Stuff to do in February and March

February 23, 2016

Events

...piscopal Cathedral that will dump freeway speed traffic right in front of a new bike lane. Tell them no! More info here. Wednesday, 2/24 Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council Meeting to SAVE PROYECTO JARDIN Thursday, 2/5 Save The Hahamongna Nursery Saturday, 2/27 Curious about aquaponics? Come help and with the aquaponic installation at the Micheltorena School Garden. Tuesday, 3/15 CERT training in Silver Lake (the LAFD site erroneously reads “Echo P...

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A Lecture on the Connection Between Cats and Grain

Mr. Homegrown

May 24, 2016

Animals, Cats, Events

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If not for cats would we have bread? On Saturday June 4th at 2 p.m. at the Los Angeles Bread Festival at Grand Central Market I’m going to deliver a talk on the connection between cats and grain. The connection is a basic one: store grain and you get vermin. Then you need cats. But, in the course of preparing for this lecture, I discovered that the commonly held narrative of cat domestication is an unsubstantiated fiction. That narrative goes som...

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Los Angeles Bread Festival This Weekend!

Mr. Homegrown

June 3, 2016

Bread, Events, Food

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This Saturday at Grand Central Market, I’ll be doing a free demo on how to starter a sourdough starter as well as a lecture on cats and grain! I’ll also be at the Los Angeles Bread Baker’s booth all weekend. Here’s the 411. Throughout the weekend, Grand Central Market vendors will provide an eclectic offering of special, one-time only bread menu offerings–special, hearth-baked loaves from Clark Street Bread, cornbread from Horse Thief BBQ, flatbr...

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Choral Evensong as Meditation

Mr. Homegrown

November 14, 2018

Thoughtstylings

...ts 470-year-old choral music tradition – established around 1549 – is performed live and often to a very high standard. The Choral Evensong website lists places around the world where you can attend a service. If you’re in Los Angeles there is a Choral Evensong performance this Saturday November 17th at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral at 5 p.m. I will, likely, make an appearance as the Verger. The choir is magnificent and St. John’s is one of Los A...

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The Rye Revolution

Mr. Homegrown

October 6, 2017

Bread, Events, Food

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...Bakers is hosting a class with the rye expert, Stanley Ginsberg tomorrow, Saturday the 7th of October. There’s still space in the class if you’re interested. Head here to sign up. If you live elsewhere or can’t make it, Ginsberg has penned what I believe to be the definitive book on rye baking, The Rye Baker: Classic Breads from Europe and America. In the book Ginsberg covers every imaginable rye recipe from around the world, from loaves to crack...

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