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Category Archives: Cooking
Oats and Hart
Ever have those days where a childhood taste or smell memory sweeps through your body, bringing you thoughts of a sweet, warm time? I had one recently. I remembered sitting in my mormor’s (grandmother’s) kitchen, where, over freshly made havrekjeks … Continue reading
Aprons
It’s official: I’ve become my grandmother. My mormor, a farm-raised woman who lived her whole life outside a little town in southern Norway, wore aprons every day. So do I. At any time I can be found puttering around the … Continue reading
Stress-Combating Fiber Arts …
For years I’ve appreciated that my fiber arts – particularly knitting and weaving – can combat stress and/or anxiety. Since 45 entered the White House, my fingers have only reluctantly picked up my needles or warped my looms. However, I … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Miscellany
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Back to Basics
Many people who blog about their forays into fiber arts and crafts are motivated by an attempt to “get back to” the basics: making their own clothes, reducing their corporate-created consumption footprint and eschewing the fast fashion industry. For related … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Miscellany
Tagged Adelaide Hawley Cumming, Betty Crocker, Scratch & Grain
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Knitting & Kneading
As my hands have only recently returned to a state where I can knit without fear and bandages, I had been putting more attention to bread making. Fun! Proofing has been challenging in these cold, winter months. Because we use … Continue reading
Posted in Breads, Cooking, Knitting
Tagged Jeffrey Hamelman, My Knitted Boyfriend, Noortje de Keijzer, Scandinavian Baking, Trine Hahnemann, Vollkornbrot
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A Few Pictures of FOs
After Thor’s Valentine Day sweater was blocked and dried, he graciously agreed to model it for blog post pictures. First Picture: Raglan sleeves work well on Thor. This picture shows how the faux (twist) cables I worked in between … Continue reading
Posted in Breads, Cooking, Knitting, Miscellany
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The Knitter Kneads
On my last birthday, Thor gave me a Panasonic bread machine. I loved it (still do), and it encouraged me – after a 30 year hiatus – to start making bread again. (I enjoyed having the bread machine as I wanted … Continue reading
Knitting & Baking
While I have been knitting a lot (!) over the last couple of weeks, I have become near obsessed with baking – most especially bread. On my last birthday Thor gave me a Panasonic bread machine. I love love love it; it … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking
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Too Hot to Knit …
The Willamette Valley here in Oregon experienced an unusually warm July. (This part of the valley generally gets some warm weeks scattered through the summer, but not a month straight!) The heat has discouraged me from knitting much – nothing … Continue reading
Easy to Make Your Own
In the stores around the holiday season, I notice towers of pumpkin pie filling – ready to be poured into a frozen pie crust (in another aisle). Voila – a homemade pie! Hmmm … not really. To make a pumpkin … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking
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