May 5, 2014
From Sourdough to Bread
Start with this. A jar of sourdough frothing on the surface. (The tea and tomato are just for art’s sake.) Bird’s...
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May 1, 2014
San Francisco Sourdough Tour
In October 2013, I had funding from the Great Lakes Colleges Association to search for historic and recently authentic sourdough breads in San Francisco. San...
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Hitler’s Furies by Wendy Lower *** (of 4)
Contemporary research on Nazi war crimes suggests most Nazis were Ordinary Men. Neither crazed nor fanatical killers, Christopher Browning’s landmark book in 1992 discovered that most...
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Here’s Kombucha
Alright, I admit it looks funkadelic. Those are bacterial tendrils trailing from a floating SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast). My SCOBY is content...
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Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward *** (of 4)
A fighting pit bull in southern Louisiana gives birth to puppies. A black family is squeaking by: Daddy drinks too much; Skeetah only cares about...
Read More about Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward *** (of 4) April 16, 2014
Meyer Lemons
A trio of Meyer Lemons about to donate some juice to my Rooibos Kombucha. They say that the kombucha SCOBY really only works on a...
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One Summer: America 1927 by Bill Bryson **** (of 4)
The summer of 1927 begins with the worst rains the United States has endured in a century or more. The Mississippi has flooded millions of...
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Still Foolin’ ‘Em by Billie Crystal *** (of 4)
Billy Crystal is turning 65 years old and writing his memoir. It’s one-third stand-up (far and away the best part), one-third autobiography, and one-third Hollywood...
Read More about Still Foolin’ ‘Em by Billie Crystal *** (of 4) March 31, 2014
Sycamore Row by John Grisham **** (of 4)
It is the mid 1980s in Mississippi and Seth Hubbard, a cantankerous old buzzard, and self made millionaire hangs himself. Just before setting out for...
Read More about Sycamore Row by John Grisham **** (of 4) March 30, 2014
Frozen in Time by Mitchell Zuckoff *** (of 4)
To ferry supplies, munitions, and personnel to the European front in WW II required skipping across allied airfields in Canada, Greenland, and Iceland. The major...
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