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The Genius of the Joy of Cooking
by Tim Farrell Forget magazine clippings and newspaper headlines. If you really want to put your finger on the pulse of American culture, just flip through an edition of the Joy of Cooking. The...
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David’s Removable Fig Leaf
A plaster cast from the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum - This fig-leaf was hung on the David on the occasion of visits by royal ladies. It was last used in the time of Queen Mary...
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This is fantastic: Wayne Kusy created a 25-foot model of the 1936 Queen Mary made entirely out of 814,000 toothpicks and 19 gallons of wood glue. It took him 8 years to build. And the most surprising...
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A Very Tiny Dollhouse with Very Big Treasures
I hate dolls. They just creep me out. But, as I’ve mentioned before on the _floss, I have a bizarre fascination with dollhouses. I’m in good company, though. Included amongst the millions of people...
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