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Crafts & DIY Projects

DIY Self-Care: Make-It-Better Box

If you’re dealing with all the bullies that life throws at us, including a hurricane named Sandy, here’s a project that might help.

Kate October 30, 2012 30 Comments
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Get Baked With A Tiny (Trick Or) Treat

A small thing you can make for your Halloweening experience. Let them eat teeny tiny cake!

Vanessa October 24, 2012 25 Comments
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One Sweater, Many Crafts: Easy Winter DIY from Recycled Sweaters

Repurposing an old sweater into a hat, a pair of mittens and a pair of fake boot socks is so easy and quick that I made myself a cup of tea before starting the entire project and it was still warm by the time I was done.

Hansen October 23, 2012 21 Comments
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Get Baked: The Other Kind of Tortilla

Tortilla española is both easier and more delicious than frittatas, omelettes and quiches combined.

Laura October 22, 2012 19 Comments
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No Man’s Land Episode 7: Reupholstering With Design Sponge

Carolyn’s Team Pick: Grace Bonney is on No Man’s Land!

Ryan Yates October 17, 2012 10 Comments
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Snow-Covered Canadian Prairie Queers: A Survival Guide

“There’s not much media representation of the freezing lesbians in the snowy Northern prairies’ demographic.”

Malaika October 17, 2012 69 Comments
House & Garden

The How To Issue: Because You Know How To Do Things

Rachel’s Team Pick: Because we all know how to do a lot of important things.

Rachel October 16, 2012 9 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Congee

The magic of congee though is that congee is whatever you dream for it to be.

Shannon October 15, 2012 25 Comments
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Get Baked: Cinderella Pumpkin Stew

Remember to finish eating before the clock strikes midnight, or else you’ll go back to being pumpkin stew-less [cue scary music].

Malaika October 13, 2012 27 Comments
Food and Drink

Top Six Queer Cooking Blogs

You loved pictures of them cooking. Now let’s talk about WHAT they are cooking!

Gabrielle Korn October 10, 2012 23 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Eggplant Tomato Barley Salad

I had this for lunch every day last week and it did not stop being delicious.

Ryan Yates October 9, 2012 5 Comments
Food and Drink

Three Cheers for Pumpkin Beers (With List of Those Most Beloved by Queers!)

Liquid pumpkin pie is probably my favourite flavour when it comes to beer.

Kristen October 8, 2012 37 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Carrot Ginger Soup

Words cannot describe how easy this soup is, because it actually takes more effort to describe than to make.

Ryan Yates October 5, 2012 18 Comments
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A Custom Fit: Container Gardening

Take everything you know — or don’t know — about gardening and put it in a bunch of neat containers all over the place!

Laura October 4, 2012 30 Comments
Crafts & DIY Projects

Sew Yourself a Cosy Neck-Nest This Fall

And thus we begin our journey to making scarves with minimal effort or knowledge of sewing skills.

Hansen October 1, 2012 27 Comments
Food and Drink

Do Butches Drink Busch? Answers To Your Burning Beer Demographic Questions

Ali’s Team Pick: Democrats who vote like Sierra Nevada and Microbrews, and apparently my love of Blue Moon makes me a Republican.

A.E. Osworth September 28, 2012 81 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Whiskey Brown Butter Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you thought whiskey kitten was something special, just wait until you try whiskey cookies.

Shannon September 27, 2012 68 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Ginger Scallion Noodles

Making your ramen suck less one day at a time.

Rachel September 24, 2012 23 Comments
Crafts & DIY Projects

Ties That Bind: Craft A Bow Tie With Your Own Two Hands

Nothing says “dashing” quite like a homemade bow tie.

Laura September 21, 2012 17 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Canning Tomatoes, Duh

Time to develop your canning skills because it looks like summer is officially over.

Kristen September 21, 2012 14 Comments
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