Designing an Eco-Friendly Kitchen

July 7th, 2010

Click photo to watch video One of the areas in your home that uses the most energy is your kitchen. So a lot of research and development has gone into finding new materials and building more energy-efficient appliances to cut energy consumption. If you’re considering remodeling your kitchen (and who isn’t), you will be interested [...]

Filled Under: Green Tips and Healthy Housing, Kitchen

Looking for Kitchen Design Tips?

April 23rd, 2010

Quick Design Tips – Does your kitchen need a refresher? Would you like to give it a quick face-lift? Is it high time for a pick-me-up? Here are some inexpensive Kitchen makeover tips for adding a little bit of pizazz. For example, you can make a cafe curtain for your kitchen window by mounting an [...]

Filled Under: Home Improvements, Kitchen

New Trends in Kitchen Appliances

November 2nd, 2009

Last week I attended the launch of Jenn Air’s new line of high end kitchen appliances and I must say they are beautiful. One lucky attendee actually went away that night as a winner of a JennAir stove, refrigerator and dishwasher – an $8500 value! We were all hoping for that one. The launch introduced [...]

Filled Under: Home Decor, Kitchen

Kitchen Decorating on a Budget

June 30th, 2009

Decorating your home, especially kitchen decorating, can be a challenge even with a large budget. There are so many choices to make. With a limited budget, it can seem like more of a task than a joy. The kitchen is the heart of the home and our goal is to have a kitchen be both [...]

Filled Under: Home Decor, Home Improvements, Home Renovations, Kitchen

Easy Summer Desserts

May 24th, 2009

It’s summer and the berries are plentiful! Berries are available all year round in most areas, but there is nothing quite like easy dessert recipes made from summer fresh berries. You can certainly make any of these recipes any time of the year, but they will be especially appreciated as cool summer treats. Summer Fruit [...]

Filled Under: Home and Family, Kitchen

Alton Browns Gear For Your Kitchen

January 7th, 2009

Alton Browns Gear For Your Kitchen Dedicated viewers of Alton Brown’s acclaimed Food Network show Good Eats know of his penchant for using unusual equipment. He has smoked a salmon in a cardboard box, roasted prime rib in a flowerpot, and used a C-clamp as a nutcracker. Brown isn’t interested in novelty, he’s just devoted [...]

Filled Under: Books, Kitchen

Jan Karons Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader – Recipes from Mitford Cooks Favorite Tales from Mitford Books Mitford

January 6th, 2009

Jan Karons Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader Recipes from Mitford Cooks Favorite Tales from Mitford Books Mitford Millions of Mitford fans around the world will agree—it’s easy to put on a pound or two reading a Mitford novel. Scene after scene of the bestselling series’ colorful characters enjoying tantalizing dishes can immediately start a craving. [...]

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The Americas Test Kitchen Family Baking Book

January 5th, 2009

The Americas Test Kitchen Family Baking Book Featuring more than 700 kitchen-tested recipes, 800 step-by-step photos, opinionated product ratings, and at-a-glance tutorials that guarantee success every time you bake. A companion to the bestselling America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook (with more than 550,000 copies sold), this comprehensive cookbook delivers the foolproof recipes, step-by-step instructions, and [...]

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Paula Deens Kitchen Wisdom and Recipe Journal

January 5th, 2009

Paula Deens Kitchen Wisdom and Recipe Journal Hey there, y’all! My favorite recipes came direct from my momma and grandmommas. I just love goin’ through all the recipe cards they passed on to me and readin’ their handwritten notes; it makes me remember our good times in the kitchen, gathered round the table. Sometimes, though, [...]

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Two Dudes One Pan Maximum Flavor from a Minimalist Kitchen

December 31st, 2008

Two Dudes One Pan Maximum Flavor from a Minimalist Kitchen Just one pan? No problem! You’ll need only a single skillet, or a roasting pan, or a Dutch oven to make any of the 100 knockout recipes that have made this team the hottest culinary duo west of the Rockies. Today their catering business and [...]

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