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Funs are born knowing how to sieze the day and Rebecca Perkins, head make-up artist for Law & Order SVU, and a Fun Freedom • SFP, gives you what she grabs with her insider's blog to the world of make up. Wednesdays.

 

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This summer, Organic Freedom • NFP  Katie McMenamin Sabo will attempt to reproduce Amanda's awesome recipes from Figs, Bay, & Wine. See if she can do it! Thursdays this Summer.

 

It's easy for an Organic Structure • NFJ to find meaning in their daily life, and Tracy Zalit Davidson's musings on the beautiful distraction that is life do just that. Ahh. Fridays.
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Having lots of different colors to choose from all in one place is the height of convenience. Plus there's so much to experiment with! Our makeup expert lets us know which palettes are the best.

Bayhead, NJ
Time to scrap The Lousy Housewife does Figs Bay & Wine. Just too much to do and too little time. SO, it's travel log time. Bayhead, NJ is an underrated, quaint little seaside town perfect for an impromptu vacation.

The Sharks Are Circling
Tracy goes to a job fair. Gulp. A slice of the cultural milieu that I never want to have to experience first hand. Thankfully she braves it for us.

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Thursday
Mar042010

Chop Tomatoes with Scissors

Okay, this one is ingenious and it’s for EVERYONE. Using scissors to cut something? I mean, it’s not exactly outside the box, but it blew my mind the first time I saw someone cutting their kids’ pizza into little pieces. How did I never think of this before? How many times had I painfully tried to cut pizza into little bits with a fork and knife? Sigh. Scissors and food? It’s elementary, and yet, revolutionary.

It took my Smart husband a bit to acquiesce to this technique because he was worried about the scissors not getting clean enough. But all of you Classics and Funs worry not. They actually design kitchen scissors to separate easily so they can get super clean.

And the uses are endless. Tomatoes, greens, chicken (cooked or raw) meat. I mean, it really is endless. We highly recommend getting special kitchen scissors to work with food. That way all the different types don’t have to fight or worry about bacteria and cross contamination.

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Chop Tomatoes with Scissors

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I had the hardest time cutting off fins and tails from fish fillets. It seemed like they were made of steel....until I used SCISSORS! And scissors are easier to manage if you have arthritis in your thumbs.

March 4, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterQF

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