Finally, I got to making ginger beer. I’ve had a sneaky taste and I think I’m going to *love* it. . Do you make it?
Finally, I got to making ginger beer. I’ve had a sneaky taste and I think I’m going to *love* it.
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Do you make it?
Do you remember these phones?! When I was 20, this Nokia was a fixture in my bag. And 25 years later, it is again. Because, a few years back, I gave away my iPhone. . Today’s podcast episode is about technology. When my co-host, @farmandhearth found out that I am smartphone-free, that I use an eink book reader as my main computer, that we don’t have wifi in our house, and that I’m regulating my social media use (taking days off every week), she really wanted to talk to me about it. . And this is our conversation. . We talk about both the physical health effects of the devices and systems we use (the screens, the light, the emf) and the psychological health effects (on our state of mind, our relationships and our time). We also cover the alternatives – in terms of hardware and in terms of habits. . If you have any doubts about your interaction with tech, or if you think that devices are affecting your health, have a listen. I started looking for alternatives nearly a decade ago and I’ve been able to take it further than most. I’m hoping they’ll be some sparks in the conversation that’ll work for you.
Do you remember these phones?! When I was 20, this Nokia was a fixture in my bag. And 25 years later, it is again. Because, a few years back, I gave away my iPhone.
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Today’s podcast episode is about technology. When my co-host, @farmandhearth found out that I am smartphone-free, that I use an eink book reader as my main computer, that we don’t have wifi in our house, and that I’m regulating my social media use (taking days off every week), she really wanted to talk to me about it.
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And this is our conversation.
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We talk about both the physical health effects of the devices and systems we use (the screens, the light, the emf) and the psychological health effects (on our state of mind, our relationships and our time). We also cover the alternatives – in terms of hardware and in terms of habits.
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If you have any doubts about your interaction with tech, or if you think that devices are affecting your health, have a listen. I started looking for alternatives nearly a decade ago and I’ve been able to take it further than most. I’m hoping they’ll be some sparks in the conversation that’ll work for you.
Yesterday was a special day for us. August 1st is Lughnasadh, the Gaelic harvest celebration (which later became the Christian Lammas, or Loaf Mass Day). We started celebrating it when we lived on the south-west coast of Cornwall in the UK and have marked the day every year since. . As part of the day, we think back over the past year and bring three things we are grateful for to the table. We share these and then say what we intend to do to honour these gifts in the year to come. . It is beautiful process to go through personally and I love to hear both my husband Rob and our son Gabriel’s thoughts. In addition, for Rob (who loves being here in Italy but also misses Cornwall a lot) it is a way of keeping the Cornish energy alive in our home. . And obviously, every year, there’s my food. This time it was sourdough spelt pizza with home-made walnut/basil pesto and lots of local onions and olive oil. . Lots of good wishes from our home to yours.
Yesterday was a special day for us. August 1st is Lughnasadh, the Gaelic harvest celebration (which later became the Christian Lammas, or Loaf Mass Day). We started celebrating it when we lived on the south-west coast of Cornwall in the UK and have marked the day every year since.
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As part of the day, we think back over the past year and bring three things we are grateful for to the table. We share these and then say what we intend to do to honour these gifts in the year to come.
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It is beautiful process to go through personally and I love to hear both my husband Rob and our son Gabriel’s thoughts. In addition, for Rob (who loves being here in Italy but also misses Cornwall a lot) it is a way of keeping the Cornish energy alive in our home.
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And obviously, every year, there’s my food. This time it was sourdough spelt pizza with home-made walnut/basil pesto and lots of local onions and olive oil.
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Lots of good wishes from our home to yours.
Slow-cooked cow’s heart is so easy and so tasty. It goes like this – wash the heart, plonk it in the crock pot, forget about it for 24 hours. . For lunch I served it with: . Rye sourdough made from home-ground grains which I slathered with the fat that previously dripped through a pork roast and some beets. . Beet greens covered with a big handful of chives. . A left-over roasted onion. . Some sauerkraut and fermented garlic. . The heart is from Flavio @valledelsasso, the onion was from @radiciumane and the beets and chives were from the garden.
Slow-cooked cow’s heart is so easy and so tasty. It goes like this – wash the heart, plonk it in the crock pot, forget about it for 24 hours.
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For lunch I served it with:
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Rye sourdough made from home-ground grains which I slathered with the fat that previously dripped through a pork roast and some beets.
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Beet greens covered with a big handful of chives.
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A left-over roasted onion.
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Some sauerkraut and fermented garlic.
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The heart is from Flavio @valledelsasso, the onion was from @radiciumane and the beets and chives were from the garden.
Sometimes I like my beet kvass with garlic and salt, other times, like here, I make it with ginger and some fizz!
Sometimes I like my beet kvass with garlic and salt, other times, like here, I make it with ginger and some fizz!
There is a lot of this in our house at the moment. . It’s sourdough rye spice bread. I’ve got one in the freezer, one just cooked and one fermenting! On top of that, there’ll be another one being mixed up tomorrow. . Tomorrow’s I’ll be mixing up live as part of the zoom cook-up I’m doing with @farmandhearth. The event is based on Nourishing Traditions, the cookbook we dedicated a recent podcast episode to and that we both *love*. . In addition to my spice bread, we’ll be making, thanks to Andrea, lemon mousse and root beer. I think her kitchen is currently as stuffed with those as mine is with spiced sourdough! . If you’re not following our podcast account yet, you can find it at @ancestralkitchenpodcast. All the details for the Patreon community are on the profile over there. . In the meantime, if you happen to be near Florence and you want some spice bread, I’m in till our weekly #mercatointransizione trip at 4pm. This slice is yours :-)
There is a lot of this in our house at the moment.
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It’s sourdough rye spice bread. I’ve got one in the freezer, one just cooked and one fermenting! On top of that, there’ll be another one being mixed up tomorrow.
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Tomorrow’s I’ll be mixing up live as part of the zoom cook-up I’m doing with @farmandhearth. The event is based on Nourishing Traditions, the cookbook we dedicated a recent podcast episode to and that we both *love*.
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In addition to my spice bread, we’ll be making, thanks to Andrea, lemon mousse and root beer. I think her kitchen is currently as stuffed with those as mine is with spiced sourdough!
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If you’re not following our podcast account yet, you can find it at @ancestralkitchenpodcast. All the details for the Patreon community are on the profile over there.
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In the meantime, if you happen to be near Florence and you want some spice bread, I’m in till our weekly #mercatointransizione trip at 4pm. This slice is yours 🙂
I’m slowly working my way through the entire back catalogue of @fat_pig_farm’s Gourmet Farmer. Yesterday’s episode was set in France and at the end Matthew (the gourmet and farmer of the title) sat in a square and enjoyed some traditionally-processed local duck. . He said: “You always need more duck fat in your life”. . I agree. . Here it is, with dripping, on my sourdough spelt.
I’m slowly working my way through the entire back catalogue of @fat_pig_farm’s Gourmet Farmer. Yesterday’s episode was set in France and at the end Matthew (the gourmet and farmer of the title) sat in a square and enjoyed some traditionally-processed local duck.
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He said: “You always need more duck fat in your life”.
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I agree.
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Here it is, with dripping, on my sourdough spelt.
I have never cooked live on camera – but I will be, next Friday! This is what I’ll be demonstrating – a sourdough discard sweet rye spice loaf. It’s a bread I’ve made countless times over the last three years, so hopefully I’ll be able to talk and mix at the same time! . My Ancestral Kitchen podcast co-host @farmandhearth will also be demonstrating lemon mousse and root beer. All three recipes come from Nourishing Traditions, the wonderful cookbook that we spent all of our last podcast episode raving about! . The interactive workshop is available live (and in perpetuity) to the patrons of our podcast. Check out our IG account @ancestralkitchenpodcast if you want to know more. . And if you want more mouth-watering previews, I’ll pop some pics in my stories in a mo and you can find the recipe on which this rye spice bread is based on page 491 of Nourishing Traditions.
I have never cooked live on camera – but I will be, next Friday! This is what I’ll be demonstrating – a sourdough discard sweet rye spice loaf. It’s a bread I’ve made countless times over the last three years, so hopefully I’ll be able to talk and mix at the same time!
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My Ancestral Kitchen podcast co-host @farmandhearth will also be demonstrating lemon mousse and root beer. All three recipes come from Nourishing Traditions, the wonderful cookbook that we spent all of our last podcast episode raving about!
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The interactive workshop is available live (and in perpetuity) to the patrons of our podcast. Check out our IG account @ancestralkitchenpodcast if you want to know more.
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And if you want more mouth-watering previews, I’ll pop some pics in my stories in a mo and you can find the recipe on which this rye spice bread is based on page 491 of Nourishing Traditions.
Whether you put a cover on your sourdough whilst baking makes a huge difference. . Here we have two loaves made from the same dough. It’s spelt flour mixed 50/50 with spent beer mash (which was barley and rye). The left loaf was cooked in an open tin, the right one in covered tin. . The crust is lighter on the left because it dried out. With a moist bread like this, it doesn’t really matter that much. But with the sourdough millet and sorghum bread I make not having a lid leaves me with a top that disintegrates into crumbs when I slice. . You do not need to have expensive equipment to ‘lid’ a bread. I have a loaf in the oven right now resting on a pizza stone and covered in a large stainless steel mixing bowl. Works a treat. . Do you lid your breads?
Whether you put a cover on your sourdough whilst baking makes a huge difference.
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Here we have two loaves made from the same dough. It’s spelt flour mixed 50/50 with spent beer mash (which was barley and rye). The left loaf was cooked in an open tin, the right one in covered tin.
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The crust is lighter on the left because it dried out. With a moist bread like this, it doesn’t really matter that much. But with the sourdough millet and sorghum bread I make not having a lid leaves me with a top that disintegrates into crumbs when I slice.
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You do not need to have expensive equipment to ‘lid’ a bread. I have a loaf in the oven right now resting on a pizza stone and covered in a large stainless steel mixing bowl. Works a treat.
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Do you lid your breads?
I love ancestral food. In addition, photographing what goes on in my kitchen is a way for me to create and express beauty. . Many would judge this picture as anything but beautiful. I grew up in that ‘many’ and can feel its ties making me hesitate before posting. . Food that comes in plastic packets; cuts of meat that come from the middle of an animal; ready meals – these things do not give a clear visual cue of what they were. Because of this, it’s easier for us to not care how that animal lived. . To me, witnessing a scene like this is a moment of beauty. The reverence that it calls forth in me; the gravity with which it makes me grateful; the respect it gives me for all that a sustainable food system gives and takes. . It’s a duck that will nourish my family; one that was cared for by Flavio. I’ll use all the organs. I’ll make stock from the bones. . It has a face. . And it’s beautiful.
I love ancestral food. In addition, photographing what goes on in my kitchen is a way for me to create and express beauty.
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Many would judge this picture as anything but beautiful. I grew up in that ‘many’ and can feel its ties making me hesitate before posting.
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Food that comes in plastic packets; cuts of meat that come from the middle of an animal; ready meals – these things do not give a clear visual cue of what they were. Because of this, it’s easier for us to not care how that animal lived.
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To me, witnessing a scene like this is a moment of beauty. The reverence that it calls forth in me; the gravity with which it makes me grateful; the respect it gives me for all that a sustainable food system gives and takes.
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It’s a duck that will nourish my family; one that was cared for by Flavio. I’ll use all the organs. I’ll make stock from the bones.
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It has a face.
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And it’s beautiful.