0-Mile Dough!
We’ve received a fantastic book at Plenty called Homegrown Whole Grains, by Sara Pitzer:
NIkki McClure has done the cover of this great backyard, DIY farming book.
Learn to grow, harvest, store, grind, and cook with nine of the most popular whole grains: wheat, corn, barley, millet, oats, rice, rye, spelt, and quinoa.
It’s surprisingly easy, and it takes less space than you might imagine.
For example, with just 1000 square feet, a backyard farmer can grow enough wheat to harvest 50 pounds in a single afternoon — enough for 50 loaves of delicious fresh bread.
Complete growing instructions and recipes are included.
- If you are interested in local grain growing consider joining Island Grains, Vancouver Island’s first grain CSA, and learn how to grow your own grains at the same time.
- Congratulations to Bruce and Leslie for the great Globe & Mail article about their fantastic True Grain Breads and also to the town of Cowichan Bay for being accredited last year as North America’s first Cittaslow town – joining a cultural movement that started in Italy to push back against the fast-lane life.
- The Tyee had a great article on BC’s New Wheat Kings.
- Also, check out Urban Grains, a grain CSA in Agassiz, B.C and the Flour Peddler in Robert’s Creek, BC!
- At the April 7th Table Talk session Dayle from Terralicious will bring in some wonderful ‘no-knead’ breads to sample and we’ll discuss bread making a bit in addition the Menu for the Future articles.
- Yesterday we sold the last of the fantastic Polish Bread Mixers but we’ll be getting more in later this Spring. They work very well and look like a quirky 50’s sculpture.
Hand Bread Mixer made in Poland