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A technique taught in French cooking schools can help you get more done with less hassle on your block. Words Nelson Lebo  Images Brad Hanson, Nelson Lebo Who: Nelson, Dani, Verti, & Manu Lebo Where: Okoia, 10km east of Whanganui Land: 5.1ha (13 acres) What: permaculture, regenerative agriculture Web: ecothriftylife.com Most chefs and builders will tell you half the job is getting organised to do the job. Almost any lifestyle block owner will tell you it’s also the biggest barrier. Mise en place (MEEZ ohn plahs) is a French phrase meaning ‘to put into place’ and is used primarily in...

Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels Spring is the perfect time to thoroughly clean all of those areas you’ve neglected during the winter. There are plenty of great tools that can make this chore a lot easier. However, New Yorkers tend not to have a lot of space for storing cleaning tools. But no worries: we found some cool items that don’t take up a lot of space and can be easily stored. All of these products have been hand-selected by Team 6sqft. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these affiliate links. All prices reflect those at the...

Ronny Yu is a director whose work I’ve enjoyed since the ‘90s, when I first saw his beautiful wuxia film THE BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR. Part of what’s interesting about him is that he was so adept at making those lush martial arts fantasies, but he was on a trajectory to come to Hollywood and make something quite different, including two of the more notable and unusual franchise horror films of the late ‘90s and early 2000s. But he started out in another place entirely – making raw, low budget Hong Kong cop thrillers like his very-hard-to-find first two films,...

Try this Good Friday seafood pie with #Parmesan! Dive right into this creamy seafood pie. Photo: Nagi Maehashi Today I’m sharing one of my top-shelf secrets: using the juice released by mussels to make a seafood stock. It’s dead easy and the flavour will knock your socks off. Ingredients 3 kipfler potatoes, scrubbed Mussel stock 1kg mussels, cleaned and debearded (see note) 100ml chardonnay or other dry white wine (or use low-salt chicken stock) Pie filling 400g skinless, boneless snapper, cut into 4cm pieces (see note) 2 tbsp flour ¼ tsp cooking salt ⅛ tsp white pepper 1 tbsp vegetable oil...

I’m pleased to present this zoom interview with the Manhattan-based painter Tony Serio, who is currently showing his work in the Bowery Gallery’s two-person show, Uptown Paintings, Michael Louis Johnson/Tony Serio. (see link to online presentation) I became acquainted with Tony Serio’s work after viewing his work online from the Westbeth Gallery’s exhibition, LIGHT OF DAY, The Language of Landscape that was curated by Karen Wilkin in March 2022. I was drawn to his vigor and sensitivity, as well as the expressive paint handling of his figures in the landscape. The painterly summation of the figures complements the gestural movement...