food
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Love Ingrained (some Breads)
Arepa (South America) Bagel (Polish, Jewish) Baguette (France) Biscotti (Italy) Brioche (France) Cornbread (American continent) Crêpe (France) Croissant (France) Croutons (France) Dampfnudeln (Germany) Injera (Ethiopia, Eritrea) Matzo (Jewish) Muffin (United Kingdom) Panettone (Italy) Pita (Greece, Middle East) Pizza (Italy) Pretzel (Germany) Pumpernickel (Germany) Sangak (Iran) Scone (United Kingdom) Semmel/Brötchen (Germany) Waffle (Belgium) Zwieback (Germany)
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Bread — Evolution and Devolution
The inquisitive mind, the inner vision for growth and development of human kind, the inspirational spirit in all — towards gods or towards nature, and the quest for optimal maintenance of the carnal and the soul, all these have led us to find ways to dissect and compose far beyond the fruits of nature which…
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A Good Morning is… that the Sun has not come up for nothing
A good morning is a warm meal for comfort in a hearty plantain purée; a noble joy to the palate and to the soul, reviving the memory of a wonderful Indonesian rain season; accompanied by the glance at a book that spells out who we are, and revitalizes being, beyond what we have believed to…
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to own
Accused of being in my own world while in the process of brewing coffee for a gathering of four, I continue to learn from days which transpired six years ago. The mindsets involved pop repeatedly into the present, and I continue to dissect the occurrence. Some humans do not understand that handling a simple matter…
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Love Ingrained
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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The Palate Diaries — Two Problems with what is not a Cigar
Modified Puro (cigar) Recipe Ingredients: 1 ½ handful chopped Romaine lettuce 25 – 30 whole arugula (rocket, rucola) leaves 20 whole and healthy spinach leaves Gum Arabic or Bermocoll (starch extracts gained from yucca/manioc and other plants, like corn, wheat, or rice Equipment/Utensils A barn or proper storing area, box, with regulated temperature and humidity …
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A Physiognomy of Hunger
Yesterday is digested, Tomorrow is not yet harvested. And today’s appetite? Mind the mind.
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Paradise
All is simple. All is complex. Simply put, the convoluted circumstances of 2020 threw me into an unexpected paradise. Fortune and chance gave me an ample home in which to joyfully escape the uncertain beginnings of the covid-19 era. Every single day I was free to grind my own coffee seeds, smell them in my…
Sila Blume 