A special feel to Coral Gables
William Jennings Bryan, the golden orator who once ran for president, hawked real estate lots here in the 1920s at this city's famous Venetian Pool, a onetime rock quarry turned...
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Make unsold home stand out
Your home has been up for sale for longer than you'd like. You and your agent are sure the price is right for the market. You've done all the basic...
A simple lifestyle takes some effort
If only living simply was a simple process. Then we wouldn't need the burgeoning genre of books devoted to a simple lifestyle. Two worth adding to your shelf are Sarah...
Small home? Use these strategies to make the most of your space
Lately there has been a lot of media coverage about how Americans are discovering the virtues of voluntarily downsizing some aspects of their lives. Some have figured out that with...
Sniping sounds familiar
"This campaign is not about spouses," Hillary Clinton said at one point this turbulent week. To which the attentive viewer of the presidential campaign -- the campaign that has been...
Hard to resist
In the midst of a Midwestern winter, long after the last farmers market has closed for the season, winter squash brings big comfort to the supermarket produce section. These squashes...
Taking advantage of bay leaves’ assertiveness
The dried bay leaves in your cabinet come from a frost-tender Mediterranean shrub with glossy, dark green foliage: bay laurel (Laurus nobilis). Shaped like the head of a spear, a...
Putting bay leaf’s intensity to best use
The dried bay leaves in your cabinet come from a frost-tender Mediterranean shrub with glossy, dark green foliage: bay laurel (Laurus nobilis). Shaped like the head of a spear, a...
Tiny steps toward big changes
If someone were to suggest that "good news" for this new year might be found at the opening just before Christmas of the border between Slubice in Poland and Frankfurt...
A banana bonanza
When the supermarket is lacking in fruit inspiration, I turn to the humble banana, whose presence in markets year-round offers endless, delicious possibilities. Cooking bananas intensifies their flavor and renders...