Coffee and Tahini Date Balls

April 13, 2015

...best place to buy them will be at a market specializing in Middle Eastern foods. There you will be able to get big fat soft dates for reasonable prices, and they will be fresh. If you happen to live near a Trader Joe’s, they have inexpensive dates as well, though they can be a bit on the dry side. If you live near a co-op or a health food store with bulk bins full of dates, you’re in good shape as well. And if you live in the right region, you ma...

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006 The Secrets of Kimchi With Hae Jung Cho

Mr. Homegrown

July 2, 2014

Fermentation, Food, Food Preservation, Podcasts

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...dition, Hae Jung is organizing a guided tour of supermarkets and specialty food shops in Koreatown on the following Saturday, August 9. This tour is geared toward people who want to shop for and eat Korean food at home, especially helpful for those who want to shop for kimchi ingredients. Cost: $25. To sign up for the classes email Hae Jung at: [email protected]. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-25...

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Anima: Animals, Faith, Compassion

Mr. Homegrown

June 11, 2018

Animals, Thoughtstylings

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...w do we feed a growing population and not destroy the planet? How does our food impact our health? How do we keep the costs of food reasonable? What kind of diet should we follow? What about GMOs? We might be tempted to rely purely on the scientific method or economic statistics for these answers but life is not so simple. All too often we forget that our bonds to the natural world are also defined by meaning and spiritual practice. This short fil...

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Saturday Tweets: A Solar Powered Blog, Caravansaries, Moths and Michaelmas

Mr. Homegrown

September 29, 2018

Saturday Linkages

...things edible, he will be deeply missed. pic.twitter.com/bOzcaZUDeE — Slow Food L.A. (@slowfoodla) September 24, 2018 Ernest Miller Memorial Fund https://t.co/WygShXg1fl — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 26, 2018 It's Michaelmas and let's not forget its the feast day of St Michael and 'All Angels'. So here are some photos of the Orders of Angels portrayed on the exceptional early 15th-century rood screen at Barton Turf in Norfo...

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Pizza Dough in a Pan Recipe

Mr. Homegrown

December 5, 2014

Food

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...would not exceed 10%. Pizza is not a health food. It’s a special occasion food and I think it tastes better with white flour. A note on sourdough starter This recipe requires sourdough starter. If you’d like to make one, check out our how-to video. Tools Digital scale (always use a scale!) 11-inch cast iron skillet or other oven proof skillet Thermometer Pizza Dough Recipe Makes four small pizzas 100 grams sourdough starter 500 grams Double 00 or...

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