Q. I am installing flagstone and some paving brick on top of a concrete patio. A book I read suggests mixing sand, cement and hydrated lime in different proportions to make the mortar mix. What is ...

Thump, thump, thump, thump. From Oaxacan kitchens to Bangkok food stalls, from villages in Africa, India and Greece, the steady beat of the mortar and pestle is the sound of dinner under way. Wood ...

Scientists have discovered the secret behind an ancient Chinese mortar made from sticky rice, that delicious "sweet rice" that is a modern mainstay in Asian dishes. They also concluded that the mortar ...

Most avid home cooks have their favorite time-saving gadgets and more often than not, one of them is a food processor. Somehow, I got my first food processor only a few years ago – after an entire ...

Sticky rice, which has been a staple of the Chinese diet for centuries, also played a huge role in the construction of their ultra-durable cities and walls. The glutinous side dish has been used since ...

The bricks on my four-story house in Brooklyn need to be repointed. The house was built circa 1890 and I want to make sure the contractor uses mortar that is not too hard for the old bricks. There is ...

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HYDERABAD: Through the centuries, the composition of lime plaster, a type of plaster widely used for construction or restoration of archaeological structures, has undergone a change. This is because ...