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Thanksgiving side dishes for big or small groups: Mac and cheese, roasted squash and corn pudding
These dishes – so varied in flavor and style – have a couple of things common. They are straightforward and easy to prepare, and they are adaptable to your favorite flavors, too.
What We’re Loving: A chic corner cabinet from D Ray Decor
This cerulean blue cabinet is perfect for a corner spot that needs brightening up—especially with its painted white interior.
ON THE MARKET: Outside living space that balances formal, informal
The house—which is on the market for $749,900, listed by Matt McLaughlin at F.C. Tucker Company-Meridian North—features incredible formal gardens and paths with a large koi pond and waterfall.
Nothing lasts forever: A schedule for replacing household items
Knowing when the following items need to be replaced can help you keep your house in working order and eliminate germs in your kitchen, bathroom and elsewhere.
Recipes: The Thanksgiving sheet-pan plan
Since we’re already cooking so often, a sheet-pan dinner can streamline the traditional, laborious, multicourse meal without sacrificing any of its comforting flavors.
Design: Hunting for a collection for your home
Many collect because they identify with a particular form of expression, color or information that an artist is trying to communicate.
Buying alcohol online is becoming our new normal, and these home delivery apps are cashing in
These services launched several years ago as a way to keep the party going when you ran out of chardonnay. They’ve now expanded nationwide, boosted by demand during the pandemic.
On the Market: A craftsman-style home in Zionsville
Wood is the star in this $945,000, four-bedroom home on a 2-1/2 acre lot in Zionsville. The wooden beams, the paneling, the kitchen cabinets, the floors and the bar in the basement.
What we’re loving: The Parker side table at RG Decor
Small side tables are especially fun if they make a bit of a statement on their own. And so is the case with this solid iron end table made by Classic Home and sold for $239.
Gardening: Like magic—multiply your trees, shrubs by using cuttings
Not every woody plant will magically take root and start to grow from hardwood cuttings. Expect close to a 100% “take” with plants such as grape, currant, gooseberry, privet, spiraea, and honeysuckle. But don’t even bother trying this method to make new apple, maple or oak trees.
RECIPE: Turn cod into a swoon-worthy sheet-pan meal with herby, spicy bread crumbs
Here, crispy, herb-and-garlic-seasoned breadcrumb topping typically used for baked clams graduates from appetizer to main course as the highlight of a quick sheet pan dinner.
TRAVELING: A guide to traveling safely for the holidays
While travel numbers are slowly recovering from coronavirus lows—Transportation Security Administration records show that the number of people flying is climbing daily, although the rate is still below half of what it was in 2019—many Americans remain unsure about their holiday travel plans.
PETS: Drinking and urinating excessively may signal diabetes
Many diabetic cats also eat more, although some lose weight and muscle mass. Eventually, they lose energy, and some walk low on their hind legs because of diabetes-induced nerve damage.
The Art of Design: Be bamboozled
To this day, posh places from Beverly Hills to Palm Beach seem to enjoy the relaxed sense of luxury that crafted furnishings of bamboo, rattan and caning bring.
On the market: A downtown penthouse with views that don’t stop
The condo at 429 N. Pennsylvania St. is listed by Derek Gutting with Keller Williams Indianapolis Metro North for $1.695 million.
What we’re loving: Botanical prints from FiveThirty Home
These vintage-style prints with their rustic frames would fit right into today’s popular farmhouse decor. But they’d look just as good in a more traditional home, especially in a small powder room, entryway or laundry space.
Shopping: Give the gift of citrus this holiday season for pop of cheer
Dayna Isom Johnson, the trend expert at Etsy.com, sees a turn toward “cheerful citrus” this holiday season. “It’s an escape from traditional themes for the holidays,” she said. “It’s really allowing you to add a pop of sunshine.”
COVID-19 and child care: What the latest research says
Questions remain about how the coronavirus affects children, how safe the programs are for children and their families, and which procedures work best to mitigate the spread of the virus and its disease, COVID-19.
Recipe: A star chef’s recipe makes the classic pigs in a blanket even better
Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, the erstwhile star of Chopped and the new Supermarket Stakeout, is a notable French-trained cook who helms Butter Midtown in New York. She has also long recognized the power of pigs in blankets—especially dunked in mustard.