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cooking with fire: a six week challenge
For the next six weeks, while I’m in my kitchen in the country, I’m embracing a new rhythm – cooking exclusively on the fire. The new wood stove. No gas, just flames. Cooking with fire is slower, more contemplative. This is cooking as it once was – rooted in patience, presence, planning and flames. How’s…
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deep cold but the pigs don’t care
We are in deep cold. Our HIGH today will be minus 5 celcius. However it is sunny, with no wind so far. The wind might come up later but so far so good. We can do ok in the cold but wind and cold is just miserable. Tonight will be minus 13 celcius. It looks…
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back on the farm
I have left hot and dry Melbourne and have arrived in cold snowy Illinois. And I am tired and hungry. The difference is marked. The trip was long. I don’t usually drag my body across the work with such speed. But I don’t have time to waste now. There is a sense of urgency in…
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archives: december 07 2011 – in which tonton stole the light
Good morning from Sunbury, Australia. Welcome to The Archives. Presently I am going through every single post of 2011 extracting recipes and stories to polish up and make into little ebooks. Next week I start on 2012. And will be back on the farm. There is a lot of snow coming through on the plains…
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in two minds and two hemispheres
And two or three continents. Living in Melbourne, Australia and writing for publication in the USA and Europe keeps me on my toes. How often I wish I could be in two places at one time!! Instead I am online working in two different hemispheres at the same time. It is Thursday here and Wednesday…
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