Hazelnut Spread and Ranked Them

(Image credit: ziashusha) shutterstock From The Kitchn → Here’s Why We Put Oranges in Stockings at Christmas

(Image credit: Sarah E Crowder) From The Kitchn → Recipe: Butternut Squash & Sausage Lasagna

(Image credit: Emma Christensen) From The Kitchn → The Secret of Beautifully Decorated Cookies Is a Cheap Squeeze Bottle

Want your guests sinking into your living room furniture cushions to soak up each other’s delightful conversation instead of crowding in your kitchen or awkwardly standing around? Focus on your seating arrangements and add these six elements to make future entertaining in your home smooth, cozy and natural. Guests don’t want to shimmy through tight squeezes or step over stools to get to seating. They want it to feel like getting cozy is natural and easy to find.

(Image credit: Faith Durand) From The Kitchn → 18 Cookie Recipes for Your Holiday Cookie Exchange

(Image credit: Kelli Foster) From The Kitchn → A Complete Visual Guide to 11 Different Kinds of Sugar

So you’re having a holiday party, and you want it to be perfect. Take a look at this list — and make sure to avoid these nine mistakes that even the most well-intentioned hosts and hostesses make. Don’t expect that your guests will know to help themselves to the beer in the fridge, or that they’ll be able to find those cookies tucked away in the back of the kitchen.

Nothing lasts forever. While it’s pretty easy to determine the shelf life of, say, Thanksgiving leftovers, it’s tougher to know when your seasonal decor has gone bad. Holiday lights, like a lot of things in your home, require maintenance and regular replacement. Do you know the life span of your lights? Incandescent bulbs should be replaced every 4-6 years. LED lights last a bit longer, for 7-10 years. Of course, these numbers are just a guideline.

(Image credit: Emma Christensen) From The Kitchn → The Kitchn’s Guide to Cooking a Turkey

(Image credit: Christine Gallary) From The Kitchn → Here Are 4 Ways to Rescue Thanksgiving Gravy

(Image credit: Faith Durand) From The Kitchn → 5 Easy Ways to Make Pumpkin Pie Even Better

(Image credit: Leela Cyd) From The Kitchn → 5 Things You Should Always Keep Within Arm’s Reach of the Stove

(Image credit: Sabra Krock) From The Kitchn → 10 Snacks We Love for Last-Minute Guests

Ever the romantic gift-giver, I recall with utter clarity the Christmas my father gave my mother a microwave oven. The year was 1984. Its inaugural run was a bowl of water (how’s that for cautious?) How is it that thirty years later we are still sounding out all three laborious syllables: MI-CRO-WAVE? Why doesn’t this ubiquitous appliance have a shorter, widely accepted nickname? It’s time to remedy this oversight!

(Image credit: Anna Hoychuk) shutterstock From The Kitchn → 5 Ways You Can Use Leftover Coffee Grounds Around the Home

(Image credit: Leela Cyd) From The Kitchn → Recipe: Pumpkin Slab Pie

(Image credit: Leela Cyd) From The Kitchn → The Thanksgiving Happy Hour: Our 5 Tips for Appetizers & Drinks

(Image credit: Leela Cyd) From The Kitchn → 7 Wines from Trader Joe’s to Drink With Thanksgiving Dinner

If you’ve shopped at IKEA before you know that it’s more than a store – it’s an experience. And one of my favorite parts of the experience is the restaurant. Since I don’t go often, I stick to the classics, namely the omnipresent meatballs.

(Image credit: Leela Cyd) From The Kitchn → How To Dip Dye a Tablecloth

(Image credit: Lee Torrens) shutterstock From The Kitchn → 5 Kitchen Things You Should Always Pick Up at a Flea Market

(Image credit: Emma Christensen) From The Kitchn → 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Making Pie

(Image credit: Stephanie Barlow) From The Kitchn → The Fastest Way to Make Uniform Apple Slices for Apple Pie

I love to walk into my home and see all the color and pattern I’ve stuffed into every corner. I love drowning in my stacks of books. Seeing the art I’ve collected over the years, a visual record of my evolving tastes. I love the way my couch hugs my back when I cuddle up with my cat and throw blankets. It’s my most favorite place in the whole world. But as an introvert, my home can sometimes be more than just a retreat.

(Image credit: Brent Hofacke) shutterstock From The Kitchn → Here’s What You Can Prep Now for Thanksgiving Dinner

(Image credit: Faith Durand) From The Kitchn → Recipe: Pumpkin Pie in a Mug

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(Image credit: Michelle Peters-Jones) From The Kitchn → 5 Cookbooks That Have Helped Me Feed My (Mostly) Vegetarian Family

(Image credit: Leela Cyd) From The Kitchn → How To Dry-Brine a Turkey

October was a month full of travel for me; I think I only spent one or two nights at home at a time. It was equal parts exciting and exhausting, but I’m happy to be back home—for good this time. Funny enough, an extended vacation away from your apartment can actually teach you a lot about how you live your life at home. Here are three things you’ll only discover once you’ve spent some time away.

(Image credit: HLPhoto) shutterstock From The Kitchn → 5 Ways to Prevent Soggy Pie Crust

(Image credit: Emma Christensen) From The Kitchn → 17 Meals That Make Great Leftovers

(Image credit: Emma Christensen) From The Kitchn → 5 Foods You Should Never Refreeze

(Image credit: Faith Durand) From The Kitchn → How To Make a Candle Out of a Pumpkin

(Image credit: Martin Turzak) shutterstock From The Kitchn → Avoid These 5 Common Mistakes When Making Scrambled Eggs

(Image credit: Erika Tracy) From The Kitchn → What Is Natural Peanut Butter?

(Image credit: Leela Cyd) From The Kitchn → 5 Easy Ways to Make Chicken Breast More Interesting

(Image credit: Angela Andrews) shutterstock From The Kitchn → 10 Ways to Use Up Leftover Celery

(Image credit: zkruger) From The Kitchn → Here Are 3 Reasons Why You Should Preheat Your Baking Sheet

(Image credit: Christine Gallary) From The Kitchn → Why You Should Freeze Caramelized Onions (and 3 Ways to Do It)

(Image credit: Christine Gallary) From The Kitchn → We Tried 3 Ways to Store Salad Greens, and Here’s the Winner!

(Image credit: Leela Cyd) From The Kitchn → What’s the Difference Between Roasting and Baking?

(Image credit: Emma Christensen) From The Kitchn → How To Cook Spaghetti Squash in the Oven

(Image credit: Nealey Dozier) From The Kitchn → 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Making Rice Krispie Treats

(Image credit: Christine Gallary) From The Kitchn → The Best Tool for Removing Pumpkin and Squash Seeds

(Image credit: Emma Christensen) From The Kitchn → Avoid These 5 Common Mistakes When Using Your Slow Cooker

(Image credit: Leela Cyd) From The Kitchn → How To Bake Chicken Breasts: The Simplest, Easiest Method

(Image credit: Coco Morante) From The Kitchn → 5 Ways to Make Your Halloween Pumpkin Last Longer

(Image credit: Michaela Cisney) From The Kitchn → My Top 10 Tips for Creating a Grocery Budget (and Sticking to It)

(Image credit: Leela Cyd) From The Kitchn → The 14 Most Essential Ways to Cook an Egg

(Image credit: Faith Durand) From The Kitchn → 12 Fall Vegetables You Should Know How to Cook

(Image credit: Christine Gallary) From The Kitchn → The Best Way to Measure Sticky Ingredients More Accurately (and With Less Mess)

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) From The Kitchn → Catch The Kitchn at the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival!

(Image credit: Nick Evans) From The Kitchn → Recipe: Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) From The Kitchn → 14 Absolutely Free Ways to Improve Your Cooking

(Image credit: Ariel Knutson) From The Kitchn → The Top 10 Things I Learned in Culinary School

(Image credit: Leela Cyd) From The Kitchn → How To Make a Latte at Home Without an Espresso Machine

(Image credit: Christine Gallary) From The Kitchn → 10 Alternative Uses for Your Salad Spinner

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) From The Kitchn → 7 Smart Food Storage Solutions for Small Kitchens

(Image credit: Christine Gallary) From The Kitchn → Everything You Need to Know About Molasses

(Image credit: Michaela Cisney) From The Kitchn → How Color Influences Your Grocery Shopping (And How to Outsmart It!)

(Image credit: Africa Studio) shutterstock From The Kitchn → The Herb You Love or Hate: Cilantro

(Image credit: Naomi Robinson) From The Kitchn → Recipe: Glazed Apple Fritters

(Image credit: Urban Outfitters) From The Kitchn → 11 Handsome Bar Carts That Will Keep the Party Rolling

(Image credit: Anthropologie) From The Kitchn → 8 Canisters and Containers to Bring Order to Your Pantry