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One of the hardest parts of adulthood is asking the question "What's for dinner?" every single night, and having to answer it yourself. Ideally, a weeknight dinner should come together in less than a half-hour, be equal parts healthy and hearty, and require very minimal dishwashing after the fact. This garlic mushroom chicken thigh recipe from Cafe Delites checks off all three boxes, so I can confidently say that I do know what is for dinner tonight.

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If you've read just one story about cheap and easy ways to update a kitchen, chances are you've heard the advice to switch out your cabinet hardware. While such a little thing really can make a big difference, it's not always that inexpensive. If the knobs you pick are $11 each (and, really, they can be much more expensive), and you have 20 cabinet doors, you're spending $220.

To help you keep costs down (and still get new hardware that you really love), I've rounded up 10 super-stylish knobs and pulls — all of them are $8 or less. You can use the savings on some cute new dish towels to add even more pizzazz to the room.

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It is becoming increasingly clear the planet is trying to tell us it is sick of our crap and it is done playing. The latest example? A firenado sucking a team of firefighters’ hose into the sky.

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The process of buying a new gadget is full of traps and pitfalls. How much should I spend? Which model is better? Do I really need that much storage? And then, just when you think you’ve got everything figured out, the real boss battle raises it head: What color do I get?

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Need some lunch inspiration? Some fresh ways to pack a healthy, satisfying lunch? We have 10 beautiful ideas for you today, and (shhh!) they're all vegan.

Whether you eat vegan or vegetarian, or just want to try it for a Meatless Monday, these lunches show how vibrant and delicious a plant-based diet can be. These creative lunches are overflowing with protein-packed mains, fruit and veggie sides, and a few store-bought surprises to keep it all feeling fun. These colorful lunches won't let you down.

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Fighting king, young and free, only 93.

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I've spent a lot of time thinking about my kitchen sink over the last year. This under-appreciated spot is a reliable workhorse, facing scalding hot water, knives, tossed-in pots and pans, dirty plates, and my kids' toy-washing experiments without complaint. And in the last year I've really started to baby my sink — first after learning about how filthy it gets, and then after trying out the life-changing ritual of the nightly sink clean espoused by pros like the Fly Lady and Becky Rapunchick.

But one of the best things I've done for my sink has nothing to do with a new cleaning ritual and everything to do with an $8 gadget.

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Here's a scenario you're probably familiar with if you've ever been to IKEA: You topple out of the store, exhausted and vaguely elated, stocked up on affordable furniture. You have a day of assembly ahead of you, complete with minimalist illustrated instructions and the inevitable moment where you nearly burst into tears because how can this seemingly straightforward table be so difficult to assemble?

Soon your home will be full, your muscles will be sore, and you'll be in dire need of a treat. Take my advice: Before you leave Ikea, scour the grocery section for a Daim cake. Buy it, store it in the freezer, and transform it into the world's best morning-after-IKEA breakfast.

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It’s often said that My Neighbor Totoro takes place during the last half of the 1950s. But when exactly? The movie’s story might seem contained over a few months, so it should be easy to pin down when. But that’s where things get strange.

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The kitchen is the de facto command center in most homes. This is where families gather for breakfast and dinner — and homework and work work, too — every day, and it's the spot to catch your kids or your spouse if there's something you need to communicate about your day. So no wonder companies and bloggers make a big deal about putting a command center in the kitchen. It sounds so good: a designated spot, bulletin board and all, for controlling your household.

The quintessential command center, IMHO, starts with Pottery Barn's Daily System, a selection of wall-mounted organization accessories including whiteboard calendars, bulletin boards, file holders, and the like. The premise is, you kit out your designated nook with all these things, and your kitchen is outfitted, office-level, with everything you need to manage your days.

And yet, I won't be putting one of these in my kitchen. Here are my reasons — do you agree?

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Last Friday at 3 pm, when we had dinner plans at 6, I decided it had been too long since I’d gotten myself into a right mess of a baking project and decided to make my husband a cheesecake for his birthday — which we were already 14 hours into. I’d been dawdling because despite having 11 cheesecake recipes on this site, I find cooking things I’ve already made before boring, and was working up the courage to tackle a harebrained idea for a cheesecake that had thin stacked layers.

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I live in a one-bedroom "garden" apartment, which means that I get to have my own front door, porch, and small strip of flower bed. The only downside? The flower bed is under the porch roof, which means it's constantly damp and shady, and also an ideal mosquito habitat.

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Buying a home—especially for the first time—can be an overwhelming and confusing ordeal, and your real estate agent is your guide through that complicated process. So it's only natural that you look to them for guidance and trust their advice and expertise on matters big and small.

But keep in mind that agents are looking to make a sale and often have a quota to meet, so there can be times when they're not 100 percent on the level in regard to every detail. They may omit a bit of info here or sugarcoat something there just to help everything go more smoothly. Mostly, this is harmless.

There are also some things that real estate agents legally can't tell you because of the Fair Housing Act. Agents aren't allowed to tell clients anything that may potentially be construed as discrimination against protected classes (such as age, race, or income-level). For example, they can't say whether the schools are good, whether or not the community is "family-friendly," what the ethnic or racial makeup of the community is, or whether or not an area is "safe."

We decided to consult with three real estate professionals to discover some common things that you real estate agent might be keeping from you. Here is what they had to say:

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I enjoy a good puzzle (not the jigsaw kind) which is probably why I love games like The Legend of Zelda or The Room series on iOS. But as clever as I (mistakingly) believe I am, I don’t think I’d have any chance of discovering every last hidden panel, drawer, switch, and secret mechanism on this beautiful but…

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Even if you know all about sorting lights and darks, how to wash and dry different fabric types, and you remember to use the mysterious but very useful permanent press setting, there's still an easily overlooked laundry mistake that could ruin your clothes and, in rare instances, your washer.

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Julia Child knows how to kick off an iconic television career. While the first episode of most shows — especially classic shows — highlights its imperfections, the first episode of The French Chef is 30 minutes of soothing perfection.

From the first notes of her jaunty opening song, I'm completely spellbound. She looks into the camera and says "Hello, I'm Julia Child!" and it's funny to imagine a time where her voice didn't spark instant recognition.

Welcome to the very beginning of The French Chef. Your future cooking legend is here, and she brought beef.

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This delightful IKEA hack involves literally hacking up affordable rugs in pleasing colors and combining them to create a gallery-worthy wall hanging, but don't worry—bringing the pieces back together again will not require any sewing.

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If you ask us, the best water glass also doubles as a wine glass (and maybe even as a cup for espresso) which explains why we love these French Duralex glasses so darn much.

Most people know them as the "original French tumbler," but The Independent went so far as calling them "the ultimate drinking vessel created by man." No matter how you put it, one thing's for sure: People are obsessed with these things.

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The long-awaited Gilmore Girls revival came out on Netflix almost two years ago, but from the minute that national binge-watched happened over Thanksgiving weekend, rumors have been flying about getting even more time with our favorite Connecticut brunettes.

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The search for nice doormats is long and hard (picky, first time homeowner here) but I love them because they make me happy when I come home every day. It's easy to customize a basic doormat, so let your home's personality shine with a little DIY.

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Welcome to Kitchn's series A Week of Dinners, where we show you how our favorite cooks put dinner on the table.

Alison Roman is the creator of a chocolate chip cookie that sent Instagram into wild fervor last fall — a recipe with enough panache to show off, but so easy it gives Tollhouse cut-and-bakes some competition. "They're really, really good and they're simple. They're not crazy. There's nothing polarizing about them," Roman says about their virality.

The truth is that the cookies were not a happy accident. Roman has been a professional cook for 13 years now, and the thought and attention she puts into her work is substantial. "I want to help people feel empowered in the kitchen," she explains. "It brings me a lot of joy."

As a former Senior Food Editor at Bon Appétit (turned contributor) and new columnist for the New York Times, Roman is a force in the food world. She came out with her first cookbook, Dining In, last fall, and her second one is well under way. Somewhere between working on all of her various side projects and checking Instagram messages, she manages to make dinner for herself and her friends — usually unplanned, and sometimes involving popcorn and nutritional yeast.

I got to visit Roman in her new Brooklyn apartment, where we talked meal planning (or her lack thereof), the pantry ingredients she always has on hand for easy dinners, and the things she makes consistently for dinner (you guys, her steak salad recipe is so damn good).

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Given their current popularity, you might assume that probiotics—capsules containing a mix of “good” bacteria that are said to rebalance our gut’s bacterial content—would be perfectly harmless. But a team of gastroenterologists from Augusta University in Georgia is challenging that assumption. Their recent study is…

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It’s only the first day of summer and I’m already weeks deep into our unofficial dish of it, linguine alle vongole, preferably hastily prepared about 10 to 15 minutes before we dive in, eaten outside with a current favorite rosé, caprese salad and a massive bowl of kale caesar (from SKED). It’s infinitely summery. It’s pasta, but I don’t feel like I need a nap after I eat it. And hey, there’s even a t-shirt to go with it (hat tip).

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A ciambellone is a simple, sunny Italian tea cake with lemon zest and a rich crumb typically baked in a tube pan, which gives it a torus shape, i.e. the appearance of a doughnut, which is, in fact, what Google Translate tells me is the translation of ciambellone. As I can never resist the siren call of either an everyday cake or a doughnut, I am unequivocally here for this.

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Archaeologists have uncovered the earliest evidence of bread-making at a site in northeastern Jordan. Dating back some 14,400 years, the discovery shows that ancient hunter-gatherers were making and eating bread 4,000 years before the Neolithic era and the introduction of agriculture. So much for the “Paleo Diet”…

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Earther The EPA Barred Flint’s Representatives From Attending Its Toxic Water Summit [Updated] | The A.V. Club With one episode left, The Americans prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice | The Takeout What if Subway threw a Twitter poll and nobody responded? |

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