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Chaat Nachos
Added to the #must-make list.
Guys, I made this incredible lazy-girl dinner the other day and it was pretty darn good, so I must share. I cleverly call it Chaat Nachos, because it’s a riff on India’s popular street food snack chaat… but in the guise of nachos.
via Craving Hot, Sour, Salty Sweet? Make Chaat Nachos STAT! — Table Without Borders
A favorite woodworking podcast
I habitually listen to the Wood Talk show. It’s mostly a Q&A show with three guys that run the gamut on modern woodworking. Give it a listen if you want to learn more about woodworking.
Here’s a sample to stream into your earholes.
Summertime
Doubly true now that we have functional AC again.
It’s good to be a pooch
Roy Underhill at Handworks 2017
Here’s Roy’s presentation from Handworks 2017.
via Roy Underhill at Handworks 2017–The Video — Benchcrafted
In Boston this weekend?
If you’re around Boston this weekend (July 9th, noon to 3), swing by the MFA to see Peter do his thing.
I am working on another desk box; an oak box with a slanted lid. Mainly I need this for the photos, for an article in the works. The annoying part is that the photos I needed to shoot were the slots/dadoes/what-have-yous on the inside faces of the box’s end boards. But…I don’t like to do the carving after cutting voids into the board. So first, I had to carve them.
This time, I made up the design, drawing from my research (and others’) into the varied carvings coming out of Devon, England. The same style appeared in Ipswich, Massachusetts during the last 3rd of the 17th century. I carve this stuff more than any other grouping, mostly because of its variety. Once you learn the “vocabulary” it’s easy to make up designs willy-nilly.
The desk box ends are weird shapes though. Took a little sketching with some chalk, and some…
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Peonies 2017
