Grendel’s Kitchen

The coldest place? My house, two days without heat or hot water, no end in sight

The “liquifactor” in this picture looks suspiciously like my now-defunct oil burner and hot water furnace system. And given the difficulty our oil burner service expects to have in finding a replacement motor within the next couple of weeks, may be of the same vintage. I believe the space just [...]

Historical integrity in the home — or why the 19th C. Chinese buffet belongs here