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February 23, 2012 Find Out Exactly How Much Juice A Lemon Holds Just how much juice is in half a lemon, anyway? You've never been really sure. You won't have to wonder anymore with the J...

January 23, 2012 3 Butter Dishes Too Pretty for the Fridge Butter, it's the everyday staple that you probably take for granted. You slather it on toast every morning, and it's the finishing touch for hot, stea...

January 12, 2012 The Secret to Juicier, Better Steak You love the money you save with those cheap cuts of pork, beef and poultry. But your countertop never forgave you the la...

January 09, 2012 Product Roundup: The Perfect Cup of Tea What better way to beat back that winter cold—the weather or the ailment—than with a hot cup of tea. Whether you're curled up on the couch sipping bla...

January 04, 2012 Recipes: A Fresh Start for 2012 Every year you promise yourself this is the year you'll shake up your meals and try to eat a bit healthier. It's easy to get derailed, so we've gather...

December 28, 2011 Appetizer Recipes to Make Your NYE Party Rock! You only have a few seconds to make a good first impression. With these appetizers on the table to greet your New Year's Eve guests, your party will b...

December 22, 2011 Love This Dessert! This luscious cake just might steal the show at a holiday celebration—but it won't steal your time! It's not fussy to make yet it's pure eleganc...

December 21, 2011 How Do You Clean Champagne Flutes? You've found yourself in a tight spot again. Breaking out your best champagne glasses for a traditional toast added a tou...

December 19, 2011 The Cookie Countdown, Week 4! It's the fourth and final installment of our holiday Cookie Countdown! Each Monday for the last three weeks, we've sent you one fabulous cookie recipe...

December 14, 2011 This Recipe Got Raves! Reader Tanya Hopkins explains why this Cooking Club recipe is a favorite: "This recipe is delicious, easy to make and difficult to mess up. I've mad...

December 12, 2011 The Cookie Countdown, Week 3! It's the third installment of our holiday Cookie Countdown! Each Monday until Christmas, we're sending you one fabulous cookie recipe. Bake them up fo...

December 08, 2011 The Missing Link for the Perfect Party Your bar is stocked with holiday cheer, ready for entertaining. Red and white wines are on the left, top-end liquors are on the right. And in the ...

December 07, 2011 Recipes: Gifts from Your Kitchen Everyone knows that the best gifts come from the heart—and your kitchen. This year will be the tastiest one yet when you wrap up something from ...

December 05, 2011 The Cookie Countdown, Week 2! Welcome to the second installment of our holiday Cookie Countdown! Each Monday until Christmas, we'll send you one fabulous cookie recipe. Bake it up ...

November 23, 2011 Plan to Travel? You Need This Bag! You love to surprise friends and family with food gifts from the places you visit. Aunt Joan still raves about the wine from California you gave h...

November 21, 2011 Love This Dessert! This two-crust pie is bursting with apples richly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg and sweetened with golden raisins and honey. ...

November 17, 2011 A Perfect Way to Slice Your Cheesecakes Everyone knows it's not polite to floss at the table. But you've yet to find a better tool to cut your cheesecakes into beautiful, mess-free slice...

November 16, 2011 Recipes You'll Need the Day After Thanksgiving Thanksgiving may be eight days away, but it's not too early to make a plan for the leftovers. Be prepared with a handful of recipes that make the seco...

November 07, 2011 This Recipe Got Raves! Reader Diana Andrews explains why this Cooking Club recipe is a favorite: "I like these scones for several reasons. I can use a locally ...

November 03, 2011 Recipes: Five Irresistible Pumpkin Desserts How do you spell fall? How about P-U-M-P-K-I-N! While this iconic squash is most often showcased in pies, there are plenty of other desserts in which ...

November 02, 2011 Cool, New Way to Chill Your Wine Once upon a time, a persistent blonde looked for a perfect glass of wine. First she tasted the wine presented in an ice bu...

October 31, 2011 Extra Halloween Candy? Make This! If the flood of kids you expect tonight turns into a trickle, transform your excess Halloween candy into sweet and chunky brownies! ...

October 26, 2011 Love This Dessert! Beneath their marshmallow coverings, these ghosts have a crunchy, salty surprise: pretzels! Sweet and Crunchy Ghosts If the marshmallow starts to ...

October 20, 2011 A Sweet Way to Celebrate Halloween Years of entering pumpkin-carving contests—and losing—have left you with a bitter taste in your mouth. You've decided to strive for swe...

October 19, 2011 Score Big with These Gooey, Chewy Caramels Bats will be swinging, balls will be flying and peanuts will be eaten by the thousands today as Game One of the World Series kicks off. Watching th...

August 11, 2011 The Key to the Best Homemade Lemonade The lemonade stand you had as a kid just wouldn't fly today: packaged mixes, tons of sugar, with nary a real lemon in sight. ...

July 14, 2011 Make Smoothies in Your Own Personal Blender Your kids love making homemade smoothies. Cleaning the blender is another story. Tired of having to undo their mess before...

June 23, 2011 A Fruity Way to Chill Out This Summer You know you're supposed to work more fruit into your diet. If it's added to your water, does it count? ...

June 20, 2011 One More Reason to Love Your Lunch Your work fridge is a mix of Chinese takeout containers, discolored storageware and seen-better-days brown bags. The joi...

June 13, 2011 Forget the Ties—Give Dad Food Fun! You love your dad—you just hate shopping for him. The key is to get him something he never knew he needed but that he'll love all the same. You can't ...

May 18, 2011 Brewed Coffee That's Perfect for Road Trips As you gear up for summer road trips, you're faced with a serious dilemma: finding a more-than-decent cup of coffee when there's not a Starbucks in si...

April 13, 2011 Peeps on a Stick? How Sweet! Does it seem like the grass is always greener in someone else's Easter basket? Make yours the place to be this year by filling it with these fun and t...

March 28, 2011 This Pop-Up Bowl Makes Popcorn Fun! With its big-screen TV, comfy seating and hundreds of movies on demand, your home is the best theater in town. And now you've got Orville Redenb...

March 24, 2011 Woo-Hoo! A Water Bottle That's Easy to Clean It's an age-old story. Girl meets water bottle. Girl loses water bottle and thinks she'll never find another. Then girl discovers ALEX, and they l...

February 23, 2011 These Two are Made for Each Other You and your morning coffee (cream, two sugars) are inseparable. Too bad you can't say the same thing about the stirring spoon dripping forlornl...

February 14, 2011 Last-Minute Ways to Say "I Love You" The best chocolates are gone, the perkiest flowers picked over—but don't worry. You've still got time to pick up a Valentine's Day treat. Woo your lov...

December 30, 2010 Pop the Bubbly in One Clean Sweep You'll never forget the New Year's Eve when you tried to open your bottle of champagne with a saber. While everyone else was counting down to midn...

December 16, 2010 Make Your Beverages Rock Sipping on a drink that's all watered down is a drag. Your guests deserve better this entertaining season. Fill their glasses with something tha...

November 22, 2010 Mashed, Baked, Boiled or Fried, Potato Perfection Has Arrived In September, a New Jersey grandmother found a potato that looks remarkably like Jay Leno. Cool, but could you really eat ...

November 18, 2010 Write On, Wipe Off with the Chalk Board Mug That cup of steaming hot chocolate waiting for you after a day in the snow? Totally enticing. Except you're not so sure it...

November 01, 2010 Take a Photo, Find a Wine Camera phones have gotten so advanced. They offer more megapixels, top-end optics and high-def video. Now they can even he...

October 27, 2010 Take a Peek at the Coolest-Looking Coffee Machine Around! Your kitchen...the final frontier. The mission: To boldly go where no coffeemaker has gone before. It's been a long journe...

October 20, 2010 Ghoulish Hot Cocoas for Halloween Your best friend sure knows how to throw a Halloween party. No one will ever forget last year's über-realistic bash. The ...

September 23, 2010 The Perfect Brew for You As the saying goes, the only things certain in life are death and taxes. Thanks to the folks at Cuisinart, there's now anot...

August 26, 2010 The Hippest New Way to Drink Water First it was plastic bottles. Then it was reusable stainless steel water bottles. This summer, it's all about the cardboard...

July 08, 2010 Get These Fruits Before They're Gone Fruit, glorious fruit. In summer, you've got a wide range of familiar choices, from juicy red watermelon to fresh-picked be...

June 28, 2010 Hot Ice Cubes for Cool Drinks In summer, ice is one of the most important parts of a drink. Now it can be one of the most talked-about parts, too. And i...

May 24, 2010 These Baseball Truffles Score Big!   Winning isn't everything. But sometimes it's nice to hit one out of the ballpark. ...

May 19, 2010 Be the First to Know About Quirky New Kitchen Products   You're so in-the-know, you have the line on the latest kitchen products before they're even manufactured. Your...

May 17, 2010 Where's Your Milk From?   Ask a group of five-year-olds where milk comes from, and they'll probably yell out "cows" without any hesitati...

April 21, 2010 Turning Wine Corks Into Shoes? It's True!   If you had a cork for every bottle of wine you've drank, you'd be able to help make a ton of shoes. ...

April 08, 2010 A Chocolaty Spread You'll Go Nuts For   Lately, you've been feeling a little bit nutty. Could be the effect of daylight sa...

February 08, 2010 A Double Dose of Yum   You thought the news that dark chocolate and wine are actually good for you was a fantastic reason to celebrat...

February 01, 2010 Say It with Sweethearts   Feeling tongue-tied around your sweetie? There's no need to search for the right words to express how you feel...

January 06, 2010 Chocolate-Covered Bubbles   You don't like anyone bursting your bubble. You save that privilege for yourself—e...

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