A Simple and Life Changing Bagel Recipe

...test. 6. Preheat your oven to 500ºF (260ºC). Put a big pot of water on the stove to boil. Add enough malt syrup or molasses to make a dark tea colored water (around a 1/4 cup). Once the water is boiling place two or three bagels in the pot and boil for 45 seconds. Flip halfway through boiling. If you’re adding seeds let the boiled bagels cool on a rack for a few minutes and dredge them through a plate with your sesame, poppy or other seeds. 6. Pla...

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Weekend Linkages: Verging on Christmas

...Advent Lessons and Carols from St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral Los Angeles Complete Hobo Stove & Cooking Pots System Grow mushrooms in a 5 gallon bucket The mayor knew They don’t want you to know about triple hung curved glass windows Not a collection of mudlarking finds from the foreshore of the Thames. Biscuits...

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My Marie Kondo Obsession

...hoot a web series with Takahashi. At least you get to see her DIY, foaming stove cleaner tip. Last night, in our nightly YouTube hole viewing experience that’s part of Kelly’s recovery process (and mine too!), we watched Kondo take on an American family with kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21sWodZgFxM As usual the kids and the man of the house seem to have disappeared while the decluttering was taking place. In fairness, Kondo addresses this...

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Use Your Microwave as Dough Proofing Box

...and proofing. If you don’t have a microwave you could heat some water on a stove and put it and your dough in a cooler. If you want to get really fancy you could use a seed propagation heating mat in a cooler. I don’t have a mat so I’ve been using the microwave and it works great. There are reasons you might want to cool dough and prolong fermentation, either to develop flavor and/or to put off your baking time to a more convenient hour. Your proo...

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Farmstead Egg Guide & Cookbook Giveaway

...shed in the oven, or it can be flipped over in the pan and finished on the stove. This recipe gives directions for the stovetop version, 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...

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