Our issue (No. 5) inspires a happy home with cooking, entertaining, and decorating infotainment!

Enjoy…
• Chef Lea’s ”gringoladas” and tacos—a uniquely Americanized version of Mexican food
• A cheesecake recipe revival with “pick your crust” options
• A Philly fanatic cheesesteak challenge!
• Newlywed’s kitchen conundrum solved by Chef Lea and Cooking.com
• Stylish party inspirations from the Well-Heeled Hostess and Dining By Design
• Pulse-racing retrospective on Kitchens that sizzle
• Vacation inspiration decor ideas
• Jennifer DeLonge mod tot rooms
• Interview with Laura Day, our Iconic Nester

You’ll find the magazine at nestingnewbies.com. Don’t forget to enter to win the Blissliving® Home Bluebird Bag, our latest Mag Swag Bag featuring “London Calling” bedding worth $1,197!. Become a Facebook Fan to be the first to read about our on-going contests and giveaways.

Our new issue (No. 4) is a burst of happy! We enjoy the enthusiasm and energy that comes from the creative, collaborative process…and we are in awe of the talented professionals who contributed to and are featured on each glossy-digital page!

Here’s a taste to titillate:
• Chef Lea McIntosh prepares an Old World fusion-feast
• Going nutty over Lea’s new BaklaPops!
• Exciting times for Food Network star Tyler Florence
• Find your own Casbah cool, rustic wonderland or urban oasis…
• Celebrity Coops (our new feature)…See ABC’s The Gates star Marisol Nichols at home
• Living with art…with expert advice for starting your own collection
• Meet the bloggers…and read their Nestimonials

There’s so much more to discover—read about Iconic Nester Michelle Workman, Hollywood’s A-list interior designer. Check out the must-haves for your kitchen pantry and your home. Discover Emily LaMarque’s playful home design for a young, urban couple, and learn ingenious ideas from the Upward Bound House rooms.

You’ll find the magazine at nestingnewbies.com. Don’t forget to enter to win the Bluebird Bag, our new Mag Swag Bag worth $2,226! (contest ends October 13). Become a Facebook Fan to be the first to read about our on-going contests and giveaways.

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Our spring issue (No. 3) is an exploration of new ways to approach cooking, entertaining and decorating…and we present them from a variety of viewpoints—Chef Lea, foodies, designers, bloggers, and newbies. We cover the people and products we believe in and think you’ll love too!

Here’s a hint to what you’ll find:
• Chef Lea goes green and Greek
• Make time to Chill
• Get hooked on Nook
• Decorating your Home? Be Avant-garde
• Hatching Newbies (our new feature on lil’ newbies)…hatches!
• The launch of Nestimonials: Decorating from a blogger’s perspective

There’s so much more to discover—read about Iconic Nester Mei Xu of Blissliving Home, check out the must-haves for your kitchen pantry and your home, and discover our favorite foodie, event, and design blogs. Wisteria and AphroChicShop have special discount offers for Nesting Newbie readers.

You’ll find the magazine at nestingnewbies.com. Don’t forget to enter to win the Bluebird Bag, our new Mag Swag Bag worth $1,520! (contest ends June 24). Become a Facebook Fan to be the first to read about our on-going contests and giveaways.

Preview Nesting Newbies Magazine, Winter ’10

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In one of our cooking features, Chef Lea McIntosh invited design icon Christopher Peacock to cook with her at his kitchen showroom in San Francisco. Lea challenged herself to create a high-end party using original recipes for slow-cookers. See how she proves that crockpot cooking is chic!

In the entertaining section, we show you how to re-interpret six of our favorite over-the-top table vignettes from Dining By Design San Francisco. Boston interior designer Jennifer Rowland Clapp welcomes us into her home and sets a table that mixes modern with vintage for an interesting study in contrasts. She also introduces us to one of her favorite hot spots, Lekker Home—an alluring home store located in Boston’s trendy South End.

Highlights in decorating include Girly-girl Spaces—distinctively feminine rooms by popular designers, including Melanie Coddington, Julie Massucco, Melissa Warner, and Carrie Miller—all on House Beautiful’s list of the Next Wave of Interior Designers to Watch in 2010. Top designer Jay Jeffers is the issue’s Iconic Nester who shares how he keeps his work fresh and exuberant.

There’s so much more to discover—check out the must-haves for your kitchen pantry and your home, and discover our favorite foodie, event, and design blogs. Christopher Peacock Home and Blissliving.com have special discount offers for Nesting Newbie readers.

You’ll find the magazine at nestingnewbies.com. Don’t forget to enter to win the Bluebird Bag, our Mag Swag Bag worth $1,514! And if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you can also enter to win a SkinSpirit Spa day worth $350 (both contests end March 15). Become a Facebook Fan to be the first to read about our on-going contests and giveaways.

Check out the premier issue of Nesting Newbies Magazine, a quarterly magazine that aims to inspire readers, making them feel comfortable about home-keeping their way.  The articles reinforce the magazine’s message that cooking, entertaining, and decorating can be easy, fun, and affordable.

In the Fall Premier Issue, Chef Lea McIntosh shares some of her original recipes for a Thanksgiving to Go, perfect dishes for a Thanksgiving potluck.  Kathy Goodman from Well Rehearsed has some wonderful ideas for a caramel apple dessert bar and delicious fall-tinis.  Kirsten McKay from Brick Monkey sets a harvest table that will easily transition into the holidays. Barclay Butera took a moment from his busy schedule to offer advice to newbie homeowners and Shelly Amoroso transformed a San Francisco basement garage into 5 distinct living spaces.

Each issue will include must-haves for your kitchen pantry and your home plus highlights of some of the staff’s favorite foodie, event, and design blogs.  You’ll find the magazine at nestingnewbies.com.  Become a fan on Facebook to hear about upcoming contests.