I bought this peeler over the weekend. It’s a good one*. Kuhn Rikon Swiss Peeler, $7.38** *It’s better than my last two (one from Ikea & one from the dollar store). **Prices vary. I’ve seen them around $4-$10. I paid $5 for mine at Waterloo’s Household China & Gifts.
It’s easy enough to find recipes for croissants online, but “how-to” videos like the one below by Vancouver-based artist Justina Yang of Fiber Lab are extremely rare and a big treat for the viewer. Can you believe that Justina’s medium of choice is paper? Paper!!! I came across it last night after reading Grace’s feature of Justina’s
One of the things that I liked about my house when I bought it was that there were really simple (and new) window coverings. The previous owner chose really attractive and convenient window blinds and kept the style the same throughout the whole house. I loved the consistency. A few of the blinds needed to
I still haven’t quite decided about the kitchen countertop. Annoying. I think I’m close though. Here are the issues. 1. I thought that I was going to just go for quartz but then I started hearing things about marks, chips, and stains. 2. So then I went back to thinking of laminate as I thought
A couple of weeks ago I attended the BrainStem festival at The Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario. The exhibits were very scientific, techy, and kid-friendly. It was an energetic and very public-friendly event. While the interactive science activities were pretty cool, I was really interested in the self-guided building tour. The Perimeter Institute event coordinators