The New Homemade Kitchen

...hapters on pickles and preserves, baking, dairy, meat and fish, cocktails, fermentation and dehydration. You’ll also learn how to make your own mustard, ketchup, harissa, sriracha, preserved lemons, vanilla extract and much more. Joseph was a gifted artist, designer, activist and photographer and the book reflects his ability to represent and explain, in clear language, information that can seem intimidating. I learned a lot about how to teach fro...

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Homegrown Revolution Visits SF

...Homegrown Revolution will be heading up to San Francisco this week in search of tales of fermentation, backyard chickens, humanure and bikes. We’ll be back in LA just in time for mycologist Paul Stamets‘ lecture “How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World” at the Farmlab. The lecture will be on Friday April 13, at 7:30 pm at 1745 N. Spring Street #4 Los Angeles, CA 90012....

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Saturday Tweets: Dogs, Land Use, Kale and Rocket Cats

...for your nuka properly, you need to stir it daily, sometimes twice a day”. Fermentation and Daily Life: https://t.co/QLWXikB71I pic.twitter.com/808KNx0MjG — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) July 29, 2018 Not sexy but necessary tech Part 1: There’s not enough Cobalt & Nickel on Earth for all the batteries we’ll need for electric car revolution. We urgently need to develop new battery tech. https://t.co/Ol7mgApjAP — Margaret Wertheim (@margaretwer...

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Learn to Embroider at Trade School Los Angeles

...they have a zero waste sewing and mending class on the 16th and a class on fermentation on the 23rd. For more information on these classes head to their Eventbrite listing. Here’s how it works according to their website: Step 1) Classes at Trade School LA are taught in exchange for barter items provided by students. For example, if you teach a class about building a website, you might ask students to bring 1 of the following barter items: a pack g...

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Easy Scandinavian-Style Bread

...as well as the health benefits/improved digestibility that comes from the fermentation process. But you know, it’s still very good. And it’s 100% whole grain and packed with healthful seeds. And for a yeasted bread, it keeps well. Our loaves have been lasting at least three days on the counter top, unwrapped. This isn’t a bread for soaking up sauce, or making fancy sandwiches, because it’s not springy. Instead, it’s a bread for layering with chee...

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