Kevin West’s Saving the Season

October 1, 2013

...er bath. Full disclosure here: I’ve tasted a lot of West’s jams. I teach a bread making class at the Institute of Domestic Technology. After my bread demo West does a jam making session and I stick around to watch and, hopefully, filtch an extra jar. Those West jams are coveted items around the Root Simple household. What makes Saving the Season different from other preserving books is West’s masterful use of aromatics and alcohols. As he explains...

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Sweet Potatoes for Breakfast

Mrs. Homegrown

September 11, 2013

Food

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.... And that’s hard when you’re married to the co-founder of the Los Angeles Bread Bakers Club. I could live on sourdough bread. I’ve resolved to ban toast from breakfast. Oatmeal and muesli aren’t overly processed, but I’m awful tired of them. 3) Sweet potatoes are a much vaunted “super food”. Primarily, they are incredibly rich in vitamin A and beta-carotene. So high, in fact, I wondered if I might OD on vitamin A from eating them daily. The answe...

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Beans 101 (Return of Bean Friday!)

Mrs. Homegrown

March 1, 2013

Bean Fest, Food, How-to

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...en change the name: Crostini. See how marketing works? Toast up some stale bread. Rub it with a piece of garlic. Drizzle with olive oil. Then put a spoonful beans on top. Beans are a great side, of course. If you eat meat, you can use beans to help round out your plate. Beans and sausages. Beans and chicken breast du jour. Pork chops and beans. Last week Erik and I had a rare, fancy meal out and I had a magnificent piece of honey-cured salmon on a...

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Picture Sundays: Joaquin Oro Wheat Loaf

Mr. Homegrown

December 28, 2014

Picture Sundays

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...This is a 100% whole wheat loaf I baked this week using locally grown Joaquin Oro wheat, a high protein, hard red spring variety. It was fermented with a sourdough starter (100% hydration for the bread geeks out there). And thank you to Michael Pollan for inventing the somewhat crass #crumbshot hashtag. Look for more #crumbshots and a whole wheat bread baking e-book on Root Simple in the coming year....

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047 Done is Better Than Perfect

Mr. Homegrown

May 20, 2015

Animals, Bees, Food, Gardening, Podcasts

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...Hoop houses Crawl space vents for hoop houses Foraging for garlic mustard Bread Earth and Fire ebook Decluttering Beekeeping Honeybeesuite.com Mite treatment Keeping bees in the winter Mudsongs.org That Flow Hive thingy Bears! Birdhouses No-knead bread in a slow cooker Slow cooking and pressure cooking What to do with pallets If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmai...

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