September rolled in and rolled out on a King Tide. In between it seemed to creep. Slow time bookended by rising sea. I drove east today. Unplanned and entirely needed. What used to be near-endless pasture is all neat rows of identical houses now. I couldn’t breathe until I passed it. Once it hit the [...]
What does it mean when the bread rises higher than it ever has on the day we celebrate the greatest rising? I made three loaves and didn’t think of the significance of number until later. I scored the dough right before baking. It was then that I saw the marks and remembered… So here I [...]
Gathering our Easter resources proved to be quite an undertaking. It took hours of reading, watching, consolidating, typing, linking, prepping supplies, purchasing materials, remembering past resources and researching new ones. Yet even with an extensive array of curriculum, meaningful Easter basket ideas, educational videos, baking projects, hands-on activities, books for all ages, music, and more… [...]
St. Patrick’s Day has certainly been hijacked by leprechauns, luck, and lager. It takes some digging to find appropriate resources telling the true history of the missionary once named Maewyn Succat and the reason he is remembered. We are not worshipful of saints. We certainly don’t pray to them. But it is, I believe, important [...]
First let me say, this is not 100% true Mohinga because it doesn’t contain fish. In this recipe there is Moringa instead of fish. Moringa would not ordinarily be included but hear me out: I had beautiful fresh Moringa leaves on hand. Annnnd I couldn’t pass on the opportunity for a cheesy rhyming name... I [...]
I'm working on gradually expanding my sourdough repertoire. This week I made focaccia. You can certainly make focaccia with active dry yeast, but I'm not concerned with trying to make things faster. Though for sourdough this recipe is pretty quick! I made it from combining elements of a few recipes and changing the ferment times [...]
"An rud nach leigheasann im ná uisce beatha níl aon leigheas air."Ingredients: bread** butter, 3 tablespoons raisins, 1/2 cup (optional) eggs, 4 (beaten) milk, 2 cups cane sugar, 3/4 cup cinnamon, 1 1/2tsp vanilla, 1 tsp for sauce: butter, one stick whiskey, to taste (2 ounces is a good average) cane sugar, 1 cup **This [...]
Emmy Goulet 
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