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First Street Bread Flour

I make a lot of bread. I believe that in the last 2 years I’ve gone through 3 25 lb bags and 1 50 lb bag of flour. It’s time to start taking better notes. Here we go! I just added the “Bread” Category to this blog. I have retroactively put all my bready posts […]

How to Make Bread

Ok, forget what you know about making bread. Just forget it. Now read and do. Reading this will take longer than it actually takes to make bread. You’ll probably want to start with a single batch… just cut the recipe below in half to make 2 loaves… or quarter it for one loaf. The more […]

My New Favorite Bread Recipe

Bread is very simple. Here is my new favorite bread recipe. I started with the Best Recipe recipe for “Rustic Bread” and simplified it because I’m lazy. It comes out terrific. It takes less than 5 minutes work. Yes, really. Put 6 cups all purpose flour, 2 tsp salt, 3 tsp yeast  in big bowl […]

My Sister Made Terrific Banana Bread

Last month Melissa sent me a banana bread. I have to say that it was completely terrific. She wrote, i made three, gave one to a friend and kept one. the one i kept was super cinnamon and was so good, it was a borderline cinnamon bread. yeah that recipe is a total keeper…the secret […]

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Low FODMAP Diet

Here’s tidbits about trying a low FODMAP diet. This isn’t a complete article, just notes for myself. https://www.monashfodmap.com/ Karlijnskitchen.com Guide to reintroduction foods and reintroduction phases List of FODMAP foods https://www.ibsdiets.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IBSDiets-FODMAP-chart.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FODMAP Process Eliminate all FODMAPs for 2-6 weeks. Have a calm stomach for a week Reintroduce 1 food type at a time for 3 […]

The 5 stages of Grief^H^H^H^H^H Pandemic

The 5 stages of grief^H^H^H^H^H pandemic: 1- panic buying toilet paper 2- spending a trillion dollars on your staycation 3 – panic buying flour, yeast, butter, & eggs 4 – baking bread 5- acceptance

Retail Sucks

We took the family to Michael’s Crafts looking for fun crafts for a little party we will be hosting for Abigail. It took 45 minutes to travel each way. It’s usually 25 minutes but there was lots of traffic. Megan beat us there by 20 minutes, went to Panera Bread and had a terrible salad. […]

Looking for 85+ Interviewee

(Update: I’m pretty sure I found an interviewee, thanks!) Looking for 85 year-old interviewee I am looking to interview a person that is at least 85 years old and in well health for one of my Occupational Therapy Master’s program classes at San Jose State University. Do you know someone I might speak to? The […]

A Toast Story

You might think the following article is about the psychology behind wacky food crazes, and it is. But it isn’t. But it is, at a much deeper level than you think. It is very worthwhile to read and contemplate. Don’t read this article here. Read it on the Pacific Standard website instead.  There you will […]