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Sunday, December 31, 2017
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Slow Cooker Black Bean Chili with Kahlua
This black bean chili is a little bit naughty, but mostly nice as we round the corner into the new year. Quite honestly, I'm not sure the world needs another chili recipe, but this one checks a number of boxes that are sometimes tricky to check. It's vegan. It's flavor-forward. It's hearty, and feisty, and easy to tweak (more heat, less heat, etc). It's perfect for a slow cooker, and it has a wild card ingredient - Kahlua. But don't worry, the alcohol cooks off, and the liquor just leaves a nice bass note of sweet coffee-ness. Not too much sweet, just a kiss, and I think it gets balanced out by the cumin and cayenne in most chili powders, and the smokiness of the chipotle. Slow cooker black bean chili for the weeknight win. I've also include notes for a stovetop version, and Instant Pot (pressure cooker) version, so everyone can come along.
I know, black bean chili is pretty much the Birkenstock of slow cooker staples, but I wanted to take a fresh look at it, and lock down a good go-to version with pay-off. Also, to write a recipe that doesn't have thirty ingredients, but tastes like it does. ;)
Shout out to my friend Chris at Bi-Rite Market, who always listens to me thinking out loud about what I'm working on. I was running through all the typical black bean chili wildcard ideas - pumpkin, orange juice, espresso, etc...We landed on Kahlua (before flirting with a whisky version)....and it turned out NICE!
Also, here's a shot of the Breville Fast Slow Pro. It was the multi-cooker I originally purchased. Unfortunately, it was damaged during shipping, and I replaced it with the Instant Pot DUO Plus 6 Qt 9-in-1. Then, Breville kindly sent me a new one to work with. Long way of saying, I've been testing, and experimenting with both now, and have a bit of a strengths/weaknesses chart going. I'm not going to do a product review at this point, just know, the recipes work in both.
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Cuddly bear-like chairs feature in OOPS furniture collection by Pierre Yovanovitch
Nilsson Pflugfelder's prefabricated wooden house is designed to maintain owners' privacy
This windows of this house in Cambridge, by architects office Nilsson Pflugfelder, are carefully positioned and sized to prevent overlooking by neighbouring properties. Read more
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The Forgotten little brothers
In May 2013 Ipswich finally got their hands on a trophy in front of an excited crowd at Portman Road. Ipswich Wanderers that it, not Town. Wanderers won the Suffolk Senior Cup in that year on penalties in front of a crowd of 1,000. 
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14 Shanghai architecture studios photographed by Marc Goodwin
The latest series of images by photographer Marc Goodwin offers a look inside 14 Shanghai-based architecture studios, belonging to firms including Neri & Hu, Archi-Union Architects and David Chipperfield Architects. Read more
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Saturday, December 30, 2017
Get motivated to work out with our Pinterest board dedicated to gyms
With 2018 just around the corner, our new Pinterest board is filled with gyms to inspire you to burn off the Christmas calories, including a sunken gym in the garden of a London home and a yoga studio in a converted Sydney warehouse. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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North Carolina home by Buildsense reuses materials from previous building on site
Dismantling an existing property allowed design-and-construction firm Buildsense to reuse materials for this ranch-style home in North Carolina. Read more
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Hiiragi's House is a Japanese home arranged around a courtyard and old tree
Tom Fereday bases minimal chair on industrial factory seating
Australian designer Tom Fereday has created a minimal dining chair with an adjustable curved backrest, which he based on seating found in old factories. Read more
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Foster + Partners converts landmark Hong Kong office tower into high-end hotel
Foster + Partners is transforming a former government headquarters tower in Hong Kong into a luxury hotel, retaining the building's original modernist facade and providing panoramic views of the surrounding skyline. Read more
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Whatever happened to the likely to be very good lads?
Ten years ago the English media waxed lyrically about our “Golden Generation”, the core of players who would go on to dominate world football. Beckham, Ferdinand, Lampard, Owen and Rooney. We went into the 2004 European Championships in Portugal full of hope that this time we would get it right, finally delivering some glory after nearly forty years of wasted effort. 
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Madoc Architecture builds house with curved recess to "bookend" a London terrace
Friday, December 29, 2017
Interior design couple turn historic Williamsburg schoolhouse into light-filled home
The founders of Brooklyn design studio White Arrow have transformed a landmarked building into a bright home for themselves in the New York borough's Williamsburg neighbourhood. Read more
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Aluminium strips curve through Mexico City building by Belzberg Architects
California firm Belzberg Architects has wrapped vertical aluminium strips around the outside of an office building in Mexico City, which continue inside to form various nooks and private areas. Read more
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Diébédo Francis Kéré's Serpentine Pavilion will relocate to Malaysia
This year's Serpentine Pavilion by Diébédo Francis Kéré will find a new permanent home in Malaysia, following an extended run in London. Read more
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10 homes that would make ideal venues for a New Year's Eve party
With 2017 coming to a close, we've pulled together images from Pinterest of homes that would make great places to host a New Year's Eve party. Our top 10 includes an English country house with interiors by Kate Moss and an Israeli residence with a six-metre-high wine bar. Read more
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Obiekt designs pared-back interior for C'est Beau's first store
Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter reveals visuals of tiered copper tower for Norway
Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has revealed renderings for a copper ziggurat-like housing tower designed for the site of a former military camp in the Norwegian town of Ski Vest. Read more
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Best Song Ever
We have one more stop. One more song for debate and could there be any better place or any better beer than we have for our final destination. A pint of Thornbridge Jaipur in the Cutters Arms, a bar opened in honour of Sheffield FC, the founding fathers of football as we know it today. Yes it may have been midnight, yes it may have taken us a good few pints and lively debate but we had an answer. Without a doubt the best song ever was The Greasy Chip Butty song, anthem of the Blades.
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Shenzhen museum surveys design industry's development with opening exhibitions
A timber pavilion constructed by a robot and a flat-pack chair from the 1700s are among the objects included in the first exhibitions at the Design Society museum in Shenzhen, within spaces designed by MVRDV and Sam Jacob. Read more
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Thursday, December 28, 2017
Foomann Architects renovates Melbourne bungalow with exposed timber framework
This single-storey house in Melbourne has been renovated by local studio Foomann Architects to include exposed wooden beams that span the entirety of the property. Read more
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Apple faces $999 billion lawsuit for slowing down iPhones
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