Lila Downs Video Showing Tortilla Making in Oaxaca

April 10, 2014

Food

...ngeles Bread Bakers sent me a link to this music video that shows tortilla making in Oaxaca. The song is “Palomo Del Comalito” (Dove of the Comalito) by Lila Downs. Note the huge corn tortillas, proof of the regional diversity of Mexican cuisine (and one of the many details I got wrong in my tortilla press post–thanks for the corrections Gloria). Lyrics in English after the jump. The beautiful people of this land Grind corn A miracle of their hand...

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How to Make Stock

Mrs. Homegrown

June 19, 2014

Food, How-to

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...along with the bones. Roast all of this in a roasting pan in an oven set to 400F for around 40 minutes. You want it to brown but not burn. Transfer the meat and veggies to a soup pot. See if you can deglaze the roasting pan and transfer all those tasty little brown bits to the pot, too. Add water to cover all the bones. Maybe add a cup or so of red wine. Add lots of peppercorns. Add a bay leaf or two. And salt. Bring this to a boil and then reduce...

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New Project: Making Bitters

Mrs. Homegrown

December 16, 2013

Domesticus, How-to

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...I’ll share the recipes I develop as I follow this path. In the meanwhile, making your own bitters is really easy. You may be able to throw a few experiments together just using things you find in your spice cabinet. Since these are flavoring, not medicine, you don’t have to be as careful with the quantities and timing as you must be when tincturing herbs for medicine. Yet at the same time, it’s a great introduction to that essential herbalist’s c...

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Saturday Tweets: Goats, Squares and Parking Lots

Mr. Homegrown

February 10, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...leu! #greatpyrenees pic.twitter.com/WQx309jRqb — AngelesCrestCreamery (@ACCgoats) February 6, 2018 They paved paradise, put up a parking lot+https://t.co/HyszHYIDg5 — Donald Shoup (@DonaldShoup) February 9, 2018 A close encounter with Albrecht Dürer: https://t.co/CEnvLCriCY — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 10, 2018 Crazy space saving ideas via @lloydkahn https://t.co/4F6fQCaTSU — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 10, 2018 How to make a square...

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Adventures in Extreme Making: The White Rose

Mr. Homegrown

February 9, 2017

Design

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For reasons I can’t fully articulate, I often think about an obscure film by the artist Bruce Conner called “The White Rose.” Conner’s film documents the moving of a huge and mysterious painting by the artist Jay DeFeo. The painting is so large that the moving company had to cut a hole in the wall of DeFeo’s second second floor apartment to get it out. Perhaps the appeal of this film is the problem solving or the obsessiveness of DeFeo. Or maybe...

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