Dinnerware – big bowls and soup!

One can hardly talk about design without getting to lifestyle. While we are all having a another month or so of cold weather (OK not so much in LA), I want to mention bowls.  Nothing like an over-sized flat bowl…either for your soup in the winter or a salad in the summer.  I have a wonderful set from Villeroy & Boch…one of the best presents my mother-in-law has given me.  Nothing like a big bowl with a ledge on it that you can balance... Read More

Delicious Chicken Pot Pie Recipe

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The Poorly Designed Kitchen Pet Peeve

One of my biggest pet peeves is working in a poorly designed kitchen. Prime example: my current Georgetown University apartment…I could go off on a tirade here! I have set off the smoke alarm twice in the past two months. Why? Am I a bad cook that burns things and almost starts fires? No. The answer is quite simple. The ceilings in the kitchen are quite low. The hood over the stove-top doesn’t cover the entire stove, and it doesn’t work very... Read More