With the temperature hovering in the teens on the building site, it seems on odd time to talk about barbecuing. Most people are hunkered down in front of the fire with a steaming mug of cocoa. But in our house, Christmas is the perfect time to break out the barbecue grill and get cooking.
When we [...]
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The city of Lindon requires—among a billion other things—a model energy code compliance report to prove, I suppose, that your model energy code is complaint with whatever Lindon officials have deemed necessary to comply with in regards to the energy code.
So, obviously, I have no idea what the heck this is or why we had [...]
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While reconfiguring the house plans, Sam asked for a complete list of appliances. For some people this is easy, but for me it’s been a chore. I’ve purchased so many rotten appliances in my life — dishwashers that can only clean pre-washed dishes for example — that I’m ultra-wary of every advertising claim. And there [...]
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Appliances are not only a major expense in a home, but also a long-term investment. If you choose well, your appliances should give you years of service.
In our last home we installed a Wolf 48″ professional rangetop, model SRT484DG, with four gas burners and a dual griddle. Coming from a ceramic top stove, this upgrade [...]
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Cooking is not my hobby, it’s a necessary evil for survival. I don’t want a bunch of gee-whiz gizmos in my kitchen. I want a few, high-quality, multi-purpose tools that are easy to use.
When it comes to kitchen blenders that means something crafted for years of hard labor actually blending big chunks of food—because I [...]
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We’ve long been wanting to build an eco-friendly home. It’s all the rage. It’s cool. It’s hip.
But that has nothing to do with it. If I really wanted to be hip, I’d get rid of the peg-legged acid-washed high-waisted jeans in my closet. And stop using the word “hip.” I’m not building a green home [...]
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