Built off-grid homestead. Then became Fermented Foods’ go-to expert by Kirsten Dirksen on October 6, 2024 When Sandor Katz moved to rural Tennessee from Manhattan after a health crisis, he had no experience with gardening nor …
Couple’s attic apartment is kaleidoscope of nooks & skylights 🍕 by Kirsten Dirksen on October 29, 2023 Sam Ciccarelli and Rosie Dooley live in a kaleidoscopic attic home that is a maze of triangles, tunneled bedrooms and …
Empty nesters turn idle property into thriving family farmstead by Kirsten Dirksen on June 18, 2023 How is everyday life at a friends-and-family compound in Godalming, England? Chris and Helga Frost created a home based on …
Lloyd Kahn on his NorCal self-reliant half-acre homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on May 18, 2015 At 80 years old, Lloyd Kahn is an icon of alternative housing. In the seventies he was a poster child …
Self-reliance in LA: backyard farm + radical home economics by Kirsten Dirksen on May 20, 2013 Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne have been farming their yard in Los Angeles for over a decade. In addition to …
Fermented pet: care and feeding of sourdough starter by Kirsten Dirksen on November 24, 2010 Homemade sourdough bread can be a vocation for life. Once you have caught some wild yeast and created a sourdough …
Slow sourdough: catch wild yeast for a better loaf of bread by Kirsten Dirksen on November 23, 2010 In the long history of bread-making, commercial yeast is a relatively new invention (evidence of breadmaking was found in Egyptian …
The way bread was made: naturally leavened sourdough by Kirsten Dirksen on July 7, 2009 A couple generations ago, in much of Europe, bread was made at home and without industrial yeast. Instead, every household …
Slow bread from Barcelona Reykjavik: let it ferment by Kirsten Dirksen on September 2, 2008 Barcelona Reykjavik is more than just an organic bakery. Founders David Nelson and Gudrun Margret have returned to traditional breadmaking …
