My first loaf of bread came out great! I'm actually glad that my bread-maker paddle disappeared ( Read more... )

A friend of mine who has gone entirely organic (and started making all her own dairy products from raw milk that she gets from a local commune), inspired me to read "In Defense of Food." I skipped most of the first 2/3 (a history of the food production industry, mostly), and then only skimmed the last third (laughing at a fair amount of elitism ( Read more... )

Class went fairly well today. Mostly because we still haven't gotten our tests back. I suspect tomorrow will be the day- and, therefore, far less pleasant. On an upward note, Dr. Smith has taken our suggestion of having a summer class on The Confessions in Rome next summer very seriously, and keeps mentioning details that he's thought out every ( Read more... )