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Make Your Own Yogurt Incubator

hellaD — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:18:28 +0000

How to make your own yogurt incubator. A fun home project that is helpful and easy to clean.
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My Favorite Kitchen Helpers

hellaD — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:41:47 +0000

Basic kitchen tools for urban homesteading. Manual helpers such as mortar and pestle, utensils and spice grinders will get you far. You don't need lots of expensive but useless plastic kitchen gadgets.
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The Basics of Spirituality

friggaN — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:13:41 +0000

One should not pass over these things, simply saying they are food. They are in reality a complete civilization. -Abdulhak Sinasi, Camlicadaki Enistemiz (1944) I really like the philosophy and spirituality of the Mevlevi (a Sufi brotherhood which originated in the Seljuq period, under Mevlana Jalaluddin-i Rumi) because the kitchen is central to their philosophy [...]
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Kitchen Education Manifesto

hellaD — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:43:29 +0000

I discovered this, written by a Shaker while I was studying at the Culinary Institute of America. One of the most fantastic aspects of that school is the huge library they have of culinary works from across the centuries. I was writing a paper on the Shakers. When I first read this I got goose [...]
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Kitchen Community

hellaD — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:49:43 +0000

During the Winter Olympics I helped out at Lazy Gourmet which was very busy catering to French House, General Electric Hosting, Price Waterhouse Coopers, events for the Polish Government, Vanoc, Richard Branson and a bunch of other stuff. Given this line up, and knowing Lazy Gourmet’s reputation as being the best catering in Vancouver, I [...]
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