~Bread Offerings ~  December 2022~

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Hello bread and grain friends, Today is snowing here in Portland, and it feels so cozy. I actually love the dark months and find this time very nourishing. I hope you are settling in for winter and also getting a little time to celebrate. What are you reading? Here’s what’s on the menu this month: Mama Bread This month’s Mama bread is made with whole organic spelt flour, purple barley, and red floriani corn. I like keeping a diversity of grains in rotation, and these three pair well together. All the grains for this bread come from Camas Country … Read more

~Bread Offerings ~  November 2022~

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Hello bread and grain friends, As I write this, the patina of Halloween is still hanging loose in the air outside. Autumn came late this year, but it came in full force with its winds and rain and cozy dark evenings. My kids are teens now, and they’re mostly busy with friends on such nights as All Hallow’s Eve. So we busy ourselves with all the neighborhood kids, passing out candy (and sometimes warm beverages to the parents who are out braving the rain for their little ones.) This morning, I watched a crow peck at a miniature snickers … Read more

~Bread Offerings ~  October 2022~

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Hello bread and grain friends, Oh my, what a month! Covid finally came to visit my household, and what a weird month it’s been. It hit me the hardest, and althought I’m testing negative, I still have those lingering symptoms, like diminished smell and fatigue. Did any of you have it, and did you lose your sense of smell? It’s disorienting. When it first hit, I could hold aromatic plants up to my face and had zero smell. Yikes! Luckily, it’s slowly returning and I’m relishing in every aroma that wafts my way. I even took my car in … Read more

~Bread Offerings ~ September 2022~

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Hello bread and grain friends, Big sigh. School is back in session and we’re in transition—mostly the good kind—over here at my house. My Jewish mama roots come out on days when I’m adamant about having a hot meal ready for the kids when they get home from school. Today, I even had time to take a break from work to make these rolls with this flour I’d been wanting to try. I know I sound annoyingly domestic when I say that I felt joy in the comfort my teens took coming home and sinking, for just a moment, … Read more

~Bread Offerings ~ August 2022~

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Hello bread and grain friends, It is so hot out, and yet there have been many good bake sales this summer. It got me thinking about the bake sale as a concept. It’s hard to raise money for the causes we believe in, but bread and cookies and pies make it all the more palatable (I couldn’t help that pun). What is it about little handheld cakes and bialys and chocolate chip cookies the size of my head that give it a little more zhuzh? This is my plea to find yourself a cause and bake your heart out … Read more

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