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Cork Bar Set by Kim Seybert

We love the idea of cocktail hour, and this cork bar set is the perfect mixer of fifties flashback and today's green thinking....

DIY Seltzer Water

Our boyfriend's mother, a seltzer water addict, recently did something about all those plastic bottles: she got herself an old school seltzer bottle....

Plastic Wrap: Could You (or Do You) Live Without It?

We're getting much better at taking our lunch to work every day, and we've been phasing out the plasticware and using glass dishes (go us!). However, by Friday, we've lost all energy to wash and we're...

Etsy Find: Upcycled, No-Waste Lunch Kits

We've been tightening up our budget and trying to save every penny possible for plenty of reasons, which means more and more brown-bag lunches. But we've also been looking for a cute bag to take to wo...

Lego Kitchen Crafts

This wooden utensil holder, inspired by the Duomo di Siena, is a great way to reuse those Legos you have laying around. We think that these kitchen ideas are so much fun that we'll probably dust off ...

Finishing and Maintaining Butcher Block Counters

This past weekend I finally installed the remaining counters in our kitchen renovation. After they were in (and looking pretty darn good), it was time to choose a finish....

Back to Basics: Stovetop Espresso

All the talk last week about coffee had us craving espresso. So over the weekend, we re-discovered a very basic, filter-free way to enjoy espresso. Itâ€™s much quieter and actually less hands-on than ...

Preserve Kitchen Recycled Cutting Boards

We know just last week we touted the whole "buy less" idea.... but we were seriously tempted to purchase some of this product line over the weekend. ...

Give It A Rest Bamboo Spoons

We've mentioned how much we love our wooden spoons - sometimes the simplest kitchen utensils are the best. Here's a slight riff on the basic wooden spoon, with one potentially helpful modification... ...

Simple Invention: Reusable Mesh Coffee Filter

For years, all we knew were the paper coffee filters that our parents used and tossed every morning. When we bought a new coffee maker for our own home recently, we got one of these, which we think ar...

Laken ISO 40: Good for Hot or Cold

We're SIGG enthusiasts, but we only use our bottle for cold water -- we haul a second reusable mug around for our hot coffee needs. What if you wanted something that worked for both hot and cold dr...

Simple Green: Biodegradable Dinnerware
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Companies around the country have been taking steps towards running more environmentally aware businesses. One step that companies can take is the use of biodegradable, compostable food packaging. Co...

Green Camping: Bodum's Young Press

When it comes to green escapes, we can't think of anything much better than a camping trip. Many of us, especially in California, are lucky enough to be surrounded by amazing campgrounds. You can d...

Light My Fire Spork

We're human and sometime we're suckers for packaging and colors. Such was the case a few nights ago when we were in the checkout line at REI. We'd gone for a couple water bottles and we walked out ...

Bamboo Box Knife Holders from VivaTerra

Over the last few holidays and birthdays, we've been building a nice little collection of Wusthof knives. They're quite a luxury (it pays to have a mother who looks at knives the way Carrie Bradshaw...

Cork Underlay Ladder

If there's one thing we like to complain about, it's the size of our kitchen. A small bathroom is something we can deal with, a small kitchen on the other hand ... having a tiny (totally dated) kitc...

Good Product: Snapware Glass Lock Containers

Lunchtime has been bumming us out. We've gotten very good at foregoing sandwich bags, etc in favor of reusable containers. However, until a few days ago, all of our containers were plastic. That m...

Frying Pans for Vegetarians: The Vege

Oooh - we like these new cast iron pans from Finnish designer Mikko Laakkonen. They have raised leafy patterns that print your pancakes. ...

Bamboo Cooking Accessories by the Pampered Chef

We are loving our new set of bamboo cooking utensils from the Pampered Chef (they were a gift from Mom). We're loving it so much, we started thinking it might make a nice gift. However, we've neve...

Zyliss Easy Slice 2 Folding Mandoline

There are a few kitchen tools we can't live without, and a mandoline is one of them. This one, featured in this month's issue of Fine Cooking, folds up for easy and space-saving storage. While we'd ...

Pure by Chantal: Perfect For Baking and Coffee Making

Just in time for Bittersweet Month, a line of green bakeware and coffee accessories. The green trend doesn't end, does it? (There are worse things to complain about.) Something I never thought to...

Greenlight Magazine

Greenlight is a newer, free online magazine. A good chunk of it, as you might expect, focuses on products. But we found the editorial content of high quality and thought provoking, like this articl...

Preserve Kitchen

Toothbrushes. That's what we think of when we hear anyone mention the brand Preserve -- those 100% recycled plastic toothbrushes we used to see at Trader Joe's. But Preserve carries other products -...

Ilkka Suppanen’s Marimekko Kirstu Containers

Recycled and so good-looking, these containers by Ilkka Suppanen are made from recycled fiber. We spotted them in Chicago Home's Nov/Dec '07 issue - excited not only by the shape, pattern and colors, ...

Conscientious Cook: The Green Guide's Plastic Chart

Plastic is ubiquitous and seemingly indispensable in the kitchen. Certain plastics, however, have been getting a bad rep lately. The phthalates in many plastics are being linked to health problems and...