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 ...

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 ...