Hmm--I may have totally over-assumed. Thought it was an Aga--on closer inspection, it looks like not, though clearly a funky, Euro-type stove. Any ideas?

Um...it's super cool--I love it--but an Aga? Was that scavenged somewhere? Not sure I get the point of painstakingly collecting seconds tiles when you're dropping $20,000 on a stove. Again, I love ...

Ethically I have no problem with this at all. A hide rug is going to last a whole lot longer than that hamburger you ate at lunch. I'm much happier with using the whole animal--meat, hide, etc. tha...

Sheree--there's info all over the interwebs about the Bittman bread, but it's a very forgiving recipe. I've made it with a third or a half whole wheat flour and it's come out wonderfully. And dang-...

The two more exotic projects I'd like to try at home this year: doughnuts and sausage (healthy, I know). I have my grandfather's old meat grinding attachment from his old Kitchenaid mixer and I'd l...