Irish stew is a great dish to serve at a St. Patrick's Day dinner party. In general, stews make wonderful dinner party fare because they're a one-pot meal that must be made in advance. Originally a peasant's meal, Irish stew normally consists of lamb, potatoes, and onions. To encourage that you experiment with this traditional recipe, I've found two versions. Both are straight forward, but one cooks the stew on the stove and the other bakes it in the oven. Choose which one suits your culinary needs or combine the two to make a delicious masterpiece. For both recipes please read more

The annual International Home and Housewares Show begins next week in Chicago. Each year there are always a lot of interesting gadgets and gizmos — I'm sure we'll be hearing about a lot of items for our What Is This game — as it seems that everyone has something innovative up their sleeves.

Every time I think about innovative new kitchen gizmos, I always end up thinking of those vintage 1960s Kitchen of Tomorrow type of videos. So I decided to find a good one on YouTube when I came across this video for "Dream Kitchen" by Frazier Chorus. The song samples old kitchen commercials and the video is made up entirely of 1960s futuristic kitchen clips. It's a lot of fun, and answers the age-old question of "What is a kitchen anyway?"

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Even though Aimee's St. Patrick Day party starts after dinner, she's planning on providing guests with a small selection of Irish inspired snacks. It's always nice to have some food on hand, especially when heavy drinking is involved. This menu twists classic Irish flavors – cheddar cheese, dark beer, corned beef, and smoked salmon — into modern favorites.

An Irish cheddar and stout fondue is gooey and decadent. Smoked salmon puffs are easy to make in advance and divinely addicting. Reuben roll ups are the perfect drunk food because they taste like an Irish pizza pocket. For all of these wonderful recipes, read more

Ever since I tasted the Starbucks chocolate covered coffee beans, I've been wanting to make something decadent with coffee. Luckily Lisa has taken care of my dilemma with her mocha cake with coffee bean brittle. It looks stunning and surely tastes scrumptious. — Pittsburgh Needs Eated

The geeks behind ShopStyle have a big announcement that I could barely keep under wraps. They've just launched ShopStyle Living! It's the perfect place to solve all your home shopping desires in one easily searchable and incredibly fun format. Personally I'm really into the dining and kitchen portions — although the furniture is great too. From cutlery to table linens, it's time to decorate that kitchen you've always dreamed of.

To celebrate the launch, we're giving away five $500 giftcards to some of our favorite home stores including Crate & Barrel, Pottery Barn and Macy's. To enter the contest all you have to do is create a look on ShopStyle Living. Click here to learn more about the contest. Here are some things I would buy with the $500 giftcards.

Plus, if you're a registered Sugar user, you're already all signed in on ShopStyle with your same username and password — plus, your wonderful Sugar friends are all there as your "followers" (and you theirs, too). If not you should totally get on that, sign up either on TeamSugar or ShopStyle to be automatically logged into both. So easy!