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(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) From The Kitchn → 10 Snapshots of Street Food from the Past

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) From the Kitchn → High & Low Shopping: One Small Purchase and One Investment Purchase for My Kitchen.

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) From The Kitchn → How To Oil and Maintain Wooden Cutting Boards in 5 Minutes a Month.

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) From The Kitchn → 15 Ways to Store Your Pots and Pans (All From Our Kitchen Tours!)

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) From The Kitchn → A Kitchen Space Saver: The Door-Mount Cutting Board from Rev-A-Shelf

(Image credit: Emma Christensen) From The Kitchn → How To Freeze Cookie Dough

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) From The Kitchn → 10 Desserts To Know By Heart

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) From The Kitchn → The Best Way to Keep Chopped Fruit From Turning Brown

(Image credit: Faith Durand) From The Kitchn → Lunch Recipe: Mozzacado Sandwich

(Image credit: Lucy Hewett) From The Kitchn → Victor & Rajiv’s Colorful, Collected Kitchen (and Garden!)

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) From the Kitchn → From Bean to Brew: Small Batch Roaster Handlebar Coffee in Santa Barbara

(Image credit: Shawna’s Glamorous Custom Kitchen, photographed by Gina Bianciello for The Kitchn) From The Kitchn → Shawna’s Glamorous Custom Kitchen

From The Kitchn → 10 Things To Do With Zucchini When You’ve Lost All Hope

(Image credit: Cambria Bold) From The Kitchn → Wire and Metal Mesh Dining Room Chairs

(Image credit: Leela Cyd) From The Kitchn → Kitchen Tour: Justina Blakeney’s Jungalow Kitchen

(Image credit: Faith Durand) From The Kitchn → How To Make Jello Shots for Grown-Ups

It’s been only a few weeks since I made the big move south to Atlanta and meeting new people and making friends with the neighbors is very high on my list of things to do. I’ve just moved from a city I love, where I had a circle of friends who lived within 5 blocks, so to put it bluntly, I’m having a difficult time adjusting. I’m struggling with making new friends and meeting my neighbors.

(Image credit: Emma Christensen) From The Kitchn → How To Make Stir-Fry Freezer Meals

(Image credit: Leela Cyd)From The Kitchn→ An Outdoor Movie Party

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)From The Kitchn → The Best Way To Keep Guacamole Green

(Image credit: Lucy Hewett)From the Kitchn→ Brian and Julia’s Live-Work Loft Kitchen

(Image credit: Emma Christensen)From The Kitchn →How To Make Basic Tomato Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)From The Kitchn→ Recipe: Fresh Clam Chowder

(Image credit: Tara Austen Weaver)From The Kitchn→ Mari Adam’s Colorful Craftsman Kitchen

(Image credit: Faith Durand)From The Kitchn→ 10 Ways to Preserve Summer Fruits Vegetables Without Canning

From The Kitchn→ Look! A Rope Light Over the Island

(Image credit: Leela Cyd)From The Kitchn→ A Visit with Sugar & Salt Creamery: Jon Carter’s Delicious Vegan Ice Cream

Last month, air quality regulators in Southern California approved the first-ever restrictions on the summer-lovin’ bonfires that have come to define our coastline. Luckily for Angelenos, the restrictions don’t affect the only two beaches in the county where public bonfires are still legal: Dockweiler and Cabrillo. Let the beach BBQs commence!

(Image credit: Maureen Petrosky)From The Kitchn→ An IKEA-Inspired Cocktail Recipe: Rhubarb Margarita

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(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)From The Kitchn→ 12 Creative S’mores for a Party

How many times have you returned home from a fantastic vacation, only to hear yourself telling someone that you’re so exhausted you need another one to recover? The pace of modern life is making it increasingly difficult for us to switch off, and time away from home can end up being just as stressful, albeit more fun, than our everyday lives. Read on for some tips on how to really unwind on your vacation.

From The Kitchn→ 15 Food Instagram Accounts You Should Follow

(Image credit: Emma Christensen)From The Kitchn→ How To Shuck Corn Quickly Cleanly

(Image credit: Chris Perez)From The Kitchn→ How To Make the Best Iced Coffee

(Image credit: Emma Christensen)From The Kitchn→ Recipe: Best-Ever Veggie Burgers

(Image credit: Emma Christensen)From The Kitchn→ How To Make Bread in the Slow Cooker

(Image credit: Lisa Pepin)From the Kitchn→ Growing Beer: A Visit to Farm Boy Farms’ Hops Grain Farm in North Carolina

(Image credit: Faith Durand)From The Kitchn→ 5 Salad Dressings To Know By Heart

From The Kitchn→ Fruit Flies, Begone! What’s Your Tried-and-True Way to Get Rid of Fruit Flies?

Summer’s outdoor entertaining calls for keeping drinks cool, but budget options aren’t all that attractive. Ashley from Shanty 2 Chic turned a basic styrofoam cooler into a stylish solution that doesn’t diminish your décor. Looking for a weekend project that will up the ante on your patio parties? Check out this after:Ashley put together this country chic cooler stand with $50 in supplies and some power tool basics.

(Image credit: Cambria Bold)From the Kitchn→ Rebekka’s Golden Nashville Kitchen

(Image credit: Emma Christensen)From the Kitchn→ How To Make a Pie from Start to Finish

(Image credit: Faith Durand)From The Kitchn→ The Best Way to Cut Up a Watermelon

From The Kitchn→ 10 Cheeses and Their Literary Counterparts

(Image credit: Chris Perez)From The Kitchn→ It’s Iced Coffee Season! 13 Tips, Recipes and Tutorials for a Better Brew

What’s the difference between a house and a home? A house is a structure you live in that provides for your basic needs and safety. A home is a place that provides you mental and emotional support, a place you look forward to being in to get away from the outside world. Do you feel that way about your home?

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)From The Kitchn → Dana’s Deluxe Live/Work Kitchen

(Image credit: Danielle Tsi)From The Kitchn →When Why Not to DIY: Confessions of a Recovering Dinner Party Maniac

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)From The Kitchn → 10 Things To Pack for Cooking on Vacation

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)From The Kitchn→10 Easy Vacation Meals to Feed a Crowd

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) • How to Make Kouign Amann The Kitchn

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)Travel photography is a completely different beast that involves more than just the food. Here are some tips on getting the most out of food photography while traveling. • 5 Tips For Taking Better Food Photos When You Travel The Kitchn

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)Although it does contain four recipes, Michael Pollan’s new bookCooked: A Natural History of Transformationis not a cookbook. It is, however, a book for cooks, as well as a book for people who would like to cook but don’t, or can’t, or won’t. • Cooked by Michael Pollan The Kitchn

Jed and Caitlin’s seasoned kitchen is modern, industrial, and sleek.Despite the monochromatic scheme, the kitchen evokes a sense of warmth and openness. • Kitchen Tour: A Modern Kitchen in Denver The Kitchn

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) • Kitchen Before & After The Kitchn

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)This past week, we gave you all of our favorite pack-and-go meals for a long day of travel. If a car trip or plane ride is in your near future, take your pick! Take a look back through all our recipes from this week for even more road food inspiration. • New

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)Heading into the great wild this summer? You could totally rough it, of course, but if you’d like a little help with food storage, organization, and cleanup, then one of these five camp kitchens is a worthwhile purchase. • 5 Camp Kitchens To Meet All Your Needs The Kitchn

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)When you get the 2:30 slump and need something with a little boost, here are 10 snacks to grab from home for your on-the-go energy needs. • Protein Pick Me Up: 10 Midday Boosts The Kitchn

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) • Building a Travel Eatinerary The Kitchn

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)Traveling this summer? Make sure your backpack is stocked with a good supply of nibbles and snacks. Here are fifteen of our favorites — from granola bars and kale chips to homemade Cracker Jacks and more. • 15 Snacks for Road Trips & Plane Rides The Kitchn

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)Before you leave on a trip, you probably remember to take out the trash, do the dishes and clean out the refrigerator. But there is one more thing you could be doing to make your return a whole lot happier. • Do This One Thing Before Leaving On a Trip The

(Image credit: Emma Christensen)Given proper loving care — and less of it than you might think — the cast iron skillet can be your friend with benefits in the kitchen. Here are 35 ways to love your skillet more; it will love you back — I promise. • 35 Ways to Love Your Cast Iron

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)Regular readers at The Kitchn will know that I am a committed rosé wine fan, and while I drink rosé wine all year round, there is something about the arrival of spring and summer that seems to herald in these pink and salmon toned wines. • Choosing a Bottle of Rosé

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)There’s no better meal to accompany yourArrested Development viewingmarathons than this recreation of the show’s infamous “Skip’s Scramble,” which includes 12 separate recipes referencing the show, from Cornball Cakes to Hot Ham Water . • Skip’s Scramble The Kitchn

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)Memorial Day weekend is the official summer kick-off. Grab a pitcher and join me in turning summer’s favorite staple — lemonade! — into the perfect cocktail for happy hour. • Cocktail: Honey Bourbon Lemonade The Kitchn

(Image credit: Jill Slater)Sophie and Michael live in an eclectically decorated brownstone in Brooklyn. Their kitchen, like much of their home, is full of a lot of “great deals.” Almost everything in their kitchen was found on sale… • A ‘Discontinued’ Kitchen The Kitchn

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) • Recipe: Deep Dish Chocolate Chip Cookies The Kitchn

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) • 10 DIY Kitchen Projects The Kitchn

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)If you’re an animal lover, you’ve no doubt shared morsels of “people” food with your pets. Feeding table scraps to animals can even be a good way to prevent food waste. But before you give in to those imploring eyes, it’s important to consider safety. • Feeding Table Scraps to Pets

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)Yesterday I checked out the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York, an annual trade show highlighting what’s new in design. A big reveal at this year’s show was the brand-new Stockholm dining table and chairs from IKEA! • New from IKEA The Kitchn

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)Jana is an illustrator, beekeeper and graphic designer in Chicago. Her latest project,Bike a Bee, is a reflection of her generosity and aims to contribute local honey to the city’s farmers markets, while also creating community collaboration. • Maker Tour: Bike a Bee The Kitchn