Entertaining
My Mother's Cookbook; Recipes from Professionals: Beef Stroganoff, Yorkshire Pudding, Corn Sticks, Pushover Popovers
The obvious way to avoid suspicion of pirating another cook's creation is to attribute the source. My mother did this throughout her cookbook, regardless of whether the recipe came from a relative, close friend, acquaintance, restaurant, cookbook, newspaper, or magazine. I've done the same for the recipes included in this series. more »
My Paradise: The Finnish Summer Home
It is a place of relaxation and quiet retreat to nature. It is also a place where architects either further develop new ideas or crystallize essential themes from their other designs. Their own summer homes are very personal; like diary entries. more »
Wine Packaging Lightens Up: More Appealing Wines Are Available in Eco-Friendly Containers, Offering Good Value and Lower Carbon Footprints
They’re lightweight, easing the burden on the people who transport the wines (as well as those who carry them home), and convenient. Several are shatterproof and impermeable to UV rays. Some eliminate the tainted-cork nuisance, the corkscrew hassle and the spoiled-leftover-wine quandary. more »
Shop for Home, Gifts and Self at Velocity
Have you thought about Holiday presents? Velocity might be a one-stop shopping experience for those names on your list. A Bob's Your Uncle Open Sesame Password Reminder Book, a Multi-Task Planner Journal, a Witches' Kitchen line that Christine O'Donnell might like, as well as an eco-friendly section, this site is fashionable, modern and good-humored. more »