Want to win a new fridge? Daisy Brand Cottage Cheese is sponsoring its second annual Freshen Up Your Fridge contest and giving away a new Whirlpool side-by-side refrigerator with 6th Sense Technology (it can see dead vegetables), a year's supply of Daisy Brand Cottage...
I admit it. I am both a Weber loyalist and an iPhone fiend. Am I in my glory now? All signs point to "yes." Weber has announced the release of their new "On the Grill" app, which features 250 classic Weber recipes (beercan chicken and yakitori chicken are my faves) as...
I once took the advice of my Mom and tried substituting those prickly plastic Dryer Balls for standard dryer sheets. I liked the idea of keeping unnecessary chemicals away from my clothes (dryer sheets can have all sorts of toxic chemicals impregnated into them). What...
Since taking my first sip of coffee in high school my habitual consumption of the stuff has been inconsistent at best. There have been stretches when I've done three to four cups a day (way to much for me) and there have been stretches when I've given it up entirely...
I remember when I got my first grill. It was July of '04. The grill was a Weber Silver Genesis. A three-burner. It barely fit on the small deck at the top of the stairs that led into my second-floor apartment overlooking Battery Park in downtown Burlington. I recall...
Are you thinking about buying a new appliance? If so, you'll want to know what cash rebates are available through your state's "cash for appliance" rebate program. EcoRebates has a simple search-by-state function that lets you know exactly how much money your state...
After 10 hours of trucking around the 2010 International Builders' Show at the Convention Center in Las Vegas, I finally have a chance to put my feet up and comment on some of the cooler products and innovations I saw on day #1. Whirlpool's MicroEtch refrigerator...
A friend of mine shares some fears with his wife of certain aspects of modern technology. Although they both have cell phones, they keep them well clear of their heads when not in use, lest the theories linking cell phones to cancer are proved true. They also refuse...
The saga of the smelly washing machine may have entered a new cycle. Tide -- makers of spring-smelling detergents and equally fragrant fabric softeners -- have come out with a Washing Machine Cleaner designed to eradicate the "malodor" that afflicts so many...
Do you have a high-efficiency front-loading washing machine? If so, be on the lookout for mold. This recently-published MSNBC.com piece investigates the increased likelihood of mold growth in front-loaders. Unlike top loaders, which see most water evaporate after a...
