but the different pumpkin desserts posted sound great. I inherited my MIL’s antique and well used apple peeler but with a kitchen under construction, this isn’t my year to learn how to make pies!

Hi Rifbat! Pittsburgh’s wonderful – of course, I’m a native (we now live in the South Side, so my recommendations are a bit slanted – but even MORE suggestions that will whet your appetite are: Zenith (an...

citrus flavors. They were so crispy and juicy that your face and hands got all sticky from crunching your way from tree to tree. I guess most of the apples were antique heirloom varieties. I wonder whether it was the fact that...

tell you, Ive been asked out and treated to dinner about 30-40% of the time. Lets just let antiquated notions stay in the Era they belong.....

's completely unpretentious, has a great vibe, a georgeous antique bar, decent schitzles, and evokes the German, central European roots of this part of Texas. It’s smack between the state Capitol and the University. The...

I buy them as travel souvenirs and have them from all over the US and the world. The funkier the better. Flea markets, estate sales and eBay are terrific sources for antique and vintage ones. Other people’s travel souvenirs...

Well – I did mean a wooden reamer thingy.... http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31YS3MVC53L._SL500_AA280_.jpg But I also have an antique glass juicer: http://bgiftsinternational.com/pro772433.html I use both regularly.

For portion control: Use smaller/salad plates. Seriously. The size of plates has gone up over the years. I was shcocked by a report from an antiques dealer who regularly has people mistake dinner plates for salad plates. We tend...

sides of the story can be translated into, often, “the official” version and the “actual” version. This fiction from jourtnalism school that a story must include opposing quotes is antiquated at this point...

. i like the bun cha hanoi, different types of grilled pork with vietnamese herbs to wrap pho 79 - not the best but not bad. downtown la. check the large george nelson lamps. i tried to buy them once but they said they were rare...

. i like the bun cha hanoi, different types of grilled pork with vietnamese herbs to wrap pho 79 – not the best but not bad. downtown la. check the large george nelson lamps. i tried to buy them once but they said they were...

, the ones you’ve seen in pictures, with the outdoor staircases). I also wash the kitchen table (I don’t have a dining room – the kitchen table is a nice antique pine table) whenever I am eating or have guests...

. Then Mom would dump it into her cut crystal dish, and put it on the table. This apparently went on for more than 2 years. One year, finally, we had a guest who actually ate cranberry and took a big helping of what we now refer...

Caroline I love properly set tables, I own so much dinnerware stuff, its downright criminal. I am also amazed at the thought behind all the proper placement, and the uses. I have often shopped for antique silver, and amazed all...

(!), resale shops, dry cleaners, a lesbian bookstore, antique shops, flower shops, ........ I LOVE this neighborhood. It doesn’t fulfill ALL my chow-needs, but it really has a lot to offer when hoofing it, and is not too far...