Farmstead Egg Guide & Cookbook Giveaway

...sion, but you can also finish it in a hot oven as in the previous frittata recipes. Makes 6 servings 3 tablespoons olive oil ½ cup sliced onion 1 red bell pepper, julienned 1 pound zucchini, sliced 8 large eggs ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese ¼ cup chopped fresh mint ½ teaspoon kosher salt ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1. Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a 10-inch heavy skillet. Sauté the onion and bell pepper until soft and golden. Ta...

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Is Facebook Useful?

...book wants me to pay to promote posts. So instead I mostly use my personal page to promote stuff with limited success. But, worst of all, Facebook has distracted me from responding to comments on this blog and, instead, focusing on comment threads on Facebook. It may be futile, but it’s time to fight back. What I’ve resolved to do I’m not going to give up on Facebook just yet. I can’t really. As authors we have to use it to promote our work and ev...

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Dave Miller on Baking with 100% Whole Wheat

...learn to adjust on the fly. Whole wheat flour soaks up a lot of water. The recipes we used called for over 100% hydration. Miller bakes in a hot oven to get loaves that are very dark. With the exception of the rye bread Miller made, the wheat breads had a similar method: Starter was added to flour and water to build up a levain. This was allowed to ferment for three hours. Miller likes a long autolyse. Flour and water for the final dough were mixe...

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Black Friday Book Suggestions

...al oil, but also some other basic perfume techniques, like enfleurage, and recipes for beauty products to make with your essential oils and hydrosols. FYI: you need a still to make essential oil, and stills ain’t cheap–so gifting this book could lead to future expenses! They discuss different sorts of stills you could make or buy. They sell their own stills and mention them. This did raise a flag for me, but it’s not obnoxiously done, and they do...

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