Sourdough Start

I realize that many of my recipes here are based on flour and baking. Even so, I haven’t talked much about bread. I’ve gone through bread baking phases, gradually improving the loaves that I pull out of the oven. I’ve been wanting to bake with […]

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Canning 2010

  My shelves are stocked for the winter, I hope. I am not sure what other projects I will decide to do, but I think I am mostly done canning for the season. I realize this is not perfect place to store my jars, but […]

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Take it slow: Make Hummus

Every couple of weeks I find myself spending the day in the kitchen.  Of course I am there at other times too, making dinner, breakfast, washing dishes — its not that I ignore the kitchen the rest of the time.  I just find that every […]

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Rainy Day Berries

It has been raining here for weeks.  In June we had the most days of rain for that month in over 100 years, the skies have been gray for so long it almost seems like a permanent state.  But I can’t let the potential gloom […]

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Brunch Luck

I am a pretty devoted breakfast eater. The hour and quantity of when and what I eat very quite a bit depending on the day, but I generally eat something before I leave the house or get too far into my day. I don’t usually […]

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