What You Need to Bake Bread

March 16, 2018

...ou’ll be a baking god and the life of every party. Baker is a fan of whole grains and sourdough and if that isn’t enough he has the only decent gluten free bread recipe I’ve ever tasted. At the end of the book you’ll find cookie and scone recipes that will make you the most popular person at the next potluck you attend. If you’re a Los Angeles local, you can also take a whole grain baking class taught by Root Simple pal Roe Sie at his shop, the Ki...

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I Ate 100 Power Bars

Mr. Homegrown

March 12, 2018

Thoughtstylings

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...d I discover? Turmeric is in everything. Kimchi has gone mainstream. Whole grain has been let out of dietary prison. Patagonia is selling food. Crossfit bros love butter and coconut filled coffee and flavored beef jerky. Bicycles are being used as a symbol of hipness in convention booth displays. “Regenerative agriculture” has been appropriated as the latest buzz-phrase by large food companies. Every natural food product is labeled either “pro-bio...

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Injera

Mr. Homegrown

March 7, 2007

Bread, Fermentation, Food

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..., whole wheat flour, water, salt and teff flour. Teff is an extremely fine grain grown in Africa. It’s so tiny in fact that a handful of seeds is enough to plant a small farm. Teff is grown in the US by the Teff Company of Caldwell Idaho and is available (though somewhat expensive) at Whole Foods via Bob’s Red Mill. The teff growing folks claim that the iron from teff is more easily absorbed by the body, and that it also includes high levels of ca...

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A Recipe for Injera

Mr. Homegrown

June 15, 2007

Bread, Fermentation, Food

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...ps lukewarm water 2 cups whole-wheat flour 2 cups teff flour (an Ethiopian grain available from Bob’s Red Mill at Whole Foods) 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda or baking powder (optional) Vegetable oil 1. Mix the sourdough starter, flours and water. The result should resemble a pancake batter. 2. Ferment in a warm place for 24 hours. 3. Just before you cook add the salt. 4. Katz gives several options with the baking powder/soda. He says that...

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I’ve Been Working on This Chair When I Should Be Doing Other Things

Mr. Homegrown

July 17, 2019

Design

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...le aesthetically pleasing the design is a woodworking no-no as it involves grain tied together in two different directions with no allowance for wood movement. On most of the originals, unsurprisingly, the back has split. I omitted the dovetails in my Voysey chair remix opting for an unglued mortise instead. This small detail illustrates why designers and craftspeople need to be in dialog with each other. Voysey said, “To produce healthy art one m...

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