Solar Oven Triumph: Fluffy Egg Strata

...n to plan accordingly. Another learning curve is figuring out what kind of foods do well in a solar oven. Eggs, it turns out, really like solar ovens! This is logical, because eggs do well when cooked low and slow. (Have you ever tried the Eggs Francis Picabia recipe in the Alice B. Toklas Cookbook?) I think any kind of quiche/egg pie/strata type recipe will do well in a sun oven, and intend to explore this more. The Eartheasy egg strata recipe wa...

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Adopt an Indigo Plant in Los Angeles

...easy to grow. All it needs is lots of sunshine, plenty of water, and some food. As an experiment, I’ve germinated a bunch of indigo seeds and want to get the seedlings into as many people’s hands as possible! I hope to spread the wonder about the fact that color can be grown, to raise the consciousness of humanity’s original sources of pigment, and to get people to exercise their thumbs, green or otherwise! The pigment can be extracted from the m...

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Saturday Tweets: Georgia O’Keefe, Rampaging Peacocks and Mango Mania

...sm’s favorite recipes https://t.co/R8GLfSxpg4 @guardian @robertegger: — UC Food Observer (@ucfoodobserver) July 1, 2017 House sparrows: They might be cute little songbirds, but they're also opportunistic chicken-feed thieves who can… https://t.co/AaCwaoCN1M — Hobby Farms (@hobbyfarms) July 1, 2017 Mango mania hits the capital at 29th annual International Mango Festival featuring 500 varieties, Delhi, India https://t.co/YrRBbjASzv pic.twitter.c...

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Saturday Tweets: The Weather, Moletakers and More Cats

...k. #DeathToFalseTruffleOil https://t.co/W0McFqq78f — Josh Lurie-Food GPS (@foodgps) September 16, 2017 If you are driving at night, stop your car, turn off the ignition, and throw your keys into a sewer. https://t.co/qZ41i15RPH — Bicycle Lobby (@BicycleLobby) September 23, 2017 Plastic bollards should be regarded as temporary bandaids waiting for a more permanent design to be funded. https://t.co/uHb9yZ2Aho — Jim Charlier (@TheCharlier) September...

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