At Home with Kim Vallee

COOKING tools, FOOD + DRINKS | January 24, 2012 | by Heather Watterworth

Add Color in the Kitchen: Joseph Joseph Kitchenware

You don’t need a designer’s eye to spot the biggest trend of the year – just walk into your favourite décor and fashion shops and it will be everywhere you look: color! (Just ask Pantone’s colour of the year, Tangerine Tango!) But with so many shades to love and choose from, it’s easy to feel [...]

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ENTERTAINING, TABLESCAPE | January 18, 2012 | by Heather Watterworth

Set the Table with Inspiration from Ikea

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Who says the everyday can’t be artful? These images by Swedish still-life photographer Carl Kleiner caught our eye when we recognized a few iconic Ikea kitchen pieces in the compositions. The photographer behind Ikea’s Homebaked is Best recipe book , Carl Kleiner is known for his minimialist, graphic approach, yet these photos have their share [...]

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FOOD + DRINKS, TABLEWARE | August 17, 2011 | by Kim Vallee

Link by Studio Dreinmann is a Space-Saving Serving Ware

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Here is a clever, space saving idea. Link uses your existing cutlery and transforms it into a handy pair of tongs, salad servers. It looks great for outdoor entertaining. This nifty silicone connector is also practical for a picnic since you could only carry Link and use your utensils for serving before you eat. It is designed [...]

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COOKING tools, FOOD + DRINKS | August 3, 2011 | by Heather Watterworth

New Uses for Old Things: Muffin Tins

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There seems to be no end to the versatility of baking tins: from container gardens to home office organizing stations. Though as useful as they may be elsewhere in your home, turns out they can be put to creative use in the kitchen too. With its inverted moulds, Wilton’s Non-Stick Ice Cream Cookie Bowl tray [...]

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COOKING tools, FOOD + DRINKS | July 6, 2011 | by Kim Vallee

Colorful Fruit Bowls, a Chilly Salad Bowl and Stylish Bottle Grinders by Menu

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You may recall the Norm Carving and Serving sets that I introduced last year. This year, Menu improved on it by making a smaller version. I consider it an improvement because the original did not fit inside a standard upper kitchen cabinet. The New Norm Complete Tray Set with its 11 inches of circumference does. The Scandinavian company [...]

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HOME + GARDEN, ORGANIZING | May 25, 2011 | by Heather Watterworth

New Uses for Old Things | Loaf Pan Organizers

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A couple of weeks ago we shared a few creative container garden ideas – including one that made use of old muffin tins. Tin loaf pans would work well as makeshift garden planters too, but they look just as lovely hung in a row on a bright kitchen wall. These rustic tins look fresh when [...]

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COOKING tools, FOOD + DRINKS | May 16, 2011 | by Heather Watterworth

Indoor S’more Maker from Plow Hearth

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The first long weekend of summer – Victoria Day in Canada and Memorial Day in the U.S. – doesn’t just kick off the sunshine season, but camping season too. Unfortunately for campers, at least those of us in Canada, Victoria Day weekend weather is notoriously unreliable. In my experience, thunderstorms, howling wind and even (shiver!) [...]

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COOKING tools, FOOD + DRINKS | May 6, 2011 | by Heather Watterworth

Cool Tools | Julienne Peelers

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One of the best things about ordering a salad in a great restaurant is that it’s often too pretty to eat. Vegetables are sliced and diced in decorative ways you’d probably never attempt if you were tossing one together at home. I always get a kick out of finely julienned carrots that look like bright [...]

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