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RIP, Tiny Friends

When I worked a corporate job with a long commute, I often dreamed of having fabulous riches that would allow me to use my enormous plot of Center City land to farm like a MacGregor.  No borage, of course, it attracts rats!  But most other things would go.  I would [...]

Fermentation Basics – Keeping Sourdough Alive

Sourdough is really bread that has been leavened with starter (natural yeast), rather than with commercial yeast.  It is delicious, has some terroir and if you like sour dough (or not!) you can control the sourness by how often you feed it.  I use a desem starter.  The desem culture [...]