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Valley of Ashes and the marvelous Dorco PL602
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Southern Witchcrafts Valley of Ashes has a fragrance that seems designed to attract men more than women (“Coal, Tar, Bourbon, Tobacco, Bitter Citrus, Smoke, Leather, Motor Oil, Burning Rubber, Dies…
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The Wife has been using her iPhone to take photos of the moon on these clear evenings here in Victoria BC (well, Oak Bay, but who’s looking at a map?) And the night before, there were clouds:…
on Sat, 2AM
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A small brush and a fine shave
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My Simpson Wee Scot from almost 20 years ago — long before Vulfix acquired Simpson — is a superb little brush that holds a surprising amount of lather. It worked up an excellent lather from Chisele…
on Fri, 7PM
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Floris Nº 89 and the Parker Slant
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Perfume houses make shaving soaps with exquisite fragrances — Floris No. 89 is one of them: Top notes: Lavender, Bergamot, Orange, Neroli, Petitgrain, and NutmegMiddle notes: Rose, Geranium, and Yl…
on Thu, 9PM
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Aylsworth Apex and Geo. F. Trumper Sandalwood
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This is an old tube of Geo. F. Trumper from a time when the company made its shaving soap, a task now outsourced with a cheaper formula. Investors are probably happier than customers. This is a tri…
on Wed, 7PM
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Dr. Selby and a DOC, with Lilac Vegetal
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I have liked Dr. Selby’s for a long time. It was once “3X Concentrated” shaving cream, but I see that characterization is now missing from the title, though the box still reports …
on Tue, 7PM
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Exceptional performance from my Feather AS-D1
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Ardent is a limited-edition Grooming Dept Kairos SE soap exclusive to the Razor Company. The scent is attractive: The scent contains an incredible natural black tea extraction. The black tea note i…
on Nov 9
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When the subconsccious has been working on something, it often submits its findings to our conscious mind at those times when there’s not much going on, consciously — while driving on an uncr…
on Nov 8
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Stew with purple (kalettes, broccolini, potato) and two kinds of mushrooms
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And the shallot probably counts as purple, too. Those things in the lower left corner are kalettes — miniature clusters of kale leaves, each one a bite after being cooked (or raw, for that matter).…
on Nov 7
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Lavender and Classic with the Mamba
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The Keyhole brush from Italian Barber is a very nice little brush. The knot is soft without being weak, and this morning, it worked up a thick and fragrant lather from Barrister’s Reserve Lav…
on Nov 7
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Grooming Dept Mallard Correto is an excellent shaving soap with a duck-fat formula and a fine fragrance: “Coffee, Brandy, Plum, Berries, Honey, Cacao Dust, Vanilla, Patchouli.” The ingredients list…
on Nov 5
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Everything about this morning’s shave was totally first-rate. The Omega Pro 48, well broken in, is my favorite brush now, and the CK-6 formula off Phoenix Artisan’s Oud Spice produces a…
on Nov 4
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Let’s do another by Tuba Skinny: How Do They Do It That Way
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on Nov 4
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Tobacco Road has a fragrance I like a lot: “Hinoki, Honey, Bay Leaf, Tobacco, Smoke, Amber.” This soap uses their Ultima formula: Stearic, Tallow, Glycerin, Beer, Shea Butter, Kokum Butter, S…
on Nov 2
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Aces over Eights and the Mercury
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345 Soap Co’s Aces over Eights has a terrific fragrance: “Tobacco, Mint, Rose, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Cedar, Patchouli, Vetiver, Tonka bean.” Unfortunately, he no longer makes this soap. (I sus…
on Nov 1
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Pan’s Pipe and the Shavecraft #101
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I especially like the fragrance of Pan’s Pipe, one of Dr. Jon’s handcrafted shaving soaps: “Lilac, Ivy, Orange Zest, Dirt, Oakmoss, and Cannabis.” (Dr. Jon has closed his practice, so t…
on Oct 31
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Puros la Habana and a boar-brush comment
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A while back, I wrote a Sharpologist article on four roughly similar boar brushes: Antica Barberia Mondial bleached boar – $60, diameter 28mm, loft 60mm Zenith B02-A28 bleached boar – €13…
on Oct 30
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Avo Nice Shave and the German 37, with lathering note
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Avo Nice Shave gets its name from the avocado oil in the formula: Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Cast…
on Oct 29
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Pirata and the 1930s Merkur celluloid slant
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I used what is now my favorite brush, the Omega Pro 48 (10048), well broken in, and working with the new technique of a longer brisk brushing of the lather on my face, I got a wonderfully thick, cr…
on Oct 28
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Black lentils & einkorn tempeh
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In honor of the publication of the modest volume The Little Book of Making Tempeh: Homemade Tempeh: Why & How (in Canada, use this link) and also because I used up the last of the soybean &…
on Oct 28
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Basic steps for homemade tempeh
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Black-bean-and-black-rice tempeh after four days. I update this post from time to time as I learn more from experience. Most recent update: August 30, 2024: Note on batch size. I am returning to 3-…
on Oct 28
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Broccolini, kale, and mushroom delight
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What was left over after dinner and after a night in the refrigerator I felt like cooking something, and I had a large bag of shiitake mushrooms, so I began with that. I used my 4-qt sauté pan. I a…
on Oct 27
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The Extro soap I chose today, 17º Stormo, is named the elite unit of the Italian Air Force — roughly, their equivalent of SEAL Team 6 or the British Army’s SAS. The lather from Extro soaps is…
on Oct 25
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Lentil, teff, and kale soup, with friends
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Those little cubes of meat — one at 12 o’clock and the other to its left, are in fact pieces of Stokes Purple potatoes. This is the full batch, before I had a bowl. I made soup — the weather&…
on Oct 25
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Extro Arzachena and the Goodfellas smile Legione Slant
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Extro’s Arzchena (named after a town in Sardinia) has a green from the chlorophyll it contains and carries a pleasant light fragrance: Head: bergamot-lemon-greenHeart: lilac-jasmine…
on Oct 24
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Today, I returned to Aion Skincare’s After the Fire (still available — from Top of the Chain, for example), one of their Maxima 2023 formula soaps. The fragrance is not simply smoke but a twist on …
on Oct 24
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Adjusting a recipe to suit me better: Braised White Beans and Greens with Parmesan
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Many recipes I encounter do not fit my whole-food non-animal diet, but often they can be easily adjusted for a better fit. Here’s an example: Lidey Hueck has a NY Times recipe (no paywall) th…
on Oct 23
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When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie.
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Monday’s shaves tend to be exceptional, and today’s shave is no exception (to that rule). Several factors combine to make that come true. Having a two-day stubble helps, as does good pr…
on Oct 21
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I forgot to post yesterday’s shave, which was a good shave and deserved better. Once again, I started with a somewhat loose lather; brushing briskly with my RazoRock Three-Color Plissoft brus…
on Oct 20
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Today has been solid rain — sometimes light (and I took an umbrella and did a 30-minute (actually, 33-minute: I’m counting) walk to close my Movement ring and my Exercise Ring. The new Apple …
on Oct 20
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Lather lesson belatedly learned
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I see now that I never really understood “working up the lather” on my face. It means, I see now, brushing a thin lather vigorously until it achieves a creamy consistency. I had shorten…
on Oct 18
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Once again I noticed how thirsty Van Yulay’s Aphrodite shaving soap is. I had to add water to the brush a couple of times to load it, and more as I worked up the lather on my face. It may be that t…
on Oct 18
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Purple Barley, Black Bean, and Green Kale Soup
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As the weather becomes cooler, soup comes more often to mind. Today’s soup is a recipe I made up. Purple Barley, Black Bean & Green Kale Soup 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 8 cloves…
on Oct 18
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The Victorian, the Rose of Sharon, and Henson
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Dr. Jon’s Handcrafted Soaps is no more, but I have still some of his shaving soaps, and today I picked Rose of Phrygia. This soap has a luscious fragrance: “Dark, sweet spices over vetiver an…
on Oct 17
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Lather improvement and a great shave
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A reader, Jean S-P, who has been watching Turkish shaving videos in anticipation of an upcoming trip to Istanbul observed that Turkish barbers start with a relatively loose and runny lather in the …
on Oct 17
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White bean and oat groat soup with a salad on it
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Today is a rainy day in James Bay, a good day for a soup. I’ve had my eye on this one: The recipe, by Ellie Krieger, is in the Washington Post (no paywall). I followed the recipe except for a…
on Oct 17
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Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli and a great slant
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Declaration Grooming’s collaboration with Chatillon Lux produced some fine fragrances, and one of my favorites is Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli, still a standby for Declaration Grooming though now in t…
on Oct 17
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Organism 46-B and a best brush, with the Model T razor
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I easily loaded my Plisson European Grey brush with Phoenix Artisan’s excellent Organism 46-B Kokum Butter soap. As I put brush to my wet, prepped face and felt the warmth and graininess and …
on Oct 16
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No photo again, but really tasty. I wanted to have some of the little new potatoes I bought, so I started with garlic. 2 enormous cloves of garlic (equivalent to 6-8 normal cloves), chopped fairly …
on Oct 10
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Aion Skincare’s Tonka soap, with their Mallard 2024 formula, makes a terrific lather (here facilitated with the Yaqi Two-in-One brush, so named because the base comes with two screw-in knots,…
on Oct 10
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Good hot supper for a cold rainy day
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I didn’t really plan this meal, just looked around for what I had on hand — the only thing I started with was that I wanted to try grating some small new potatoes and then cooking them. I sta…
on Oct 9
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Oud Spice and the excellent Yaqi Tile
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My Zenith 507U XSE unbleached boar brush has broken in extremely well at this point, and now it is a luxurious pleasure to use. At under €20, it’s a bargain, IMO. Plus I think it looks elegan…
on Oct 9
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Buying tempeh costs 10 times more than making it
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It depends, of course, on what legumes and grains you use, but comparing plain old store-bought soybean tempeh to my latest batch (desi chickpeas and Kamut wheat), the store tempeh is close to 9 ti…
on Oct 8
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The depression epidemic and why the medical profession is failing patients
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William Leith reports in the Times: In 1989, a trainee physician called Edward Bullmore treated a woman in her late fifties. Mrs P had swollen joints in her hands and knees. She had an autoimmune d…
on Oct 8
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Great products and some practice make a great shave
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Omega’s Pro 48 (10048) brush is, I belatedly realized, probably the best shaving brush (in terms of feel on the face and performance) that I have. It did a wonderful job this morning with Aio…
on Oct 7
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Quick & easy comfort-food dinner: Chickpeas and pasta
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The Washington Post recently posted a recipe column by G. Daniela Galarza in the Eat Voraciously series. The column focused on the Italian classic Pasta e Ceci — pasta with chickpeas, an instance …
on Oct 6
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Declaration Grooming’s After the Rain uses their Milksteak base. It has a pleasant post-rain fragrance, more like a forest through which a rain has passed than the ozone smell that follows a …
on Oct 5
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The label image, taken from the painting “Rain, Steam, and Speed — The Great Western Railway” (1844) by William Turner, seems highly appropriate this morning, at least insofar as the ra…
on Oct 4