Thursday, February 9, 2012
Is your post-holiday kitchen decorated with a trail of cookie crumbs and broken candy canes? • Is your refrigerator filled with the aging remains of New Year’s Eve party food, molding cheese and ham well into its second curing? • You aren’t alone in your mess. With cooking, baking and entertaining, our kitchens tend to take a beating over the holidays. • But just like taking down the Christmas tree, making an annual ritual of organizing the kitchen is a good winter resolution.
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CHICAGO — When parents buy a new TV they’re unlikely to find in the box a simple tool that could save their child’s life — safety straps or anchors to keep the television from tipping over — because manufacturers aren’t required to include them.