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What color is your kitchen? Do you need a pick-me-up in these gray days of winter? Well, we're going to take a trip through some of the colorful kitchens featured on Apartment Therapy over the years. And what better color to start with than orange? We were inspired by Joanna's citrus roundup today to look for kitchens that have a spot or more of orange, the same color as our favorite winter fruit -- clementines.

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No, that's not an orange; it's a lime. An orange-colored lime! It's a rangpur lime, which is a hybrid of a mandarin orange and a lemon.

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At home over the holidays, we'd just finished a big meal and set our plates on the floor for the dog while we recuperated for a few minutes. Gazing fondly down at our dog as she licked up every last crumb and smear from our plates, her belly flat on the floor for maximum licking advantage, the thought crossed my mind, "Huh. That's...kinda gross."

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I promise that this post is not just an excuse to show off the new All-Clad sauté pan my husband bought me for Christmas. It was the big gift, the one wrapped in a really large box. It was also a wisely chosen gift: he bought it through Cookware & More for much less than the usual price, and now that it's here it hasn't been put away in the cupboard once.

See, it's a big, big pan, and I've wanted one of these for a long time.

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It's a new year and we're starting to compile a brand new list of food science mysteries that need some explaining! Is there something in the kitchen that's always confused your sense of logic or made you scratch your noggin? If so, let us know!

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We noticed this great post from Penny Plastic over the break. She threw another under-$100 dinner party (inspired by this one), to see if she could do better. Go see how it turned out, and if she made budget! Plus some great pantry storage and recipes for light eating below.

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Tossing out that baggie of vitamin- and flavor-packed giblets inside your chicken is kissing goodbye the opportunity for a proper chicken giblet gravy. What would grandma say? Mine would say tsk-tsk.

Sure, it's almost considered criminal if a Thanksgiving turkey doesn't have a gravy on the side, but...

Click through for a simple recipe for a chicken giblet gravy, just in case your grandmother didn't pass one down to you.

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What's the best way to stave off post-holiday melancholy and face another dreary winter morning? For us, it's bright, juicy citrus. Now that we're eating light again, we've been devouring as much citrus as we can get our hands on – oranges, tangerines, clementines, grapefruits, pomelos – we're craving them all.

Citrus is a great way to start a day of healthy eating, but why not incorporate it into your lunch and dinner, too? We've rounded up a few recipes below.

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It's one of the most widely recognized names in the gourmet cheese marketplace. And for good reason. Here, all you've ever wanted to know about this Spanish cheese warrior, which has dominated the modern day cheese frontier for a much shorter period of time than it's actually been around.

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We are on the record as loving our electric kettle. It boils water in a fraction of the time needed to heat water on the stove or in the microwave, and it's earned precious countertop space because we use it at least three times a day. We're curious about your kitchen tech setup and whether an electric kettle has earned a spot there too. More about electric kettles and our favorite model, after the jump.

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Here is just one more roundup of favorite posts from last year. These are from Kathryn, who just returned from a long trip to Japan. (We're looking forward to seeing those vacation pictures!)

What were Kathryn's favorite posts from 2008? Read on and see...

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When she's not on the radio or hosting her show on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow likes to mix drinks; we've read about her love of old-fashioned cocktails and mixology. On New Year's Eve, New York Magazine posted this video of Maddow making a Jack Rose cocktail in her Air America studio. Read our favorite tip and get a link, below...

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We had never heard of drinking vinegar until Elizabeth blogged about Toby Cecchini's article on vinegar "shrubs" last November. And now wouldn't you know, Toby Cecchini himself was on Good Food this past week! The interview was so intriguing, we thought we'd give these drinkable vinegars another look...

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