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Just What We Needed Dept: More Useless Kitchen Accessories and NSFW Yet

“Don’t be someone who needs help carrying a banana. That’s not who you are” You don’t need a lot of stuff to be a good cook; Mark Bittman says “”A stove, a sink, a refrigerator, some pots and pans, a knife and some serving spoons,” I answered. “All else is optional.” But what amazing options there are, those single purpose kitchen gadgets that take up so much space. Choosy Beggars

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Just What We Needed Dept: More Useless Kitchen Accessories and NSFW Yet

There’s No Recession in the New York Times Homes Section

Image credit: Joe Fletcher The rich are different from you and me; they read the New York Times Home and Garden section on Thursdays, and don’t seem to know that there is a recession. But they are beginning to deal with the concept of living with less, and show a couple squeezing into a modest 1100 square foot house in Mill Valley, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright disciple Daniel J. Liebermann- that cost $1,125,000 to purchase and over $ 400 a foot to renovate. But it is a gem of a thing. More at New York Times … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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There’s No Recession in the New York Times Homes Section

Wretched Excess Dept: a Lamborghini in the Living Room

Koichi Torimura Some people love their cars, so much that they wish they could be in their living room. But what if you have nine of them? Japanese architect Takuya Tsuchida had such a client, who also said “Oh, and the living room needs a tall tree.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Wretched Excess Dept: a Lamborghini in the Living Room