Although the superior nutrition of the raw almond is well-known, true raw almonds are getting a lot harder to find. The …
Safety
Bleach-Free Kitchen Disinfecting
How do you clean your cutting boards and counter tops after preparing raw meat? Some say the only safe way is to use a m…
What's Leaching into Your Food?
Many years ago I had a boyfriend who was really into his cast iron skillets. Having grown up in a Teflon-worshipping hou…
Mothballs Stink, No Matter How You Spice Them
I just don’t have the nerve to tell a dear friend that she must stop using grandma’s method for storing wint…
Wet Cleaning Vs. Dry Cleaning
Would you happily put your clothes on if you knew that the material touching your skin had just been permeated with a kn…
And We Get Excited About 'New Car Smell' Because…?
New car smell. It used to be something people got excited about: that whiff of fresh-cast plastic, hot off the poly pres…
Not Your Mama’s Wallpaper
As recently as 10 years ago, if you said the word “wallpaper” I had visions of orange shag carpeting and my …
Got Milk Paint?
There’ll be no crying over spilt milk paint. Enough with the cans of decorative yet toxic paint stacking up in the…