You could say the story of cracked conch begins with a romance. Calliope Simeon met Alexander Maillis when she was 13, living in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Born in The Bahamas, Alexander was a paratrooper in the US Army during WWII. Their families had long been connected, going way back to the island ...
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Struan Bread
Struan is an Irish harvest loaf that makes delicious toast. It's a great way to use up any leftover grains or seeds you have in your kitchen. I've tried it with oats, grits, brown rice, sunflower seeds, flaxseed meal, wheat bran lentils, and I always love the results. In this video I set out to ...
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America’s Test Kitchen Kaiser Rolls
I've never had or made kaiser rolls before, but I tried them out for the first time last summer. I used America's Test Kitchen's recipe for the kaiser rolls, and since it was my first time I didn't make any up front adjustments - although you'll see I add flour to my dough.
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Spicy Olive Bread
I was first introduced to olive bread in undergrad, visiting a friend and her family at their home in Pennsylvania. Her dad loved tomato sandwiches, so her mum regularly obliged and I got to join in his summer tradition. Their go-to bread was a chewy artisanal loaf made with black olives. Slightly ...
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Simple Wheat Loaf
This is a really straightforward wheat loaf. It's not hard to pull together and it's useful to have on hand in the kitchen. I like it for toast in the morning, open faced sandwiches, and when it gets stale it makes great breadcrumbs. With half wheat flour and half white (bread) flour, the wheat ...
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South Africa: My Favourite Photos of Cape Town
Hey friends! So this post somehow got forgotten in my drafts, I guess just before life amped all the way up as I prepared to leave for India. Yes! I went to India, and then right after I came back life was even more topsy turvy. More on all that later, but for now I still want to share these beauts ...
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