Tag Archive for ‘Kitchen’

SMALL WORLD

Sure, it’s exciting to get out of the blue calls from media outlets but it’s a superficial sort of excitement. It  passes very quickly. The other day we got an unexpected phone call which has me/us all excited still three weeks later. It went something like this…… The person on the other line: “Hello, I [...]

WINTER PREPARATIONS

“During World War II many consumer goods were rationed for civilians in order to supply more goods for both American and Allied troops. Among the items rationed were sugar, red meat, gas, oil, coffee, and rubber. In October 1942 fuel oil was rationed. During the especially cold winter of 1942-43 this brought numerous protests from [...]

DAILY BREAD

 Fresh out of the oven – no knead bread Against the grain  (via Guardian UK) Bread expert Andrew Whitley explains why we need to get back to baking our own. Thousands have abandoned bread altogether, troubled by bloating, irritable bowels or some apparent intolerance for wheat. Coeliac disease – for which the only cure is [...]