045 Whole Grain Baking

April 29, 2015

In episode 45, Kelly and Erik discuss whole grain baking, specifically a workshop the Los Angeles Bread Bakers put on featuring the very talented Dave Miller. The picture is of the bread Dave baked in the workshop. Clockwise from upper left: einkorn, sonora wheat, charcoal wheat and spelt/rye. Miller was featured prominently in Michael Pollan’s book Cooked. During the show we mention:

Dave Miller (see this detailed profile by Farine)
Josey Baker
Mark Stambler
Nan Kohler of Grist & Toll
Lodge Combo Cooker
Though it’s made with yeast and the dreaded white flour, this is the famous New York Times bread recipe that Kelly mentioned. Many people have been introduced to home baking and the no-knead technique via this recipe, and that is a very good thing.

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044 Daniel Kent: Cabin Dweller’s Textbook

Mr. Homegrown

April 22, 2015

Domesticus, Food, Podcasts

7 Comments

Our guest this week is Daniel Kent, creator of the Cabin Textbook Dweller’s Textbook and Dean of Beverages at the Institute of Domestic Technology. In our first outdoor podcast (recorded in the mountains near a creek) Kelly, Daniel and I discuss:

Daniel’s carbonated shower
Gin and Tonic theory
Carbonated Coffee
Kelly and Erik’s carbonation system
How to make your own clear cocktail ice
The Old Fashion
Making your own bitters
Herbs of Mexico
Institute of Domestic Technology classes
Wool and how to wash it
Roasting your own coffee with a Whirley Pop
Sourcing green coffee at Sweet Maria’s and Bodhi Leaf Coffee Traders
Cowboy coffee
Sharpening tools

What to do with not-so-good tomatoes

Mrs. Homegrown

April 21, 2015

Food, Recipes, Tomatoes

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As we wait eagerly for tomato season to commence, or for our homegrown tomatoes to come in, we might find ourselves buying grocery store tomatoes out of desperation and then–inevitably- being disappointed.

Usually I try to avoid store-bought tomatoes all together, using canned when good fresh tomatoes are not available, but sometimes canned tomatoes just aren’t what you need, so you have to wait for summer… or suffer bad tomatoes. Now there’s a middle way. Grocery store tomatoes can be reformed.

Coffee and Tahini Date Balls

Mrs. Homegrown

April 13, 2015

Recipes

4 Comments

In a nutshell:

We’ve posted about this sort of thing before, and I know many of you already make fruit/nut balls and bars as healthy treats. So all you folks need to know is that these days we’re really liking the flavor combo of dates and tahini, rolled in a 50/50 blend of ground coffee and cacao nibs (these are the dark ones in the pic above). If you don’t have the nibs, you can just roll them in straight coffee–fresh ground espresso is best.

Give it a try. It’s super easy, and super tasty for the adult palate–and if you eat enough of them, you get a caffeine buzz as a well as a sugar buzz!

The recipe:

Perfect Scrambled Eggs

Mr. Homegrown

March 27, 2015

Food

9 Comments

I really don’t like TV chefs. I especially don’t like TV chefs who have reality shows. But, I have to admit, Gordan Ramsay’s scrambled egg method works really well. The results are similar to Ruhlman’s method, but less trouble.

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