Stop 1: Bittersweet Quilt Shop
It’s now been just over a year since JoAnn Fabrics went bankrupt and closed down. The Lamentations have been loud and prolonged. It’s certainly true that the death of that…
Making a Slow Living Commonplace Book
If you subscribe to my e-mail newsletter, you may have noticed that it’s entitled “A Brambleberry Commonplace Book.” Are you familiar with what a commonplace book is? A commonplace book…
Blending Threads in Cross Stitch
Blending threads in cross stitch, on first glance, seems like a bit of an over-the-top move. After all, DMC has 500-plus colors. Most other companies have nearly as many choices….
Scandinavian Spiced Milk Cake
Now that you’ve made your clabber, I thought I’d share a few recipes for things to make with it. Let’s start with Scandinavian Spiced Milk Cake. Milk cake, or mjölkkaka,…
Clabber – Make it and Bake it
Last week we talked about yeasts, and how to use them for leavening. Today, let’s talk about another culture – milk clabber. A staple of kitchens gone by, it’s still…
Slow Food Baking 101: Understanding Sourdough, Commercial Yeast, and Home Yeast Cultures
Slow food baking has, for quite a while, focused on sourdough bread. Or various baked goods made from “sourdough discard,” whether they need leavening from yeast, or not. So much…