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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

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

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

Hello bread and grain friends, I hope you’re enjoying the height of summer. I was out walking last night and reveling in the last slip of sun hanging in the sky. It made a gorgeous silhouette for the massive firs watching over my neighborhood, and then I realized that it was after 10pm, and I felt that stirring that only comes with the long days of summer. Here’s what’s on the menu this month: Mama Bread This month’s Mama bread is made with whole organic spelt flour. I was inspired when flipping through a book of art history, and … Read more

Hello bread and grain friends, I am writing this from a hotel on my way to Roanoke Virginia to meet my new niece. She was born early in the year, as our family mourned the passing of her grandfather, my sister’s father, on the very day of the birth. I got the news freshly back from an engagement celebration (where I’d been able to take a quick detour to visit my mom and step-dad; the first visit in years since Covid; and sadly the last time I’d ever see him again). I am now back from another wedding celebration, … Read more