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These Are the Best Power Tools for Pumpkin Carving
To me, there’s no better part of spooky season than carving a pumpkin. But what if I told you there was a way to add some power tools into the mix and make this low-key seasonal activity even more exciting? If you love tools as much as I do, you’ll be happy to learn that…
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6 Fancy Knife Cuts to Make Your Dishes Look a Little More Grown-Up
Being an adult comes with high expectations, like how to cut ingredients with sharp objects and cook for yourself (outside of microwave popcorn). The pressure from that giant knife block your mum gave you can be overwhelming. One of the best ways to start building confidence in your cooking is understanding different knife cuts and…
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The Better Way to Cut a Clean Slice of Cake
“Cutting the cake” is an honour. Whether you’re getting married, retiring, or celebrating a birthday, the task usually falls to a special person on their special day. I’m not one to nitpick the aesthetics of a slice of cake — especially one that is handed to me free of charge — but, when cutting the…
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The Easiest Ways to Open a Can Without a Can Opener
One basic rule of life is that everything is easy with the proper tools, and nearly impossible without them. A great example of how this works is the can opener: Although we’ve had the pull-tab design since 1962, you can still somehow find plenty of canned goods on the grocery shelves that lack this simple…