Grind the cumin and coriander finely with a mortar and pestle or in a spice grinder.

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Though, apart from the exposed brick, mortar and pestle used to grind pigments, and an easel with Cole's doodles etched into it, much of the contents aren't original to the studio.

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In Italy, where I can slide my mortar and pestle across a counter, brace myself, and move it to the table, the only thing that ever fell on my foot was a full bottle of Barolo, and it was three in the morning, I had been working late, and the fig tart in the oven was about to burn.

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