The beauty of the French press is that it isn’t just limited to brewing up the ultimate cup of coffee – you can use the same mechanism for an indulgent cup of tea as well. Slow-steeping loose leaf tea isn’t much more time consuming to brew than boiling up a kettle and dunking in a […]
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Most of the time, grabbing a loaf of bread from the store is an act involving as much thought process and effort as remembering we’d run out of milk, or reaching for a carton of eggs. But where milk and eggs aren’t exactly accessible at home unless we’re running a personal farm, bread can –
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Bread boxes are back in vogue, and for good reason. With more of us edging away from preservative-spiked commercially sold breads, and toward homemade or at the very least organically and freshly baked goodies, we need a means to properly store our buns and loaves without the added chemicals extending their shelf life. Luckily, bread
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Nothing quite beats the scent of freshly baked bread – but unless someone comes up with a scented candle for that, or we relocate next door to a bakery, it’s a difficult scent to conjure up at will, especially for the novice baker. The process of breadmaking can seem intimidating to some, given the practice
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Operating an under-the-counter, heavy-duty oven might be risky business for the elderly – joint and back pains, receding dexterity and loss of stamina all make baking a batch of homemade bread or a quick pizza dinner more difficult. Add to this complicated controls and a plethora of unnecessary, touch-sensitive settings and modes, and even the
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Central air conditioning systems aren’t always conducive – they can be a heck of a cost to maintain, not to mention disproportionate to the needs of a small studio space, student dorm or nursery, while they tend to get overworked and less efficient for bigger spaces they’re under pressure to cool by themselves. Window units
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