Root Simple is 10 Years Old

...r bigger publishers!). We ended up writing a how-to book for Rodale called Making It. Thank You! Root Simple is a group effort and there are many people to thank: our web designer Roman Jaster and our logo designer Eric Thomason. Caroline Clerc did the cute cartoons that adorn our masthead. And we thank our publishers Process Media and Rodale. We’ve also met many fine journalists after the book came out, such as Michael Tortorello who wrote a nice...

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A Cheap and Easy DIY Sewing Cutting Table

...tly wider and longer would be better but there’s not enough room in Kelly’s 10 by 12-foot shed. Making a cheap and easy work table When I built my workshop I discovered a formula for creating work surfaces. I used a similar process to make the cutting table. Step one: go to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore or ReUse People of America and find two or more matching kitchen or bathroom cabinets. Step two: get a sheet of melamine at the big orange stor...

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Learn How To Bake Sourdough Bread with Dana Morgan February 18th

...geles Bread Baker’s amazing instructor Dana Morgan on February 18th at the community oven in Westchester. Not to be missed! This small class will teach you the basics of Tartine-style sourdough bread baking. Come learn about making and maintaining sourdough starter and how to mix, divide, shape and time the fermentation of amazing artisan bread inspired by Chad Robertson at Tartine Bakery in San Francisco. Prepare your sourdough in class and bake...

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Saturday Tweets: Root Simple’s Miscellanies

...s://t.co/ZcWtXJhMkH — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 26, 2017 How one LA community is uniting to transform Jefferson Boulevard https://t.co/dAuyuBVbL1 via @CurbedLA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 24, 2017 Aging Parents With Lots of Stuff, and Children Who Don’t Want It https://t.co/7SZawSx658 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 22, 2017 Neonicotinoid Insecticides Stop Queen Bumblebees from Laying Eggs, Raising Extinction Concerns https://t.co...

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That Sugar Film

...both of which this film has in abundance. Show me don’t tell me is a film making mantra seared into my brain during the brief period I took classes and edited with Jean-Pierre Gorin (Full disclosure: my inner Gorin drives Kelly crazy and makes me a grumpy, no-fun movie going companion.) That said, what won me over to That Sugar Film is that its heart is decidedly in the right place. The strongest scenes were during visits to two disadvantaged com...

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