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Cooking: Texas Peanut Butter Gardening: Houston Botanic Gardens Good Brick Tour Garden Oaks Retreat
On the Cover: Adams Architects’ Environmental Family Forest Bridge links children’s and parents’ bedrooms, an ideal setting designed for coaxing homework, effused with Nature’s serene Texas northern light. PUBLISHER ............................Mike Harrison, Ph.D. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS ........................................ Shirley Barr, Anne Breux, Sam Byrd, Barbara Canetti, Marsha Canright, Mar y Chavoustie, Natalie de la Garza, Susan Fox, Joshua Kornegay, Katricia Lang, Barbara Kuntz, Paris Permenter & John Bigley, Whitney Radley, Robin Barr Sussman
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Inspirational Architecture By ADAMS ARCHITECTS • PHOTOGRAPHy By GARy ZvOnkOvIC
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uilt on a rural site, in the midst of Houston’s “Exurbia” near the global headquarters of the world’s largest oil company, this project intentionally defies Global Warming. Designed and built for the climate of its region yet unique to its specific place, regarding prevailing winds, solar orientation, adaptation to slopes and drainage, all the pragmatic demands of a real place that ultimately captures Genius Loci, The Spirit of Place, yielding a residence that just, “feels right”. In the right hands this endeavor becomes downright “artistic”. Adams Architects’ gift to their clients is that feeling of rightness-with-the-land, believing that this like nothing else contributes to a mental and spiritual wellbeing for that client, provided by nothing quite like the right abode in the
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right place within which to raise one’s family. Actively harvesting powerful South Texas sun for total electrical power the residence skillfully combines this with passively gathering benign northern light for spiritually enhanced daily life . This house is literally all about Light and the life-giving quality astute use of our latitudinal placement on the globe can yield. This coupled with honesty of rendition where timber becomes “Timber” , steel becomes “Steel” and the desire for honesty of materials lends a certain humility that resonates with respect for the land, the geography, the sun, the climate of the region. The reality of this “New Beautiful” is celebrated through the honesty of the structure, with none of the pretense typically found in Texas Big-House Architecture.
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A Fix & Fogg shopping bag and Granola Bars
New Gourmet Peanut Butter Transcends Ordinary Pantry Staples Fix & Fogg comes to the rescue for back-to-school, office lunches and gifts STORy By ROBIn BARR SuSSMAn
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here’s a new peanut butter in town with amazing flavors like chocolate hazelnut, smoke and fire, and coffee maple that will amp up breakfast, lunch and snacks brilliantly. Fix & Fogg promises to “make the most of your toast” and it does indeed! Stroll up to the new Houston Fix & Fogg window to purchase from 10-plus flavors, artsy tote bags, adorable tee-shirts, aprons and more peanut butter related gifts. Fix & Fogg originated in Wellington, New Zealand, by founder Roman Jewell who envisioned nut butters that are natural, vegan friendly, gluten-free and free of palm oil and artificial flavors. After the company’s smash-hit brand developed a cult following, it began manufacturing in the U.S. and the product is now available at Central Market stores across Texas.
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Just in time for the holidays or a hostess gift, the innovative company will package up an order of at least four flavors in a savvy box with a recipe e-book included. Pad Thai sauce made with smoke and fire peanut butter; granola made with super crunchy peanut butter; pesto crafted with everything butter; cashew and maple almond butter muffins; noodles with creamy cashew butter sauce; chocolate nut butter brownies … you don’t want to miss these creative concoctions. With this cornucopia of flavors, the collection is ideal for fast eats, ambitious meals, or that budding epicure who is bored with regular peanut butter. For holiday gifts, consider the canvas totes, aprons, whimsical tea towels and key chains. Finally, an excuse to eat nut butter for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks—no refrigeration required!
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RECIPE
Coffee and Maple Peanut Butter Blondies
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hese unique treats made with addicting Fix & Fogg Coffee and Maple peanut butter are perfect for lunch boxes, everyday dessert, or holiday gatherings. And think of the delicious aromas wafting from the kitchen!
Ingredients For the blondies:
3/4 cup Fix & Fogg Coffee and Maple peanut butter
3/4 cup coconut sugar
3/4 cup milk of choice
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup ground almonds
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda For the glaze:
1/4 cup Fix & Fogg Coffee and Maple peanut butter
2 tablespoon maple syrup
1-2 tablespoons milk of choice
Method
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9x12 baking pan with parchment paper. In a large mixing bowl, combine
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the Coffee and Maple peanut butter, coconut sugar, milk and vanilla. Mix until well combined. Add the remaining ingredients and fold until just combine, but don’t over mix.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread out evenly. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until springy to touch and a knife comes out clean. You want them to be a bit gooey and fudgy.
To prepare the glaze, mix the Coffee and Maple peanut butter, maple syrup and milk together. For a proper drizzling consistency, add more milk as required. Once the blondies are cooled, drizzle the glaze over top. Yield: about 12 blondies
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ouston’s newest outdoor attraction, The Houston Botanic Garden, is welcoming guests to experience nature and cultural discovery. The dazzling collection along Sims Bayou highlights Houston’s ecosystems and restores the city’s natural habitat for birds and wildlife while educating visitors through family-friendly programs and exhibits. The Botanic Garden has transformed a 132-acre former municipal golf course in southeast Houston into a natural wonderland with features that include: • The Global Collection Garden with about 350 different tropical, sub-tropical, and arid species across more than a dozen themed areas • A Culinary Garden that reflects the multicultural diversity of Houston’s restaurant scene • The Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden, which includes a boardwalk maze around a lagoon and other options for nature and children’s water play • The Woodland Glade serves as a shady spot for weddings and other outdoor events One of the water features of the Global Collection Gardens adds sound and sparkle to a zone starring plants from arid climates. And for walking enthusiasts, elevation changes make parts of the Global 16 house& home | October 2020 | www.houstonhouseandhome.net
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Collection Garden feel like a hike. Other unique elements include the Asian-inspired zone with a bamboo tunnel and “Curiosity Cabinets” placed throughout the gardens, encouraging visitors to engage close-up with the natural world they are exploring. To visit, enter the Botanic Garden from Park Place Boulevard, just off I-45 South. Take the newly constructed bridge over the Sims Meander to the parking lot, where guests can enjoy a nearby picnic area and the welcome pavilion. Opening weekend festivities will span through early November, each celebration a different Houston cultural community with a focus on Houston’s global identity. HOUSTON BOTANIC GARDEN, One Botanic Lane, Houston, 77017, 713-715-9675, hbg.org. Monday – Sunday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Tickets: Weekend Pricing: Adults $15.00; Children and Students $10.00. Weekday Pricing: Adults $12.50; Children and Students $8.00. 17
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October 17: W.L. Foley Building (1889) is one of Houston’s oldest surviving commercial buildings. Photo by Jim Parsons
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reservation Houston’s Good Brick Tour of award-winning historic homes and buildings is going digital this year with professionally produced videos that give viewers an inside look at exceptional preservation efforts. PH has presented the Good Brick Awards since 1979 to honor outstanding historic preservation projects and the people who make them happen. All of the properties featured on the Good Brick Tour have been recognized with Good Brick Awards. “The video tours are providing us the opportunity to showcase historic properties that we couldn’t logistically feature during the live event,” said PH Executive Director David Bush. “Cameras can go into spaces that aren’t accessible for in-person tours and we’re using drones for close-ups of architectural details that you can’t really appreciate from ground level.”
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The tour videos will premiere online at 10 a.m. every Saturday from October 10 through 31. The first three videos may be viewed free of charge. Anyone who donates $25 or more to the Good Brick Tour will receive a link to a special bonus tour. For detailed information, to view the free videos and make a donation to access the bonus video, visit preservationhouston.org/goodbricktour. The videos will remain online after the premiere dates. The 2020 Good Brick Tour locations and premiere dates for the free video tours are:, October 10: Myer-Hall House (1910), a Tudor Revival landmark in Courtland Place, has remained largely unchanged from the time it was completed in 1910. The restored interior features outstanding original woodwork in tiger oak and historic leaded glass windows.
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October 17: W.L. Foley Building (1889) is one of Houston’s oldest surviving commercial buildings and one of the first preservation projects near downtown’s Market Square. The video tour will showcase a colorful, art-filled loft and the extensive architectural details on the building’s façade.
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“I really did respect the fact that the original builder really looked at the land and built the house so symmetrically on the unusual lot,” says Toups. “That just got our mind working to the only person we know that thought like that — Frank Lloyd Wright.” Inspired to do a “little replica,” the Toups family seized upon Wright’s ideas on symmetry, adding eight square feet so the house would be perfectly symmetrical and installing all the doors and windows the same width. Since the home lacked features to build upon, the Toups incorporated their own, including a brick wall that penetrates both the inside and outside of the house, while also changing the entire floor plan and removing the ceiling in the front room. Tongue and groove pine ceilings now continue throughout the house and give the appearance of going through the glass,
(ABOVE) In downsizing from a 3,800 square foot home, homeowner Carol Toups kept only the most meaningful and interesting pieces.
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look up and look out. You’ll follow the lines.” In addition to the ceilings, other examples of woodwork can be found in the home, including rift sawn oak cabinets and interior walls, and a floor made from 20-foot-long longleaf pine boards acquired from St. Anne Catholic Church. “We wanted that warmth that comes from wood and brick and earth materials,” says Toups. One of Toups’s favorite pieces is an old commercial cabinet she bought at auction. Originally made for a mercantile to store dry goods, the piece features glass drawers adorned with little gold medallions that say the word “out,” which years ago would have let a shop owner know it was time to reorder. Toups now uses it as a pantry. “I grew up in an old store like that,” says Toups, “so it had meaning to me.”
They were assisted in their efforts by the decision to forego a garage, adding instead two carports, each leading to an enclosed brick patio on either side of the house. “Every garage I’ve ever had in my life has been full of junk and there’s no room for any junk,” says Toups, adding that she finds her car stays cooler and that the space can be used to entertain guests. Outside the home visitors will find a four-foot-high green wall on one side of the living area — “It’s our screen rather than having draperies,” says Toups — but there’s one thing that won’t be found. “One of Frank Lloyd Wright’s features is that you’re not supposed to know where to enter,” says Toups. “Wright did 27
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that on purpose because he wanted you to observe everything prior to you going [in].” Though there’s no obvious entrance and no doorbell, there are some clues, including several slate steps and slate pillars with number signs. Still, Toups laughs, “I don’t think I’ve ever had a person come to my door.” Looking back, Toups says it was when they finished designing the house — which she calls “the little jewel box” and saw just how unique it was — that they realized it was just the place for her and her husband. “We really realized that smaller living is so much simpler. It un-complicates your life a lot, and we felt that in retirement that’s something that we really appreciate,” says Toups. “It’s just a small house packed with a lot of good things.”
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HANDSCRAPED LAMINATE - 12mm Starting from $2.59 Sq. Ft.
Installed. All trim included. Limited time offer.
Installed. All trim & pad included. Limited time offer.
TILE Starting from $2.69 Sq. Ft.
GRANITE COUNTERTOPS Starting from $27.99 Sq. Ft.
Includes installation. Limited time offer.
Installed including 1.5” bullnose. Limited time offer.
CARPET Starting from $1.09 Sq. Ft.
LAMINATE Starting from $2.29 Sq. Ft.
Includes installation, padding and removal of all carpet. Limited time offer.
Includes installation trim & pad. Limited time offer.
20x20 PORCELAIN TILE Starting from $3.19 Sq. Ft.
ANDERSEN HANDSCRAPED HARDWOODS Starting from $4.99 Sq. Ft.
Includes installation. Limited time offer.
Installed. All trim included. Limited time offer.
$100 OFF PURCHASE OF $1500 OR MORE Present this ad at time of purchase. Not valid with any other specials.
All hardwood & laminate installations include: Quarter-round, Transitional Trim, Pad & Glue
Up to 12 MONTHS NO INTEREST FINANCING
MEMORIAL CITY/SPRING BRANCH 1557 W Sam Houston Pkwy N Ste 110 713-465-6747
CYPRESS 24150 Highway 290 Ste 270 281-758-2980
COPPERFIELD 17111 West Rd Ste 105 281-656-2224
MONTGOMERY/CONROE 18024 Highway 105 Ste 200 936-582-4000
TOMBALL 16945 N Eldridge Pkwy Ste 100 281-257-5955
KATY/CINCO RANCH Katy, TX 77450-6231 281-647-0777
SPRING 5015 FM 2920 Rd 281-288-2300
KATY WEST/FIRETHORNE 2721 FM 1463 Ste # 100 832-437-5305
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