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Keeping the Castle - Housekeeping & Homemaking Tips

Archive for June 2006

June 22nd, 2006

The Best of Online Cooking Sites

Your information is only as good as your source.
Say you’re on the hunt for a particular recipe. You log-on, Google the recipe and click on the first link you find. You print out the recipe, and try to follow it. In the end, you’re as confused as when you began.
The Portsmouth Herald rated cooking sites […]

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June 21st, 2006

Avoiding the Sneezes While Gardening

It’s difficult to enjoy a flower garden if one is prone to sneezing and sniffling upon exposure to pollen. However, there might be a way to lessen if not do away with these symptoms altogether while working on your own garden.
The Green Guide has some tips for the allergy-prone gardener. The key is to choose […]

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June 20th, 2006

Britney Spears as Housekeeper

It apparently doesn’t matter that Britney Spears is mega-rich, or that her name and face are recognized the world over. She still cleans the toilet, as she told NBC’s Matt Lauer in a recent interview.

She revealed: “I like to cook, try to cook, and I like to clean. I’m obsessive like that.
“If I watch TV, […]

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June 19th, 2006

Recipes for World Cup Watchers

Smoked Chunky Chilli, Inside Out Hot Dogs, Chocolate Brownie with Cherry Beer Sauce. What do they all have in common? Besides being ideal food for watching the World Cup, they all have beer as an ingredient! 55connect has the recipes for these three goodies.
Here’s the one for the chocolate brownie. Nothing like good grub to […]

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June 16th, 2006

How We Spend Our Days

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” (Annie Dillard)

I came across this quote today. It made me reflect on how I spend my days. There’s a lot of housekeeping involved in my daily life, to be sure. But in the end, I don’t want it to be said of […]

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June 14th, 2006

The Live-in Kitchen

The living room, family room, dining room, even the bedroom have all moved into the kitchen, according to the results of a survey by Electrolux. Electrolux introduced the concept of the “Live-In Room” at the 2006 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show. This is the show where TurboChef’s Speedcook Oven made its debut.

In that survey, nine […]

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June 13th, 2006

TurboChef’s Speedcook Oven

Just tonight, I baked an apple pie. It took 40 minutes in my oven. Now, if I had a TurboChef Speedcook Oven, it would have been done in an unbelievable 12 minutes.
That’s right. The Speedy Gonzales of home ovens has arrived. The sleek-looking Speedcook Oven was a hit during its unveiling at the 2006 Kitchen […]

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June 12th, 2006

Keeping the Laundry Room Allergen-Free

When you think about it, there are a lot of allergens that may be present in the laundry area. Dust mites from sheets, dyes and perfumes from detergents. For the truly sensitive, the laundry area may not the cleanest place in the house. But it’s a place that must be visited once in a while, […]

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