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Piet is known for using salvaged material to create gorgeous furniture that you might’ve seen in galleries and hotels around the world. This collection features that same feel but expanded into a wide variety of categories including vases, dish towels, and of course plenty of furniture. To make this collection happen, Ikea and Piet developed new ways to work with wood, glass, textiles, and ceramic to mass produce unique products efficiently and consistently....

What Are Ramps? Like onions, garlic, scallions, and leeks, ramps—aka allium tricoccum—are part of the allium family (but we promise they won’t make you cry like a big ol’ onion). They’re a wild plant that peaks in springtime and typically grows on the East Coast along the Appalachian Mountain range. As soon as the warm weather hits, ramps quickly deteriorate, so make use of them while they’re at their best. Look for ramps at local farmers markets or Whole Foods in order to get the freshest bunch....

Poke has long been a popular favorite in Hawaii, but in the past year, restaurants and food trucks dedicated to the dish have begun popping up all across the mainland, too. “Sushi made people comfortable with eating high-quality raw fish,” explains Drew Crane, owner of Wisefish Poké, a New York City-based seafood shop. “And healthy bowls are so big right now. It just made sense for the trend to catch....

“We need to start thinking of the scalp the same way we think of the skin on our faces,” says Paul Cucinello, hairstylist and CEO of Cucinello Beauty. “Touching your hair and scalp with unwashed hands is a no-no.” Though the risk of spreading COVID-19 through your hair is relatively low, Hadley King, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in New York City, says you can still spread other bacteria from your hands to your scalp, causing irritation and wreaking havoc on your ‘do....

Yellow cornmeal, on the other hand, is finely ground corn that usually uses the entire kernel. It adds flavor, texture, and body to a dish. Whereas some recipes will only call for one or two tablespoons of cornstarch, others will call for multiple cups of cornmeal.

Where to Buy Pistachio Milk Pistachio milk isn’t widely available on grocery store shelves yet, and there’s a good reason for that: It’s expensive. “The pistachio cultivation process is lengthy because the trees require a specific climate, and they take a long time to grow, which makes pistachio milk more expensive for the consumer,” explains Kylene Bogden, MS, RD, a wellness advisor for Love Wellness. Táche is the first 100 percent pistachio milk—meaning it hasn’t been blended with other nuts—that you’ll find in the U....

It’s more than just getting rid of too-thin glass or a cracked frame; new windows and doors can change the way light, sound, and fresh air move in and out of a home, completely reshaping the feel and smell of the place and how people move through it. The best kinds of windows and doors—such as those from Marvin, which takes a lifestyle-centered and design-first approach to producing windows and doors—serve as subtle design elements that affect the atmosphere of the home, helping it to feel spa-like, more organic, or whatever other feeling you’re hoping to create....

There are many forms of meditation, and everyone has their favorites—the key is figuring out what works for you. For instance, during periods of intense stress, I’ve found that it helps if I take even five minutes to sit in silence. And that’s it. I don’t try to force myself to set intentions, focus on my breathing, or repeat a mantra. It’s just silence. Of course, this is nothing new—various religious orders around the world have incorporated silence into practices for centuries—so it caught my eye recently when I saw it packaged as “intermittent silence....

Wipes Create Too Much Waste “The biggest environmental problem with makeup remover wipes is the sheer volume,” says Diana Felton, MD, state toxicologist with the Hawaii Department of Health. “One group estimates that 20 million pounds of single-use wipes (including baby wipes and disinfecting wipes) are disposed of every day in the U.S. Many wipes are disposed of in landfills, and despite claims to the contrary, most are not biodegradable and do not rapidly break down, creating too much trash to fit in our landfills....

Do cleaning products expire? In short: yes, cleaning products can expire. “Like many products purchased at the grocery store, cleaning products can degrade over time,” says Brian Sansoni, senior vice president of communications, outreach & membership at the American Cleaning Institute (ACI). “Even if they contain preservatives, that doesn’t mean they last forever. As they begin to break down, it might affect how well the enzymes work or change the pH, resulting in a less effective product,” Sansoni explains....

Understand It: “You are the nonprocrastinator,” says Timothy Pychyl, PhD. “You don’t have to be motivated by total chaos or work yourself up to a major clean. You just do it.” Yet be sure you’re multi-tasking for the right reasons, warns Susan Bartell, PsyD: “Some people are afraid they’ll be judged if they relax, so they try to prove they’re not wasting any time by always squeezing in some kind of cleaning....

Looking at cortisol (aka the body’s main stress hormone), a 2010 study focusing on dual-income married couples in the L.A. area with at least one school-aged child found that women who thought their homes were cluttered had increased levels of cortisol throughout the day. In comparison, most of the men in the study both did not perceive their homes as cluttered in the first place, and their cortisol levels tended to drop over the course of the day....

“In the lowest layer of our skin, we all have melanin-producing cells called melanocytes,” explains Caroline Robinson, MD, a board-certified dermatologist and CEO of Tone Dermatology in Chicago. “The melanin is carried around the skin in structures called melanosomes and is transferred to our skin cells (keratinocytes). The type of melanin and the size and distribution of melanosomes determines skin color.” She notes that excess pigment production—hyperpigmentation of any kind, whether it’s dark spots, redness, or anything else—occurs any time inflammation occurs on the skin....

We solicited our pros to tell us how organized people stay organized. By investing just a little time—and no or very little cash—you can make a difference in your home and, in turn, your mindset and well-being. Read on for our that-makes-so-much-sense, why-didn’t-I-think-of-that tips and tricks.

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Oh, food trends. What’s not to love (and hate)? To celebrate 15 years of Yelp, the restaurant review site’s data science team looked into top food and diet trends from the past 15 years. To compile their results, Yelp pulled trends from all reviews—close to 200 million!—from the year for which each phrase or group of related phrases peaked, in terms of frequency of mention in reviews of businesses in food and restaurant categories....

On the first day of Christmas, a fun idea came to me – a 12 days of Christmas party! For some reason I’ve had the 12 days of Christmas song stuck in my head all year long, so I decided to create my own version of the song and use it for a Christmas party theme. I started it out by sending the invite above that I designed and had printed on Shindigz....

As cold weather becomes a thing of the past over the next few weeks, there is a distinct thrill in the air about wearing something other than your favorite jeans. What better way to switch up your style than with a brightly colored dress? After all, just like jeans, dresses can transition from day to night with the right shoes and accessories, and they’re also great to wear when you want to feel stylish during days filled with outdoor fun....

It seems like all year long I’m looking for simple ways to say thank you to someone for something. Thanks for watching my kids while I went to a doctor’s appointment. Thanks for coming up with awesome Christmas party ideas. Thanks for being an awesome teacher (use these teacher appreciation free printable tags for that one) – you get it. And I love being able to say thank you to someone....