Bread
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Consistencies
Consistencies —- plural —- as in the frequency factor, and the texture achieved. Weather, water, ingredients, oven, as well as the balance or lack thereof pertaining mind state, heart state, and hand movements coming together for the individual baking a loaf, all will determine what is coming out of the oven after fifty minutes, be…
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Love is ingrained in the kitchen at the beginning, and grains of love are given back in the end
For the newly incarnated soul, love begins being fertile in the kitchen. Shades of anguish will likely manifest themselves there as well but much of the following decades the fleshed soul will spend falling and standing in love, will be tainted and significantly propelled by the hugs, kisses, bowl licking, smiles, tears, and conversations about…
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Amazement I & II
To be amazed is quite a unique thing. At the experienced moment, it feels as if it can not be replicated. The awe is in part the acceptance that it will not happen again. Then, it happens again…
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Another Croissant with rolled vegetables (commonly known as cigars) — celebrating the National Croissant Day / January 30th
There’s something mysterious– even alchemical— about the qualities that have to come together to yield the ideal croissant. It needs to be buttery and tender, but never mushy or overly moist. It requires a delicate flakiness-to-slight-chewiness ratio, and the layers of all-butter puff pastry should be well differentiated, without falling apart into a crumby mess…
Sila Blume 