Kristin van Ogtrop's Blog, page 307
September 26, 2011
We Have a Winner!
Hi, Bookies: After a nail-biter of a contest, The Imperfectionists won the poll—by just 17 votes. Real Simple Associate Editor Julia Edelstein is our October leader, and she'll check in a little later this [...]







Published on September 26, 2011 07:15
5 Entertaining Dishes I Can't Live Without
When I entertain I find myself going back to the same five dishes over and over. Here are my five favorite serving dishes that I keep in my hostessing arsenal! 1. A Big White [...]







Published on September 26, 2011 06:00
Bake Sale Recipes for a Good Cause
Looking for some bake sale inspiration or just feeling nostalgic for sweet treats from your childhood? Gretchen Holt-Witt's Cookies for Kids' Cancer: Best Bake Sale Cookbook is here, just in time for all those [...]







Published on September 26, 2011 06:00
September 23, 2011
Friday Link Round Up
Food 52: Readers' Best Pear Recipes Apartment Therapy: 7 Ways to Update the IKEA Rast Dresser Health.com: 11 Foods for Healthy Bones Stylist Home: New Ways to Decorate with Candles The Body Odd: Why Laugh Tracks [...]







Published on September 23, 2011 15:00
Are These Shoes Genius or a Complete Horror Show?
One of the things that is both most amazing and most maddening about Middle is that when he fixates on something, he never lets go. He is like a pit bull, or at least [...]







Published on September 23, 2011 14:22
Day 5: The Perfect Fall Pasta Dish
Today's recipe, Tortellini with Butternut Squash, Mushrooms, and Fontina, was prepared by Kristin Appenbrink, RealSimple.com's associate editor. Like Elinor (and many of our other contributors this month), this is my second go-round on the [...]







Published on September 23, 2011 12:55
Willow the Cat is the Talk of the Town
Yes it's true, everyone's been buzzing and now purring about this calico cat and her cross-country journey of some 1,800 miles from Colorado to New York. She's not the first creature beckoned by the [...]







Published on September 23, 2011 12:05
Beard on Food
I've been trying to make a point to look through my old cookbooks lately. These days it's so easy to find inspiration on the internet (or end up down a falafel rabbit hole) but there's something unique and [...]







Published on September 23, 2011 11:12
Unbroken: Part IV
Hi, Bookies: Thank you again for all of your comments and for sharing so many links. It's amazing that so many of you have had the privilege of hearing Louie speak in person. Section [...]







Published on September 23, 2011 09:57
September 22, 2011
Four Quick Cleaning Tips
Cleaning doesn't have to take all day. Use these four tips to keep your home in tip top shape while you're doing other daily activities: Use a dryer sheet to grab cobwebs in the [...]







Published on September 22, 2011 14:13