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Stickley’s #603 Taboret

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Design
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...g my own copy of Gustav Stickley’s #603 Tabouret. I could be writing a new book or magazine article, replying to emails, paying bills, lining up contractors for overdue home repair projects or filing the stack of papers growing around my computer. Tabouret in progress awaiting sanding, glue-up and finish. Instead, I’m taking a tip I learned from some of the creative people I’ve worked for and known in the past. Their work habits, if you call them...

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Coffee and Tahini Date Balls

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...a well as a sugar buzz! The recipe: This recipe is adapted from the great book, Pomegranates and Pine Nuts. Makes about 12, depending on the size of the dates, and the size of the balls Ingredients: 12 pitted dates 2 Tablespoons of tahini paste Toppings for coating the balls, which may include: fresh ground espresso, ground cacao nibs, ground chocolate, cocoa powder, toasted sesame seeds, poppy seeds, ground nuts of all sorts, coconut flakes…and...

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Day to day, our decisions count

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Back to the Garden
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...that jar of Thai chile paste you only used a spoonful of before it was lost in the depths of your condiment collection. Learn to improvise with what you’ve got–as good cooks have done for ever and always. Right now, I’ve got The Flavor Bible waiting for me on the library hold shelf–this is a book that I’ve heard good things about in regard to empowering cooks to work without recipes. I’ll take a look at it and let you know if I think it’s good. An...

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Why Architectural Graphics Standards Should Be On Your Bookshelf

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...ng tome called Architectural Graphics Standards should be on every DIYer’s bookshelf. It’s remarkable how much just a half inch can make a seat or table uncomfortable. That we’re a freakishly tall household contributes to the problem. Thumbing through Architectural Graphics Standards, I was able to diagnose the issues in our breakfast nook. The bench is too narrow and the cushions too high. I’m going to spend today correcting those problems. There...

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