A century ago, home life in Vermont revolved around the wood burning cook stove. Meals were prepared, bread baked and hands warmed from the heat it produced. Stoves with names like Gold Coin, ...

Cooks love classic ranges for their retro looks and surprisingly sophisticated performance In our shiny, stainless-steel, industrial-chic world, Vikings and Wolfs reign supreme, with legions of ...

The Bushwhacked economy has at least one upside: It has put crazy things that once seemed sane farther out of reach. Once upon a time, like a year ago, many cooks would not even blink at spending ...

BACK WHEN I lived in a string of Brooklyn apartments, I never thought about how they were heated. My landlords usually paid the bills, and they always set the thermostat. But when I moved to rural New ...

There are many ways to keep a room warmer in the winter, but fireplaces and wood stoves are both elegant solutions to consider and work in similar ways. A traditional wood-burning fireplace requires a ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...