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Baking with Store-Bought Egg Whites

I don't know why I never thought of it before, but you can go and buy egg whites in a carton at the store. How do they work when making meringues? Actually, they work really well!

Recipes: Indian Food

I've been trying to be more adventurous in my cooking lately. It was getting to the point where there were really only a handful of dishes I could reliably make. It gets boring! I'm also trying to find more meals with fewer carbs and more meals with leftovers I can bring to work.

New Blog Software!

To further reduce my hosting costs (which were already quite low), I decided to move away from WordPress (which requires a relatively expensive database backend) and move to a flat-file system—specifically, Grav.

Einkorn Flour

I’ve read a few things about einkorn flour, so have kept my eye out for it. I happened across some BC-grown einkorn in my local organic food store. I thought I’d give it a try. The package insisted it could used one for one for regular whole wheat flour. The only way to find out is to try!

Recipes: Seven-Grain Bread

Finally got all the ingredients together for an excellent-looking seven-grain bread from the ever-excellent Gisslen book Profe...