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I love this fascinating story of urban maple syrup-making from Ava Chin of The Urban Forager on The New York Times. If you believe maple syrup can only be made in Vermont or upstate New York, think again. This time of year, the city’s maple trees are ripe for tapping, and, as I discovered in […]
Gareth @ MAKE writes, “Now that’s true love, true, chest-bursty love.” Indeed, if you have an H. R. Giger wedding cake!
Normally, I see poached eggs as nothing but a vehicle for Hollandaise sauce, but last night I had too many “white wine spritzers”. This morning all I want is plain poached eggs on plain wheat toast. With generous amounts of salt and pepper, of course.
This may be the end of civilization as we know it. [via Neatorama]
Lisa Rezendez shares her original recipe for Mexican Chocolate Truffles on her Miss Chevious Musings blog. She’s been making these lovelies for years, but never measured anything out. This time she did, just to share the recipe with you and me. Thanks, Lisa!
We’ve covered George Katz and his water rocket projects here in the past. In this recent video, he shows testing of a lightweight in-line parachute deployment rig, as well as some additional footage of the group’s most recent launch day. In-line Deployment Mechanism More: Awesome DIY water rockets with drop-away boosters In the Maker Shed: […]
I love the simplicity of these little toothbrush Valentine messages from Kathleen of Twig & Thistle. They are such a fun, unexpected way to leave a love note for your sweetie. She’s provided a PDF of various toothbrush love notes for download over on her site.
