Posts for February 29th 2012

Sugar Shout Out

Sugar Shout Out: Hunger Games Ideas For All Your Wedding Activities

Hunger Games ideas for your wedding, bachelorette party, and bridal shower 11 geeky tees to rock this Spring Recipes to leap for this year Tips to save on early bird plane tickets Adorable dingo pups How the style pros rework their closet staples Video: Get Brooklyn Decker's bikini body with yoga Easy ways to keep mascara off your eyelids Get the most out of your maternity work wardrobe Tour a Bay Area artist's home and studio Watch the new Avengers trailer!

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COVERGIRL Blast Flipstick

COVERGIRL Blast Flipstick is the must-have accessory for Spring 2012.

COVERGIRL Blast Flipstick is the must-have accessory for Spring 2012. Watch this behind the scenes video at a recent fashion shoot to find out more.

recipes

29 Recipes to Leap For This Year

Happy Feb. 29! Since this date only comes around once every four years, might we propose a special moment for it?

Happy Feb. 29! Since this date only comes around once every four years, might we propose a special moment for it? Take a second to flip through some of our favorite recipes of all time, and take a stab at trying a few of them this year. 29 recipes to leap for right this minute, when you keep reading.

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Meet Your New Favorite Everyday Pasta

There are some commonplace Italian pasta recipes that are so simple yet stunning that I'll find myself on a streak of making them two, three, six times a month.

There are some commonplace Italian pasta recipes that are so simple yet stunning that I'll find myself on a streak of making them two, three, six times a month.
Spaghetti cacio e pepe falls under this category. So do pasta carbonara and spaghetti aglio e olio. But after years of making these dishes, I didn't think there were many more minimalist pasta combinations to discover.

Then I stumbled upon my latest obsession while out on a dinner date at the Campania-centric Italian restaurant A 16, where I enjoyed a plate of linguine tossed with torn cavolo nero and dressed in a pungent elixir of Italian anchovy sauce, barely-cooked garlic, and spicy red pepper flakes. By the end of that weekend, I'd already come up with a version myself, using some of my latest pantry fixations.

Keep reading for a new favorite rustic pasta recipe.

Reviews

Equipment Lab: Hurom Slow Juicer

I've never been much of a juicer.

I've never been much of a juicer. Perhaps it's the intimidation factor of learning to use a new appliance or the ugh factor of sticky, pulpy cleanup when I'm done, but I've resisted the juice movement despite the amazing health benefits its proponents espouse. So when we received a Hurom Slow Juicer as a Christmas gift from my in-laws, I was awfully skeptical about its future as a kitchen fixture. After some balking on my part, my gadget-loving, juice-guzzling husband convinced me to give it a try. Would I become a juicing convert? Find out when you keep reading.