Two more loaves, new lessons learned
Following up on my desire to make homemade raisin-cinnamon bread for Susan, I spent several hours collecting recipes online and entering their ingredients into a spreadsheet so i could compare…
food
What, no raisin bread?
I have a large – and growing – stack of books about bread. So many that I’m running out of shelf space for them all. Some are for artisan bread,…
A Tale of Two Loaves
An interesting experiment this week: using the same basic set of ingredients to make bread, but one made by hand, the other in the bread machine, both made the same…
Shoplifter busted ; Sundog ; Bugs
A shoplifter stealing hair dye among other things was nabbed at the Extra Foods at Golden Mile. 2 cop cars. Ladies, dyeing your hair is a gateway to a life…
Food Over 3 Decades Old
Yesterday I ate fruit cake my Mum made for her wedding, and it still tasted good. Few people get to eat food older than they are, and can say they…
The last loaves of 2013
As my stock of bread dwindles, I’m contemplating what breads to bake this weekend, as well as what I may want to try before the New Year. I’m also pondering…
Salt and bread making
Salt is one of the four essential ingredients in making bread, along with flour, yeast and water. Nothing more is needed, although often a lot more is added. Salt is…
How hot is your oven?
Seems like a silly question: the answer would be it’s as hot as I set it to be. Isn’t it? Well, no, it may actually be rather different from what…
Leek and potato soup: simple, hearty and delicious
Articles on food and cooking are rare on this blog, but occasionally I like to share some musings on this realm. Food is such an important part of our lives;…
Conservatives Are Not Responsible
Conservatives are not responsible for your neighbour’s children. Your neighbour’s children will be paying off debts incurred by Conservative Ministers, however. Conservatives only feel responsible for your neighbour’s children when…
Art, Science & Baking
You gotta love breadmaking. It’s an opportunity to get the right and left hemispheres of the brain working together, not racing about in different directions like they do most times.…
A GM & Pesticide Free Rice Growing Revolution
Rice farmers have been growing their crop in the same way for hundreds of years and most people have assumed the most efficient way to grow rice has been figured…
Ah, Hubris…
Annabeth: My fatal flaw. That’s what the Sirens showed me. My fatal flaw is hubris. Percy: The brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches? Annabeth: No, Seaweed Brain. That’s HUMMUS.…
Mediterranean-Style Diet Contributes to Longer Life
For people of all ages, it’s been proven that a diet similar to what’s popular around the Mediterranean helps with fending off negative health issues. Now, new research points out…
Former Agriculture Minister Corky Evans: Time to speak up for ALR
The days of the family farm are numbered if we don’t act to protect BC’s ALR now, says ex-Minister Corky Evans by Corky Evans Imagine that you might, someday, want…
Developers winning battle for BC farmland: UNBC professor
Read this Nov. 15 story from Mark Hume at The Globe and Mail on the losing battle to protect BC farmland from development. The way farmland is managed in British…
THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM
THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM Good old Time Magazine. It struggles on in the internet age, devoting more and more of its pages to bite-size "factoids" that…
THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM
THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM Good old Time Magazine. It struggles on in the internet age, devoting more and more of its pages to bite-size “factoids” that…
THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM
THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM Good old Time Magazine. It struggles on in the internet age, devoting more and more of its pages to bite-size "factoids" that…
THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM
THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM Good old Time Magazine. It struggles on in the internet age, devoting more and more of its pages to bite-size “factoids” that…