Food + Beverage

Aunt Agnes’s Banana Bread 

Gina Monego shares her family's prized recipe...lucky us! Article by Gina Monego | Photography by Gina Monego & Phillip Barone This is our prized family recipe that I am sharing with all of you. My Great Aunt Agnes was the first member of our family to be born in America after our family immigrated from Italy. Through the years, she perfected her recipe, which came to be thought of as “The Crown Jewel” of her recipes. She later (reluctantly?) shared it with her sister, my Nonna. Eventually...

Home + Design

Rich's Guide To Inexpensive Kitchen Upgrades

Understated Ways To Update The Most Used Room In Your House Without Breaking The Bank Article by Rich Graniere | Photography by Ayden Acebo, Wayne Hills Photo You spend more time in your kitchen than most other rooms in your home. It’s not just for eating and meal prep. It’s usually the place where you organize, strategize, communicate, or simply caffeinate.    When you spend that much time in one place, you tend to see how stale the look has become. But a refresh doesn’t need to cost an arm...

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Outside Inside

Adding Extra Living Space To Your Home While Improving Your Curb Appeal Article by Don Seaman | Photography by Ayden Acebo, Wayne Hills Photo Perhaps there is no image of American homesteading like a homefront porch, graced with a hanging swing. The open-air evokes memories of a simpler time, a pitcher of lemonade at the ready, sitting watching the approaching sunset. Yup, but it’s been snowing for days, those steps are weatherbeaten and need replacing, and let’s face it, you’ve maybe used...

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Starter Home Follies

First Time Homeowners Learn Some Cautionary Tales Article by Don Seaman “We’d moved into our first home with a small backyard that was a disaster. Overgrown, ignored, a real wasteland. But our daughter’s third birthday was coming up and I had it in my head that we needed the yard ready for her party. My poor husband had gone through the ringer to clear it - but there was still no grass. The week before the party, he was away on a business trip. I panic-bought about 40 rolls of sod the day he...