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A Victorian Life

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Design
...He washed the floors with tea, he acquired the right furniture, he toasted bread on the fire. After his death in the 1990s, Severs’ house became a sort of museum that you can visit. Severs reminds me of the neo-Victorian couple that got thrown out of the Butchart Gardens last year for violating an oddball rule forbidding “period style or historical dress.” The couple, Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman, have a blog, This Victorian Life, where you can read...

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Recipes From the Rye Baker

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Bread, Food
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...anley Ginsberg if only you weren’t thousands of miles away. Short of putting Stanley on tour, the next best thing is to take a look at his detailed rye blog which I neglected to mention in my last post. There are enough recipes there to keep you busy for months. The bread recipe we made on Saturday was the Berlin rye pictured above. You can find that recipe here. I’ve had to take a break from baking, but when I get back to it I’m going to speciali...

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The Rye Revolution

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Bread, Events, Food
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...but our fake supermarket rye loaves. I’m happy to say that the Los Angeles Bread 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 Ginsber...

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111 Cardoons, Medlars and Hipster Toilets

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Fruit Trees, Gardening, Podcasts, Vegetable Gardening, Water and Power
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...Here’s some links to the topics we rap about: What’s a Saluki? Los Angeles Bread Bakers (sign up for an invite to the monthly pizza party) Our 2010 post on cardoons. Our original post on medlars and a follow up post. All you need to know about Toto’s Eco Promenade toilet (with elongated bowl–round bowl version is here). If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com...

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Saturday Tweets: Plywood and Mean Cats

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Saturday Linkages
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...ple) September 11, 2017 One of the original #FoodWaste tips – turn day old bread into salad. #ZeroFoodWaste from @LATimesFood https://t.co/Ckyno2OaTd — Ernest Miller (@RLMProvisions) September 11, 2017 My latest piece: Why is it still socially acceptable to burn fossil fuel? https://t.co/RgmEitCQCj — Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) September 9, 2017 Flat-Pack Lantern Attachment for Any Headlamp (DIY Diffuser) https://t.co/7FKe9PjOmX — Root Simple (@r...

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