House Blend: Trading Spaces
By Merci Miglino/Life@Home I believe in the remedial value of the Geographic Cure. I know. In certain circles such a cure is dismissed as an irresponsible attempt to solve your problems. It’s earned...
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Brewing up a storm By Jennifer E. O’Brien/Life@Home Sure, you can get a meal at Brown’s Brewing Company in Troy, but Gregg Stacy, vice president and director of marketing and sales, wants to clear up a...
View ArticleThe Vineyard: A little-known powerhouse from central Italy
Meet Aglianico Story and photo by Alistair Highet When we think about the big wines of Italy — Brunello, Barolo — we are typically talking about wines from the north of Italy, the Tuscan hills or...
View ArticleTable@Home: Fresh peas in a pod means summer is on the way
P is for Peas By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home Is there any vegetable better for a child than fresh peas? A shelling pea, with its vibrant green pod and row of peas tucked safely inside, has always...
View ArticleWorld Cuisine: Japanese food you can cook yourself
Eastward Ho! Story and photos by Elizabeth Floyd Mair One of the things I miss most about Tokyo, where I lived and worked for 15 years, is the food. There’s a lot of love and appreciation for good food...
View ArticleFood Trends: A red hot chili sauce gets the star treatment
The Year of the Rooster By John Adamian/life@home Did you know you can buy a ketchup cookbook? Don’t laugh. That tomato condiment took the world — or at least the U.S. — by storm, and with good reason;...
View ArticleCooking: Egg white dishes to open and close your day
Light as an Egg White By Arthur S. Rosenblatt/Life@Home Having endured one of the snowiest winters on record in several parts of the Empire State, it would be completely understandable to avoid...
View ArticleCooking@Home: Recipes from your kitchen garden
Backyard Dinners By Janet Reynolds/Life@Home Getting the tomatoes, peppers and zucchini to thrive is only the first step. Knowing what to do with them — from canning, preserving and, obviously, cooking...
View Article5 Things: Will Moses
Five Things I Can’t Live Without Story and Photos by Suzanne Kawola Will Moses comes from an artistic family — his great-grandmother was Grandma Moses — and imbues his craft with a love worthy of the...
View ArticleEssay: Breaking bread at the family table
The Tradition Continues… By Larissa Lytwyn/Life@Home I never thought much about my parents’ affinity for 19th century Blue Willow dinnerware — until the night a friend came over and was afraid to eat...
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