The CG22EASSLP model from Hitachi is has a number of appealing features for a grass trimmer. It has a two-stroke engine that delivers performance while at the same time reducing emissions that allow it to earn the high standard label of a CARB-compliant tool. There is also the lightweight and built-in anti-vibration system that makes [...]
The WORX 3-Piece Combo ToolKit includes the following rechargeable lawn care tools: (1) The Trimmer Edger with an Adjustable Shaft. (2) A Hedge Trimmer with 20-Inch Blade. (3) A Blower that gives off a wind force of 120 mi./h These three items will help you to manage your unruly garden with professional flair. All three [...]
As the dog days of summer wind down the cooler temperatures of Fall offer the perfect opportunity to make those last essential repairs to your home before the winter cold starts to set in.
Chef Sue Reidel in this short video from the Globe and Mail gives us a few valuable tips for preparing our cheese board for guests this holiday season. Here’s a summary of what she says. As an appetizer plan on about an ounce and a half per person per variety of cheese on your board. [...]
I’m a little girl again. It’s all going wrong but who cares. I’m covered in mud lost in the garden and having so much fun. But no. I’m preparing Metrowiec cake with Natalia for the first time. It’s just been a messy affair. Normally I work quickly and efficiently. Not now. We’re blowing it, Natalia [...]
Placek Po Zbojnicku translates into English as the outlaw’s potato pancake. The reason, I suppose, may have been that it was so satisfying that it fed the appetites of men on the run from the law. That’s just an idle guess but it is a popular dish nevertheless for law-abiding types as well. Often it [...]
As a young girl growing up in Poland, I learned how to bake bread from scratch from my grandmother. I know from experience that it can be a painstaking process, so it was with some eager anticipation that I read a book that claimed to shorten the work to five minutes. Artisan Bread in Five [...]
A very popular dish in Poland is Fasolka po Bretonsku, which literally translates to “bean and meat stew from Britanny.” The title is a little curious since I have heard others comment that this particular dish is not really standard fare in that region of northwestern France. Why it came to be known by this [...]
When one thinks of Slavic cuisine, it is always Bigos which first comes to mind. Bigos is the dish par excellence which people all over Poland and Eastern Europe believe seals their claim to the finest cuisine in the world. Despite the patriotic fervor that surrounds this dish, it has no set recipe. The ingredients, [...]
In the midst of the current slump the manufacturing industry has been especially hard hit in the Mid Western states. Here’s some cause for optimism. Raymond J. Learsy, author of “Over a Barrel: Breaking Oil’s Grip on Our Future” underlines another emerging role for the Midwest, as a provider of food. The United States [...]
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