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A domestic chore that there’s just no getting away from, we all need a quality ironing board to ensure we look presentable when out and about in public! The best ironing board offers a dedicated area allowing us to get those most stubborn of creases out of our clothes and is designed to cope with the high temperature of the iron. Ironing directly onto table top surfaces and kitchen counters is not only impractical but thoroughly dangerous. An ironing board is ergonomically constructed to provide a safe and smooth surface and an additional area to rest the iron at various...

This story originally appeared in bioGraphic, an online magazine about nature and sustainability powered by the California Academy of Sciences. Sea turtles appear to fly as they swim beneath ocean waves. With long, gray-green flippers that move like slow wingbeats, they glide through the water as birds do through the sky. Actually flying through the air, though, at 10,000 feet above the ground, the reptiles seem anything but graceful. Inside the airplane, 120 sea turtles, 118 of which are juvenile Kemp’s ridleys (Lepidochelys kempii), shift uncomfortably among beach towels inside stacked Chiquita banana boxes, their crusty eyes and curved pearlescent...

JUMP TO RECIPE Well, well, well, if it isn’t January all over again! Can you believe it?? To be honest, to me it feels like Christmas has not yet happened and here we are… Anyway! Today I am bringing one of my favourite bakes of all times: a choux au craquelin with apples, salted caramel and some beautiful cream. This will honestly make your mouth so, so happy. You may be wondering what the heck is a choux a craquelin. Well, basically is a profiterole with a crunchy top made mostly of sugar. It’s different from profiteroles because while these...

For Paul Stanczak and Danielle Bablich, the Christmas season came to an abrupt end on Boxing Day. In a bleary state of shock, the couple learned their partially completed cottage on Ontario’s Georgian Bay was ablaze after receiving a call from a neighbour at about 5:20 a.m. on Dec. 26. Stanczak drove the three minutes from Bablich’s parents’ home to find the small chalet into which they’d already poured more than $425,000 destroyed in minutes due to a suspected act of arson. “I just stood there on another neighbour’s lot across the street … and watched our dream in flames....

Victorian kitchens are almost 200 years old. If you’ve ever asked, what did a Victorian kitchen look like? You’ll find the answer here. There are many kitchen styles to choose from, so finding the right one takes a little research. Victorian kitchens have a distinct personality. It’s surprising to learn what kitchens were like during this period.  What Is Victorian Design Style?  KuDa Photography The Victorian design style is an interior style that draws inspiration from the Victorian Era. The designs feature Gothic influences such as spires, dark colors, and ironworks while adding the softness the new era faced.  All design eras...