Nice buns – sourdough style.
Pull-apart rolls have always been part of our childhood, whether they were dinner table accessories during Thanksgiving, market bought for summer BBQs, or served at school alongside baked beans and mac ‘n cheese. These sourdough rolls take the classic soft roll and improve on the texture and, most importantly, the flavour. Working with sourdough has…
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Coffee in the 21st Century
For those who hearken to the 1950’s for a simpler time need only look at an assortment of sexist, mean-spirited ads that seemed to define a generation. The reality of the time was – coffee quality had declined so much in the 40’s and 50’s that no amount of talent would have fixed it. In…
So you think you can write – with Don Genova
In the year 2015, required participation in social media and online writing has become as commonplace as the plethora of personal communications devices that festoon our bodies. But just because you can pick up an iPhone and tweet a few characters or blog every whim, that does not make you a creative writer. Writing is…
Second Crack Coffee Lab on Bridge Street in Victoria
Aaron Tann focuses intently on his pour over brew bar. He is in the middle of preparing a very tasty Ethiopian coffee with the Hario brew system. He slides it across the bar towards me, warning me to give it a couple of minutes to cool. Aaron is a recent transplant to the city of…
The World of Mysterious Chinese Coffee Culture: Part 2
Alright, I’ll go out on a limb here by assuming that the Chinese roasters were targeting a specific sociodemographic layer of our modern society by calling this brew DINKEY COFFEE. DINKY stands for Double Income, No Kids Yet. But if this rather technical brand name lacks convincing emotional-suggestive shelf appeal, so the tag line tries…
The World of Mysterious Chinese Coffee Culture: Part 1
There’s coffee, and there’s MARXISM Coffee Mix from China. To cover all bases or in case only atheists would be attracted to it, the product claims also to be God’s favored coffee! So once you get to the Pearly Gates, don’t be astonished to see some angels rushing to meetings clutching cups of MARXISM brew.…
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The “Feelings” of Shadegrown Coffee
There’s a scientific explanation about the convective clouds rising up from the ocean along the coffee growing slopes of our volcanoes in Kona, Hawaii every day; giving the needed shade and moisture for the quality coffee grown here. And then there are these wonderful sentences written by Jack London of how it actually FEELS like.…