At Home with Kim Vallee

COOKING tools, DINING | August 1, 2007

Three Progressive nifty kitchen gadgets

I enjoy cooking with the right tools. There are always new gadgets coming around. Some that I find useless, others can be great but do not interested me because I developed a technique over the years that I am pleased with. Others kitchen tools are fun to have while a select group [...]

ALL occasions, COOKING tools, DINING, GIFT IDEAS, HOSTESS gifts | June 21, 2007

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Five cool kitchen gadgets for the Hostess who has everything

New more efficient food preparation tools pop up constantly. If you are invited by someone that like to cook and you do not know what to bring as a hostess gift, why not take a look at the best of the crop in specialized kitchen tools. My hostess gift ideas are all under [...]

DINING, KIDS products, LINENS | March 7, 2007

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Any hostess needs at least one tasteful apron

I have a love affair with aprons since I started to cook in my teens. But finding a good looking one is a hard task. My love affair with aprons is well known fact. My brother gave me one or two aprons over the years for Christmas or my birthday. He even got [...]

DINING, LINENS | March 3, 2007

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Casual luxury in household linens with Simrin

Dish towels are a necessity but we indulge ourselves by getting groovy ones. If you put them on display in your kitchen, the typical brands from Wal-Mart or the supermarkets won’t do. Household linens can set the mood of a table and a kitchen. If you dinnerware are monochromatic without patterns, you can use geometric, organic, [...]