As every cook knows, a knife is an essential kitchen tool. And most cooks I know have a whole rotation of knives they use on a regular basis, so the question becomes how to store them. Sticking your good knives in a drawer will inevitably dull the blades, and those fancy (expensive) wooden knife blocks [...]

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Now that summer is over, and the corn and tomatoes have gone the way of the dodo, we turn to fall’s produce. Everyone knows about apples and pears, but autumn also offers some of the most delicious and unusual fruits of the year.

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In my demographic (urban, northeastern or western, highly educated professional women), people don’t get married before they’re 30. It’s common knowledge that you need to take your 20’s to just learn to be yourself – build your career, live on your own, develop your own personality. Only after you have fully sowed your [...]

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Pregnancy is no cakewalk, but from what I’ve heard it’s nothing compared to new parenthood. Your life starts revolving around the sleeping and pooping schedules of a tiny, squalling dictator, to the exclusion of all else, at least for a while. That’s why my husband and I, while excited about the pending birth of our [...]

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Farmers’ Market
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For many people, your local Farmers’ market is a piece of local color. It’s a place to take the kids, to see your neighbors, to pick up some produce while you’re there. I’m lucky to live in Los Angeles and have a wealth of Farmers’ markets to visit. The one [...]

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With the fifth installment of the Harry Potter movie franchise – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – in theaters right now, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — the seventh and final book of the series poised to hit shelves on Saturday, the excitement of people across the country – young [...]

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Ah, student loans. For many of us, they are the first (and sometimes largest) debt we will encounter in our lives. The fact is, in the last decade, the total amount of federal loans students have received has more than doubled. The scary thing, the education these students receive on what [...]

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