The skillet that is meant to turn black
By Porter Lang Seasoning is not a spice. It is a coating, and a cast-iron pan without one is a […]
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Seagrove: a small town and a long shelf of pots
By Ines Keane Seagrove is small. Yet it sits at the center of one of the best-known pottery districts in
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The New England ice trade: sawdust, horses and a lake that changed its name
By Rafe Calder Eighteen inches. That is the minimum thickness the ice had to reach before it could be harvested,
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Pecans: when the husk splits, the orchard goes loud
By Isla Quinn The husk dries. Then it cracks along its seams. Then it splits into sections and turns brown,
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The Adirondack chair: eleven boards, two patent dates and one wide armrest
By Porter Lang Start with the arms. On the original chair they are 9½ inches wide, and they sit high
Places
Lowell: a town designed around a waterfall
By Ines Keane The falls came first. The people who chose Lowell were not looking for a place to live.
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Fraser fir: cones in August, a tree in November, and a mountain at the end
By Isla Quinn Cones first. Growers pick them in late August and early September, according to North Carolina State University’s
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The Louisville Slugger: three origin stories and a rule about wood
By Porter Lang One piece of solid wood. That is the requirement that Wikipedia’s article on the baseball bat quotes
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Decoys of the Susquehanna Flats: a wooden duck with a long history
By Rafe Calder In 1924 two archaeologists working in a cave in Nevada pulled eleven duck decoys out of a
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Mystic: more than 600 ships, one river, and a bridge that lifts
By Ines Keane More than 600 ships, built over 135 years, starting in 1784. That is the figure Wikipedia gives
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