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 ...

Five fine recipes that make full use of your pestle and mortar, from red mullet with roasted garlic aioli to pistachio and honey rolls I would be lost without my broad, smooth pestle and mortar, to ...

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 ...