I love pauses.
I didn’t always.
Okay, maybe I should explain.
I used to be afraid of the pauses between sentences, in conversations between two people.
Specifically, between boys I was just getting to know and kind of liked, and people I really wanted to like me.
I used to fill those natural spaces in conversation like one would grout a tub — filling every crack, making sure not a single inch of space remained. Continue reading
Today we’re wrapping up with our final 5 on our list of Top 15 Things Every Small Kitchen Must Have.
*sniff*
Okay, I’m done…
You’ve waited long enough, so let’s get right to ’em!
10. Your most-used items all within arms’ reach. This includes your spices, oils, and go-to utensils that you find yourself using all the time. ‘Cause, let’s face it, you don’t want to be digging through a cluttered drawer in the middle of flipping pancakes.
11. A cook that cleans and “puts away” as they go. Almost as huge as Tyler Florence‘s clean counter space concept (see Part II). When Niko and I were real little, my mom would put on an Ernie and Bert album so we could “pick it up and put it away, put it away, put it away”. Continue reading
Uh huh, you guessed it!
Today we’re continuing to count down — or in this case, up — to my top 15 things every small kitchen cook must have to have fun and make magic in the beautiful, bitty kitchens they’ve got.
Maestro, drum-roll please!
Our next five!
6. Fresh herbs. ‘Cause, simply put, you can’t beat ’em. And you don’t need a garden, much space, or even a green thumb. I have a thirty-five square-foot apartment balcony, a thumb that’s light green at best, and it’s a jungle (and my haven) out there. Make one on yours.
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