Good Housekeeping USA – September 2019

GH SEAL | CELEBRATING 110 YEARS

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GH SEAL STAR

ERASABLE MARKERS

When GH’s Media & Tech Lab first tested

Pilot Pen’s permanent-looking marker

pens, they earned high praise for their

erasability (the caps’ rubber ends don’t shed!),

quality and design. This year, the brand

introduced the Frixion Fineliner, a felt-tip

version that lets you create thin and colorful

lines — and remove them just as easily

whenever a do-over is needed.

GH SEAL STAR PILOT PEN FRIXION FINELINER,

$15 FOR PACK OF 12 COLORS, TARGET.COM

Boot Shaper

Cut two sections of a pool noodle

and place them inside your tall boots

so the footwear will stay upright.

Bucket Filler

Place one end on the faucet and the

other inside a bucket so you won’t have

to hoist it out of the sink when full.

Pincushion

Cut off a small piece of the noodle,

apply double-stick tape to one side and

secure it to your sewing machine.

Pool Noodle

Hacks

Since the kiddos are out of the water

and back in school, GH’s resident life

hacker, Meaghan Murphy, found new

ways to put these floaties to use.

Go to nbcnews.com/better/a-better-way

for more genius ideas.

Party Like It’s 1958

Napkins, Of Course

You’ll want to provide a cocktail-size

napkin for each guest. Today, gay little

paper ones are seen everywhere, with

a few cherished linen ones making an

appearance now and again.

Just Two, Please

Another happy trend is the serving of

only one, two or three kinds of nibblers,

with plenty of each. Preparation is

certainly easier, and the results more

appealing than an overwhelming array.

A Drink Is a Must

A drink of some kind is a prerequisite

when a nibbler is served. The two are

inseparable whether the occasion is a

prelude to dinner or a party in itself.

Be Dashing, Be Daring

Don’t be trite in selecting the container

for displaying your wares. A cake stand

needn’t be confined to cake, nor a bread

basket to bread. Appetizers lend them-

selves perfectly to imaginative serving.

Appetizers were all the rage, so much so that we wrote a book about

them. Peek inside GH’s Appetizer Book — we’ll let you decide if its

charming advice stands the test of time.

MEAGHAN MURPHY

EXECUTIVE

EDITOR

14 GH^ SEPTEMBER 2019

1905

GH launches a precursor

to the Good Housekeeping

Seal called the Roll of Honor

for Pure Food Products.

1902

GH publishes a groundbreaking piece by

pioneering food and consumer activist Harvey

W. Wiley, M.D., “Injurious Food Adjuncts,”

which addresses the problem of formaldehyde

in infant formula, milk and cream.

1908

Based on experience in the Experiment

Station, GH persuades a builder to

install its kitchen sinks and counters at a

comfortable 36-inch height —establishing

a standard still used today!