Rusty Ring

Like a lot of old people, I've come to find myself adrift at Christmas. Family mostly gone. Friends busy with their own. I nev...

'Way back in the first weeks of this blog I posted on the sourdough bread that's been part of my monastic practice since b...

(Both sourdough recipes.) Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

(To be specific: whole-wheat sourdough lady-fern sprout and scrambled-egg crêpes in a white sauce. Part of my annual spring-greens ...

Here's a seasonal blessing worth knowing. The recipe is as simple as they come: you pour boiling water over elderberries , which s...

During the holidays we frequently entertain, including in the morning. The season is also particularly associated with the scent and...

Here's a quick hint from Rob's Hermit Kitchen: The plums have ripened here in the Northern Hemisphere, and those with trees are ...

Last Christmas I shared my Perfect Chai , for the greater enlightenment of all sentient beings. But I left them hungry. So this year, I ...

(With lobster mushrooms and sourdough crust. Baked on my new flower pot-bottom bindle-tech pizza stone.)

(Because the rich are idiots. [Full disclosure: I made it with cream of chicken soup and spam this time. But they're still idiots.]...

(I just uploaded a hermitcraft article last week, but a reader recently asked about sourdough starter, so I'll go ahea...

(A soda-free, wild yeast-raised, classic sourdough version of this bread can be found here . If you landed here looking for the rec...