Has the smallest room in the house really become the place for the loudest paper? Yes, and the reason can be measured. Bold wallpaper is moving into small powder rooms …

What gives a powder room with personality its start when the budget is almost nothing? One tin of matt paint in a single deep colour, bought before anything else. A …

A pedestal column is a hollow piece of china that hides the pipes and, on many models, carries less weight than it looks. A pedestal sink or wall-hung vanity will …

A clam tells you when it is done, and that is the whole technique behind Nashville hot clams. The shell opens, the meat inside has just firmed up, and the …

Think of tempeh on pizza the way you think of crumbled sausage. It is chewy, savory, and happy to soak up seasoning, and when you fry it in a little …

Ground beef is more than half water by weight, and that water decides whether the meat browns or turns gray. Heat has to drive the moisture off the surface before …

Listen to the oven door. For the first few minutes there is only a low hum, and then a hiss starts as the bacon fat melts and pools around the …

Duck sounds like restaurant food, but a duck breast cooks more like a thick steak with a layer of fat on top. The only real trick is the fat, and …

Tofu is mostly water held in a protein gel, and everything about cooking it comes down to what you do with that water. Press some out and the block can …

I will say it up front: peeling fresh chestnuts is the worst part of making soup, and it is the reason many cooks never make this one. You score each …