Chances are, when you told friends and family that you were about to welcome a dog into your life and home, someone will have told you a horror story about a renegade pooch who ran amok and destroyed the house…wet all over the floor, shredded precious items to bits and ate all the shoes in…
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Category Archives: Kitchen
Refusing to Budge: Tips for Shifting Stubborn Bolts, Screws, and Nuts
A familiar and frustrating problem that many DIYers encounters are when their progress is hampered by a fixing that is putting up more than a little resistance and your efforts to loosen a bolt, screw or nut are not yielding any results. When a decent amount of elbow-grease won’t shift the fixing you need a…
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Worn Out Windows: Repair or Replace?
Sometimes we move into a new place and realise that the windows are less-than-pristine, and other times we slowly come to the realisation that the windows we’ve had for years and years are looking a little worse for wear… If you are in either of these situations, you may be wondering whether it’s worth replacing…
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A Guide for Serving and Eating Peking Duck
(Image Credit: Chili House SF) Whether you’re actually in Peking or an authentic Chinese restaurant in your neighborhood, Peking Duck is not to be missed. Luscious, juicy meat surrounded by crackling, perfectly roasted skin makes for a mouthwatering meal. This is a bird with a history. Serving it is theater, eating it has a protocol….
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How to Cook Your Vegetables the Right Way
Everyone knows that eating your vegetables is one of the best ways to achieve optimum health. You get an entire alphabet’s worth of vitamins and minerals, plus antioxidants, polyphenols, fiber, and other healthful compounds with long and complicated names. But how many people are eating their vegetables right? Do you just bite off a carrot…
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The Lowdown on Engineered Flooring
If you are looking at adding beauty to your home by purchasing superior wooden flooring, then your choices come down to solid hardwood and engineered hardwood. Solid hardwood is, as you’d imagine, wood all the way through – carefully crafted lengths of wood. Engineered flooring boards have a timber lamella, or top layer, bonded with…
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The Best and Most Beautiful Ways to Cook Eggs
When I was training to be a chef, one of my favorite things to do on a weekend was to explore the many different ways of cooking eggs. I love the flexibility that eggs bring and so each Saturday morning I’d head out and pick up some Norco Ranch eggs, get back to my dorm…
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