Discover the Magic of Home Milling this Saturday

...goods to be made with local whole grains by the year 2020. When and Where: Saturday, January 28 th , 2-5pm The King’s Roost 3732 Sunset Blvd, LA, CA 90026 www.kingsroost.com Organizers: Guy Frenkel of Ceor Bread, Erik Knutzen of Root Simple, Leyna Lightman, and Roe Sie Who Local farmers, millers, and bakers will be there to meet with Paul LeBeau. Paul is the managing director of German based home mill manufacturing company Wolfgang Mock. They have...

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Chicken Talk at the LA Green Fest Saturday November 17

I’ll be doing a talk about keeping chickens on Saturday, November 17 at 2:00 pm at the Los Angeles Green Festival. Topics will include: How to construct a chicken coop What’s involved in keeping chickens Predator proofing What to feed your chickens Chicks vs. pullets The Green Festival will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Kentia Hall, 1201 South Figueroa Street. The convention center is right next to the Metro Blue Line and the...

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Sprouted Rye Class This Saturday!

I’m teaching a rye bread class this Saturday May 14th at 10:45 AM at Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in Westchester. I’m going to walk you through how to start a rye sourdough starter, how to sprout grain and how to work with 100% rye doughs. There are still a few seats available so sign up soon. As a bonus, there will be a pizza lunch and community bread bake using the community oven built by Environmental Changemakers. To sign up for the class h...

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Saturday Tweets: World Knit in Public Day!

...ts Collars http://t.co/CmTP7X7rGP — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 9, 2015 Saturday, June 13th is World Wide Knit in Public Day. Find a KIP near you: http://t.co/FP7CTf8Is6 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 12, 2015 Reach for the sky! Tallest sunflower record falls again for Germany's Hans-Peter Schiffer http://t.co/lRCFgMLUmH via @GWR — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 11, 2015 PG&E Says Squirrel Caused Outage That Impacted 45,000 In East Bay «...

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Kimchi Class this Saturday!

...episode 006 of the Root Simple Podcast is holding another Kimchi class on Saturday September 20th from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. in Koreatown: The 3-hour class is a hands-on experience where you make two kinds of fermented kimchi – napa cabbage (poggi) and radish (kkakdugi) – and one quick pickle. We then share a light meal of rice, kimchi, soup and other side dishes. You leave the class with three containers of kimchi and pickles that you have made, prin...

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