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Have you ever wondered how to achieve that classic, crisp glass of beer with just the right amount of foam on top? It’s actually pretty easy! Read on to learn the steps that expert beer servers use to craft the perfect pint. [Edit]Steps [Edit]Choose the right glass for the beer. Go for a specialty glass to enhance the drinking experience. While there’s nothing wrong with enjoying beer in a classic pint glass, specialty glasses change how a beer tastes or feels. For example, choose an Artois Chalice to keep your beer cooler and maintain the foam head longer than a...

As some of our apartments are smallish (to say the least), it is pretty common to run out of space there. Storage itself is usually a circus-like enterprise. We all look for some solutions and do our best to squeeze things into somewhere. We have a few hints you might not have used yet. 1. Cleaning   It is critically important to make constantly sure that we don’t keep things we no longer need. Such regular inventories will tell us what can be thrown away, given away or perhaps re-sold. As for chemicals, cleaning agents or food supplies, checking the...

Chocolate muffins that truly taste of chocolate and stay fresh for days are a rarity! This recipe delivers, thanks to some tidy tricks including hot milk to bloom the cocoa, and a little coffee to enhance the chocolate flavour (you won’t taste the coffee). Using brown sugar, oil, sour cream and less egg meanwhile is the secret to keeping the crumb ultra-moist and tender! Chocolate Muffins Chocolate muffins are not all created equal. I’m fussy about mine and make no apologies about it – there are a lot of calories in a muffin, so every one of them better be...

Does laundry never seem to end? Has your child missed a special day because their favorite top was not cleaned? Did they have to wear a dirty uniform to a game?  Did you want to wear favorite dress out only to discover it was dirty? Let’s clear some physical clutter as get ready for back to school. Don’t forget to check out the second part of my laundry blog coming August 23rd. It’s Laundry Time!  Here are some laundry statistics from about.com. Declutter-Laundry-How-Can-I-Organize-My-Laundry? The average American family does 8–10 loads of laundry each week. A single load of laundry, from...

Your dishwasher’s main job is cleaning dishes, not itself. That’s why it needs an assist from you every so often. We don’t blame you if you think that knowing how to clean a dishwasher sounds unnecessary, or frankly like overkill. After all, your dishwasher fills up with water hot enough to blast off baked-on food and sanitize baby bottles every time you turn it on, right? In theory, you might think any dishwasher you use regularly ought to be a clean dishwasher. Well, no. And when your dishwasher—or, yikes, your dishes—start to get smelly, we bet you’ll be looking for...