Living local in Eugene, OR
Posted in Bread, Weekly bread on Feb 10th, 2009
This is installment number three of the bread project. Despite being on the couch or in bed most of the day with flu-like symptoms, I managed to bake a couple loaves of cornmeal bread. It turned out a little more dense than I expected, most likely because I didn’t let it rise quite long enough [...]
Posted in Bread, Weekly bread on Feb 2nd, 2009
I can hardly believe that I made this bread with my own hands and my own oven. Perhaps it is the Irish in me that can’t resist anything with potatoes… I am not going to overanalyze - I love this bread.
Looking to expand my bread horizons, I visited my favorite place to buy cookbooks - [...]
Posted in Bread, Weekly bread on Jan 26th, 2009
This is my first attempt at making kneaded bread and the first post of a somewhat regular (weekly-ish) bread baking project I have decided to work on. The project came about when I realized how little I know about grains, despite my passion for locally grown beans and grains. I have made the infamous no-knead [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Markets & farms on Jan 1st, 2009
Beans and grains have become a bit of an obsession around here. We are headed to the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market next weekend in search of some beans. A helpful reader turned me on to Ayers Creek Farm (thank you!), owned by Anthony and Carol Boutard. I have exchanged a few emails with Anthony and read [...]
Posted in Markets & farms on Dec 29th, 2008
I wanted to follow-up my last post, Pot Beans, with some more information on local beans and grains. I mentioned the Southern Willamette Valley Bean & Grain Project in that post, but thought such an exciting project deserves more than a mere mention.
I learned about the Southern Willamette Valley Bean & Grain Project through my [...]
