A few days ago, a small multicolored tit (mésange, in French) landed right in front of the door of the tiny house in which I was doing some construction. To remind me to send the last episode of the Mésange series?
Three years ago, in a trip in Japan, one afternoon tea touched me particularly. From the notes I took at that time to remember the moment, I wrote this short story for you.
By fermenting only one vegetable at a time, we simplify the process, but we also get to know more deeply this vegetable. Which new aromas will it develop? How will become its texture? Do you think its color might change during fermentation?
Which kind of tool can I use to drill bamboo? How to mark and immobilize the bamboo? How to use carving tools to drill a hole? A short tutorial based on a video review of 9 highly skilled bamboo craftsmen from around the world.
Which kind of tool can I use to split bamboo? How to immobilize the bamboo when splitting it? How to split? And how to obtain slats of the same width? A short tutorial based on a video review of more than 18 highly skilled bamboo craftswomen and craftsmen from around the world.
While we were visiting the East Coast of Taiwan during Chinese New Year, we stopped by a museum where we discovered a traditional bamboo house. How to build such a bamboo house?
What is the surface area of the entire human digestive system? What is the area of the intestine? Overall, our digestive tract is about 32 m2, from lips to anus, of which about 94% is the small intestine alone!