Erik’s 2014 New Years Resolutions

January 1, 2014

...00% whole grain sourdough breads using freshly milled flour. Write up some recipes and share my results. Take a trip that involves a class or workshop. I’ve never regretted money spent on education (at least as an adult!). Good health. I’ve figured out a simple if quirky equation. If I can fence I’m healthy. If I can’t I’ve got work to do. This pretentious niche sport just happens to combine flexibility, endurance, strategy and speed. This past ye...

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A Prickly Situation

Mr. Homegrown

July 17, 2006

Food, Foraging

...andoned public or semi-public space. Plant a bunch of prickly pear and come back to harvest the nopalitos and fruit. More info and recipes can be found here and here....

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A Guilty Pleasure: The Mid-Century Menu

Mr. Homegrown

January 19, 2016

Food

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...ery thrift store would have a collection of post-war, space-age cookbooks. Recipes, in this period, are a kind of recombinatory matrix of industrial ingredients. You take some cocktail wieners, a dollop of mayonnaise, some ketchup and a surprise ingredient, say dried prunes and roll them all up into a ball that roughly resembles a low earth orbit satellite and you’ve got dinner. This is the culinary territory explored by “Retro Ruth,” the genius b...

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Saturday Tweets: Georgia O’Keefe, Rampaging Peacocks and Mango Mania

Mr. Homegrown

July 1, 2017

Saturday Linkages

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...Georgia O’Keeffe, health food devotee: the pioneer of modernism’s favorite recipes https://t.co/R8GLfSxpg4 @guardian @robertegger: — UC Food Observer (@ucfoodobserver) July 1, 2017 House sparrows: They might be cute little songbirds, but they're also opportunistic chicken-feed thieves who can… https://t.co/AaCwaoCN1M — Hobby Farms (@hobbyfarms) July 1, 2017 Mango mania hits the capital at 29th annual International Mango Festival featuring 500...

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Saturday Tweets: Gardens, Grilled Cheese and Infinite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mr. Homegrown

June 10, 2017

Saturday Linkages

...BehavedOne https://t.co/JcFF5rj5VY pic.twitter.com/cOkJp92NPE — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) June 10, 2017 Cool! RT @nprfood: An Illustrated Guide To Master The Elements Of #Cooking — Without #Recipes https://t.co/WCm2bur9hX — UC Food Observer (@ucfoodobserver) June 4, 2017 Infinite chocolate chip cookies https://t.co/oxO1rPorJd — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 8, 2017...

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