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A new consignment store has opened in Owasso.The Turquoise Couch, located at 8751 N. 117th E. Ave., opened in early November and offers a variety of furniture and home decor items.Owner Amy Cannon started the business from her hometown of Claremore in June 2018 after five years running Willow Tree Mall, an antiques and clothing space in historic downtown.In October of this year, Cannon decided to move to a larger space after considering other locations in the area, including Pryor and Muskogee. It didn't take long for her to realize that Owasso was the perfect place for her.”We were looking…

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Smart kitchen appliances offer home cooks an advantage in many ways. First, by connecting your kitchen gadget to your smartphone, you can more easily schedule when to start cooking and monitor progress remotely. For example, if he has a smart coffee maker, he can set it to start brewing a cup when he says “Alexa, good morning.” Another benefit is that many smart kitchen gadgets, such as the Anova sous vide, have recipes built into their apps, so you can easily find out how long you should cook your steak for the perfect medium rare. No more guessing. From Instant…

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Conventional wisdom holds that advances in technology have made our lives easier by automating and speeding up previously manual and time-consuming tasks.as bea wilson illustrated in the essay hustle and bustle (Excerpt from Women related to food), which is rarely the case, at least when it comes to home cooking. Wilson's history of women's labor in the kitchen celebrates several inventions that actually revolutionized the way home cooks prepare food: the Instant Pot and the gas oven. But these are just outliers in a long parade of gadgets and appliances that increase rather than reduce the effort required to put…

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— Recommendations are independently selected by Reviewed editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. There are some kitchen products that are definitely worth the splurge, including the wildly popular KitchenAid stand mixer and the coveted Instant Pot. But there are some gadgets and tools that are just as good without having to spend a lot of money.Here are 24 kitchen items you can buy on Amazon for under $20, from the best measuring cups to handheld milk frothers.1. Our Favorite SpiralizerVeggie noodles are in season right now. The best way to make it is with…

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Your kitchen called, and it’s craving something new. Fortunately for you, the Women’s Health Test Kitchen pros have tested out hundreds (and hundreds) of products on the market to bring you the first-ever Women’s Health Kitchen Gadget Awards. This curated list consists of the best tools and small appliances in the market. Each pick is something our editors use regularly, and swear by, to create food content for the magazine. And to pass our rigorous test, every gadget also had to be easy-to-use and very effective. Now, get ready to upgrade your kitchen arsenal and level-up your cooking game. Jeffrey…

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We independently select these products and may earn a commission if you buy through our links. All prices were accurate at the time of publish.While you're saving up for a bigger remodel, you can make do with smaller, less expensive improvements. For example, we bought a house with a kitchen we didn't really like because the price and location were perfect. Instead of rushing into remodeling right away, we lived in the house for a while (which is good advice to avoid post-remodel regret, by the way). During that time, we realized we needed a much bigger remodel than we…

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A worker cuts black granite to make a countertop. Though granite, marble and “engineered stone” all can produce harmful silica dust when cut, ground or polished, the artificial stone typically contains much more silica, says a CDC researcher tracking cases of silicosis. danishkhan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption danishkhan/Getty Images A worker cuts black granite to make a countertop. Though granite, marble and “engineered stone” all can produce harmful silica dust when cut, ground or polished, the artificial stone typically contains much more silica, says a CDC researcher tracking cases of silicosis. danishkhan/Getty Images Artificial stone used to make kitchen…

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EZ Salad Cutting Bowl, $11.46 Slotted bowls promise “healthy, fresh salads in 60 seconds” (but just as a knife can't guarantee that what it cuts is “healthy,” neither can a bowl). buy clock Egg poacher, $23.99 Poaching eggs is notoriously difficult. That's why this ExcelSteel gadget guarantees perfectly poached eggs every time. buy clock Mac & Cheese Maker, $42 This little device with the words “Mac & Cheese Nation” on it looks like a combination of an electric kettle and a children's toy. buy clock Kiwi cutter, $4.49 It's a useful game-changing tool, at least when you need kiwi in…

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Taken literally, a kitchen can be modest, as functional as a garage, and as eye-catching. Not so at the home of itinerant designer Michelle Nussbaumer. “I've toed the line of maximalism for the past 30 years,” says the dynamo behind his 11,000-square-foot showroom, Ceylon et Cie, in Dallas.As Nussbaumer outfitted her newly renovated warehouse home in Dallas with her husband, Bernard, she stuck to her mantra: “Do what's not trendy, do what's responsive.''She installed the equivalent four Kitchen: The main kitchen (with walk-in porcelain pantry) and bootlegger are located on the first floor, while the second floor features a full…

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September is one of my favorite months of the year. It's finally time to start moving towards autumn. The weather is getting a little cooler, the leaves are starting to change color, and two big things happened in September. For my brother's birthday, I had the amazing opportunity to fly in the back of a US Navy Blue Angels fighter jet. September is also the time to start putting up fall decorations and harvest decorations. I buy my fall decor from a variety of places, including HomeGoods and Kirkland. Of course, keep an eye out for local businesses. Pumpkin patches…

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