This is probably my favorite summer dessert – one I’ve made year in and year out. Usually I make it with a mixture of berries but this year the peaches have been so delicious I couldn’t resist buying a quart of them last Sunday at the farmer’s market.
For me, cobber offers the benefits of pie [...]

I was tempted to pull a JaneT and do a Quiz style post featuring items from Fitzsu, including the too cute Ship Shape Butter Dish (above, $28).  The purple smoke is actually the handle on a small stainless steel spatula. The Fitzsu philosophy is to improve the mundane by offering well designed accessories intended to [...]

Televisions and decor don’t always seem to mix.  Keep the TV out in the open, set it inside an entertainment unit or hide the darn thing altogether?  With the latest technology providing us with sleek and ultra thin sets, designers and homeowners are getting creative in how to decorate around and in front of them.
Many [...]

Houses built with windows tucked just under the roof line offer uninterrupted walls that lend themselves wonderfully to definition by a change in the surface. That feature is often found in mid-century style homes in the western U.S.
This contemporary bath, in just such a house, boasts a panel of natural wood veneer as the backdrop [...]

It would be hard to argue against black and white checkerboard as anything other than a classic design motif in a kitchen — whether it’s used on the floor or played out in a tile backsplash. Yet the way it is applied certainly can change the overall impact.
Here is a clear “then and now” example:  [...]

If you love pasta with tomato sauce, here’s a potato salad in the same spirit. It’s based on the racy puttanesca or “harlot’s style” sauce  said to be specialty of Ischia, an island off the coast of Naples. There are, of course, many versions of puttanesca but garlic, tomatoes, capers and black olives (Gaeta is [...]