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Plants are friends *and* food, this cute new zine shows

“Manganen” is a collection of the artist Lylet Soliven’s family recipes and food stories, adapted for the plant-based eater

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You need to learn how to make garlic confit

Confiting ingredients is one of the oldest cooking methods around; you’ll wonder why you didn’t try it with garlic sooner

The many uses of plants, according to an artist whose studio is an indoor garden—sort of

Bacolod-based artist Kris Ardeña doesn’t consider himself a plant collector. For him, there’s more to letting them thrive in his space than a passive hobby

Food origins: The halo-halo’s macapuno, nata de coco and kaong and how they’re made

We know almost every ingredient of halo-halo by heart, but little has been said about these specialty ingredients that are products of years of scientific research and agricultural innovation

Are you ready to move to a new area? Here are some questions to ask beforehand

Moving to a new area, while appealing, is a pretty big commitment

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Here’s what you can do with your old scented candle jars

From storing trinkets to *literally* building your own chandelier, the uses of these empty candle jars are almost endless

A guide to building the home theater of your dreams

Now’s the time to start playing around with your room layout AND your television settings

Wait, does the full moon really affect my sleep schedule?

Yes, according to a number of studies and folklore at least

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Let’s stop calling recent disasters ‘natural’ because they’re not

The disasters hitting us may originally be forces of nature, but we had a role in making them even more catastrophic

8 flowers and herbs to keep unwanted insects away from your space

Turns out all the scents we find calming are repulsive to mosquitoes