Make a Sourdough Starter

...ns more in the damn flour. If we had to “catch” wild yeasts we’d be making bread with Los Angeles yeasts, which would likely to be too busy yakking on their cell phones in search of an agent to bother helping to leaven a loaf of bread. So now you have no excuses–creating a sourdough starter simple and there is no mystery to it. Get into your kitchen and get a starter going. To make a wheat starter go here. Check out our bread recipe for how to use...

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Saturday Tweets: Ancient Bread, Wild Horses and High Metabolism Money

...tter.com/CZiSQ01ao7 — Emma Mitchell (@silverpebble) August 10, 2019 Baking bread from dormant, 4,500-year-old yeast extracted from Egyptian bread-making ceramics https://t.co/BWGlliA50q — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 8, 2019 Wild Horses of Nevada by Maynard Dixon , 1927. pic.twitter.com/LsmjluOrwn — Mordecai (@MenschOhneMusil) August 6, 2019 High Metabolism Money https://t.co/Z7Z27lpnJF via @wordpressdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 1...

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Gluten Intolerance . . . Is It All In Your Head?

...s the pre-digestive power of sourdough cultures, ancient wheats and baking bread longer may have an effect on how our bodies process bread. But there’s no research yet to back up my idea. As to the power of the mind, like sourdough it’s also about culture, but culture in the non-physical sense. On that note, we’ve got a lot of work to do. Thankfully we can harness the placebo effect to do a lot of good. That will have to be the subject of another...

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Breadbaking (Level 1) Class at the Ecology Center

...ives and plastic wrap. Join us and learn how to make homemade, all-natural bread from scratch. Take home fresh and ready-to-bake dough! There was a time in the not-so distant past that the smell of freshly baked bread permeated households everywhere. Let’s revert to those wholesome days and make a difference. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll make a simple loaf using the miraculous and easy Jim Lahey no-knead recipe. Topics discuessed will include...

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Saturday Tweets: Animals Sounds, White Bread and LA’s Worst Politician

...treetfilms @MitchOFarrell — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 6, 2015 White bread, pasta and an increased risk of depression http://t.co/3yagzOWy2z — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 6, 2015 Chicken receiving 3D-printed prosthetic leg via @BoingBoing http://t.co/4LkhCsHZwe — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 3, 2015 The Skip Garden a moveable urban veggie patch built with 90% reclaimed materials http://t.co/LnpEmIPMIB — Root Simple (@rootsimple) Aug...

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