moon window

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Garden path

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All in only 1200 ft

"One of our favorite summerhouses anywhere belongs to NY designer Suzanne Shaker, who worked with Deborah Berke & Partners on the project. At 1,200 square feet, the house is modest in scale, but the interior feels uncommonly spacious, thanks to the sweeping 20-foot-wide central living/dining/kitchen area, which incoporporates ample built-in storage. The exterior features materials that will eventually weather to a pleasing shade of gray: white cedar siding, galvanized metal roofing, and brushed aluminum windows."


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lace paste

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paint

flower hour

kitchen mission

bath attack

Flavorings

1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon kosher salt

MIX

add to olive oil for dippin' sauce with bread

Charrrd

Take your chard (rainbow please)
Tear chard from ribs
rinse, then pat dry
In olive oil, sauteee squeegeed garlic and dashes of red p. flakes
when garlic is golden, add chard.
Let chard wilt --not so it's mushy, but sufficiently. You be the judge
salt vigorously
squeeeze lemon--or this week I found lime juice works too.
Serve

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Scando-rave

This is a great cozy use of a small room. Feels quite spacious

beautiful light

mod meets squad

pink walls

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Jabrisco

Broccoli peanut Sauce----serve on penne 2 heads broccoli 2 large cloves garlic ¼" thick slice ginger 1/4 tsp. ground coriander 1/4 tsp ground cumin ½ cup coconut milk ½ cup chunky peanut butter 2 tbsp roasted peanuts 3 dashes crushed red pepper (or to taste) ¼ cup stock/water 3 tbsp. brown sugar 1 tsp. lime juice salt pepper

time 25 min serves 3-4

1. Peel the tough outer skin of the broccoli (You can skip this step, but the broccoli won't be as tender). Cut broccoli into small, bite-size pieces. Place in a steamer basket, or on a plate on a steaming rack, in a large pot with 1" water; cover and steam until tender (check after 7 minutes).
2. Meanwhile, mince garlic and ginger as finely as possible. If you have a mortar and pestle, use it to mash the garlic, ginger, and ground spices; otherwise, just smash up the garlic and ginger as well as you can using the side of a big knife. Roughly chop the roasted peanuts.
3. In a saucepan, heat the coconut milk on medium-high, until bubbles begin to form.
4. Add garlic, ginger, ground cumin, ground coriander, and crushed red pepper and cook for 2 minutes.
5. Stir in the peanut butter and chopped peanuts, along with the stock and brown sugar. Cook until smooth, approximately 10 minutes
6. Add the lime juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve over steamed broccoli, with rice.

Last Night's Dinner

Had this for dinner last night. It was quite quick and had those three important components: nutrition, deliciousness, and complex flavor

Soba Salad with Spinach, Edamame and Miso Dressing

Published: September 18, 2009

Salt and freshly ground pepper

3 to 4 ounces soba noodles

1 carrot, peeled and finely chopped

2 cups edamame (frozen are fine)

2 to 3 tablespoons soy sauce

Juice of one lime

2 tablespoons white or light miso

1 tablespoon mirin or 1 teaspoon sugar, or to taste

10-ounce package fresh spinach, washed and trimmed

1/4 cup chopped scallion

1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger.

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it. Drop in the noodles and carrot and cook until tender, 2 to 4 minutes; add the edamame for about 15 to 30 seconds just to warm, then drain everything in a colander. Set aside.

2. In a large salad bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, lime juice, miso and mirin or sugar. Add spinach, noodles, carrot, edamame, scallion, and toss; then taste and season with salt and pepper as needed. Garnish with grated ginger at the table.

kitchen improv

table table

Above: Ostell's dining table is the Mt. Lebanon Shaker Work Table with wooden wheels of solid clear cherry with a hand-rubbed oil finish; prices start at $1,190 for a five-foot-long table at Shaker Workshops.

Back roads

License plates can be a great siding option too.

yariba

Cafe Rustico

80% of the materials used for this house would have ended up in the landfill. The man that creates them started a "homesteading" initiative to build homes with single moms, low income families and artists. Typically his homes are built for under $50,000 using recycled materials.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/garden/03recycle.html?_r=1

storybook

This article is a dream!