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82 ~ Mediterranean diet, Part 2 (and wolves and eggs)
After writing my last post on the Mediterranean diet, I noted that Wisconsin’s own foraging guru, Sam Thayer will give a related talk next weekend…
81 ~ Mediterranean, schmediterranean?
Brrrrr. It was -18F (-28C) at the farmhouse this morning - the kind of morning when one’s thoughts might turn to sunny Mediterranean beaches. I’ve had the Mediterranean on my mind recently, but for other reasons…
11 ~ Lessons from Hunza
I’ve now run out of some kitchen staples; still, life is good today - I write this beside a pot of tea that’s steeping in boiled birch sap instead of water. Gone now from my larder are olive oil (but have offers for some to follow up), regular sugar and white flour. For this situation, encouraging lessons come from the mountains of Pakistan.