Have We Reached Peak Kale? Franchi’s Cavolo Laciniato “Galega De Folhas Lisas”

...s and fancy city folks like us are losing sleep worrying what the next hip vegetable will be. I have a proposal. Let’s keep with the kale for awhile longer. I propose a Franchi kale “Galega De Folhas Lisas” as the new big thing. Translated, the variety name is something like “Galacian smooth leaf.” To add to the confusion I get the feeling that Italians don’t distinguish between kale and collards—what we call collards they consider just a smooth l...

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Saturday Tweets: Tweeterdämmerung

S3E17 of The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener radio show is here to download Host Joey & Holly talk about How to keep tomatoes healthy all season long, The value of Bees guest Erik Knute of @rootsimple https://t.co/ZyjCrFNMZ6 pic.twitter.com/w2nKthe0Bm — TheWIVegGardener (@TheWIVegGardenr) June 24, 2019 Why did most major car makers install fake pollution controls on millions of cars? Answer: competition among capitalists to profit from car productio...

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Whole Grain Baking Class With Craig Ponsford

...ill feature four of the following: English Muffins, Cinnamon Morning Buns, Vegetable Croissants, Pretzels, and Challah, among others. This class will repeat on the 20th. Craig Ponsford graduated from the California Culinary Academy with top honors and opened Artisan Bakers with his family in Sonoma California in 1992. In 1996 his breads won the Gold medal at the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie in Paris. He then went on to coach the US Team to vic...

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015 Worm Composting and Skunks

...Pro (how I discovered that my skunk proofing did not work. Our skunk proof vegetable bed. Our late dog’s skunk hunting adventures. What are we reading Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof. Bread: A Global History By William Rubel. Kelly mentions Werner Herzog’s Happy People: A Year in the Taiga. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our...

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Solar Oven Triumph: Fluffy Egg Strata

...how long any dish should spend in the oven. Imagine if back when you were making your first batch of cookies, your mom’s old Betty Crocker told you they would be done anywhere between one and four hours. Or perhaps the recipe would not even include a time or temperature recommendation, but just said the cookies would be done when they were done. Can you imagine your tears? Welcome to solar cooking. Recipes are guidelines or even hints rather than...

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