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From Apartment Therapy → Before & After: A Fresh Kitchen Makeover For Under $500

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Pasta night, by definition, is always going to be a blast. This gear might just make it a little more fun. Trust us, there’s something inherently funny about these pot grippers. And you know how that saying goes: The more pasta eaters, the merrier.

Get everyone fed (and in a good mood) with these fun-and-useful finds.

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There are a few recipes that we turn to every holiday season, and this buttery dreamboat of a sugar cookie is one of them. The dough is delicious and easy to work with, and it makes the most beautiful cookies; we even had a reader tell us it saved the day for her!

While many sugar cookie recipes are a little bland, and frustratingly inconsistent in their texture (too sticky to roll out one minute, tough the next) we feel that this one gets it just right. This is a firm dough that can be rolled and cut out more easily than Play-Doh, and yet it yields a meltingly delicious cookie, with notes of almond, vanilla, and lemon.

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When the perfume of gingerbread floats through the air, and you catch a first glimpse of gingerbread men and houses, you know that holiday season is here for real. Gingerbread, in some form, has been a European holiday staple since medieval days, when using prized spices meant that it was a very special time of year.

When you talk flavor-packed treats, gingerbread still rules — and once you add the power of cocoa and the bravura of a red cake with cream cheese frosting, you have holiday gold.

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We’ve never met a beverage dispenser we didn’t like. And any hostess who throws parties (inside or out) will probably say the same thing. These things can hold a ton of tea, lemonade, sangria, and more. The best part: They free up said hostesses from having to refill drinks and focus on the food or the mingling.

You might not have realized it, but a pretty dispenser is the perfect gift for any friend who loves to host. Keep reading for 10 beverage dispensers that’ll come in handy for whatever is being served.

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From Apartment Therapy → Whole-Home Wonderland: 4 Spaces You Might Be Forgetting to Decorate This Christmas

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Dorie’s new cookbook, perfectly titled Dorie’s Cookies, is truly a treasure trove of cookie recipes. Perfect for the astute beginner or intrepid pro, it has a fair share of recipes to appeal to any and all bakers. But for someone like me, who comes to baking with a bit of a groan at the thought of all that measuring, there are also stories to help get me in the baking spirit.

This recipe for mandelbrot, a twice-baked cookie made in the tradition of biscotti, came to Dorie from a friend she made while running her former cookie boutique, Beurre & Sel. I love that there are recipes in this book that are as good as the stories they tell, from a cookie that comes to you in a dream to a recipe like this one — a shared gift from a new friend.

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Do you have a fondue set languishing in a corner of your basement or garage? I’m willing to bet you do. While the idea of dunking food into a bubbling mini-cauldron of cheese sounds a little retro, the basic premise still has its merits. I mean, it’s bread (and, okay, fruits and vegetables) dunked into hot cheese — what’s not to like about that?

Here’s an easy, modern way to serve fondue at your next party.

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If you’re like me, your passion for baking — both sweet treats and savory dishes — is inversely proportional to your zeal for cleaning up afterward (and unlike many New Yorkers, I actually have a dishwasher!). It’s particularly annoying when, no matter how well you think you’ve greased the sheet, something sticks. Or, ugh, when the oil itself becomes a gummy mess.

To get smarter about the art of cookie-sheet care, I chatted with Dana Norsten, a rep for Nordic Ware, the bakeware company known for its bundt pans, cookie sheets, and various novelty pans.

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