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October 7, 2026 ● Kelsey Miller

What Small, Inexpensive Things Make Your Life Better?

Do you have a random hero object at home? Sometimes the small, un-sexy purchases — a kitchen timer, dimmer switches — that make the biggest difference. Here are our seven answers, and we’d love to hear yours...

Here are our seven answers — and please share yours!

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October 7, 2026 ● Casey Elsass

The $25 Dinner: Crispy Chicken Cutlets With Arugula Salad

The $25 Dinner is a monthly series where I’ll make hearty, satisfying dinners that serve four (or two with very good leftovers) for $25 or less...

Maybe a perfect cutlet is the secret to world peace?

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October 6, 2026 ● Joanna Goddard

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Last month, I was lucky enough to go on a work trip to Paris (definite pinch-me moment!), and here are 10 fun things I noticed around the city...

Chubby babies, studded flats, and a very thin apple pie.

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What Small, Inexpensive Things Make Your Life Better?

Do you have a random hero object at home? Sometimes the small, un-sexy purchases — a kitchen timer, dimmer switches — that make the biggest difference. Here are our seven answers, and we’d love to hear yours...

Here are our seven answers — and please share yours!

6 COMMENTS

Food

The $25 Dinner: Crispy Chicken Cutlets With Arugula Salad

The $25 Dinner is a monthly series where I’ll make hearty, satisfying dinners that serve four (or two with very good leftovers) for $25 or less...

Maybe a perfect cutlet is the secret to world peace?

43 COMMENTS

Style

10 Fun Things I Noticed in Paris

Last month, I was lucky enough to go on a work trip to Paris (definite pinch-me moment!), and here are 10 fun things I noticed around the city...

Chubby babies, studded flats, and a very thin apple pie.

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Do you have a random hero object at home? Sometimes the small, un-sexy purchases — a kitchen timer, dimmer switches — that make the biggest difference. Here are our seven answers, and we’d love to hear yours... Here are our seven answers — and please share yours!

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Last month, I was lucky enough to go on a work trip to Paris (definite pinch-me moment!), and here are 10 fun things I noticed around the city... Chubby babies, studded flats, and a very thin apple pie.

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Do you have a random hero object at home? Sometimes the small, un-sexy purchases — a kitchen timer, dimmer switches — that make the biggest difference. Here are our seven answers, and we’d love to hear yours...

Here are our seven answers — and please share yours!

The $25 Dinner is a monthly series where I’ll make hearty, satisfying dinners that serve four (or two with very good leftovers) for $25 or less...

Maybe a perfect cutlet is the secret to world peace?

Last month, I was lucky enough to go on a work trip to Paris (definite pinch-me moment!), and here are 10 fun things I noticed around the city...

Chubby babies, studded flats, and a very thin apple pie.