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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
My farms are organic and regenerative and full of stories. I have been writing here about environmentally sustainable farming and food and travel since 2011.
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IT WORKED!
Everyone loved the bread! My oven kept turning itself off in the last few bakes which made for some tough crusts.
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BAKING FROM COLD
I will be making a number of loaves of bread to take to an event in Chicago on Sunday. Maybe eight or twelve. We’ll see, but to do this I need a lot of dough prepared. So I started experimenting with baking straight from the fridge.
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SHARP STONES UNDER MY BARE FEET
You know that particular type of foot therapy where they rub specific areas of the foot that are supposed to be connected to specific areas of your body. Like your instep is connected to your liver or something.
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TAKING THE SUN
Wai has the strangest shape due to his burns as though he is two pigs in the same body. He is so weighty in the front and then much slimmer in the back Even though he is on a strict diet, but he is still the sweetest, quietest, dearest little pig.
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