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ChiRunning

Posted in books, exercise on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »

I recently picked up a book called ChiRunning at my local bookstore. I have been practicing Taiji for several years now, though I haven’t attended classes in several years. I’ve been afraid that I’m diverging from where I should be because of lack of corrections from my teacher. Hopefully in the next year or two [...]

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Peter Reinhart’s New Book

Posted in baking, books, bread on August 24, 2007 | No Comments »

I just received my pre-ordered copy of Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor. I was a little disappointed with some of his previous books, not because they were bad books, but because he seemed to be focused strongly on white breads. While I was only able to read a few pages last [...]

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Book Review: The Omnivore’s Dilemma

Posted in books, foodosophy on April 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »

I’ve been hearing about The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan for quite some time now, so I finally picked up a copy at the library.
The basic premise is that Michael takes us through his experience of four different meals ranging from a drive-through meal at McDonalds to a meal he hunted and foraged for himself. [...]

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Book Review: Real Food

Posted in books, foodosophy on February 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »

During my vacation in Vermont I had some time to read Real Food by Nina Planck.
My preconceived concept of this book was that it was basically a rehash of information from a number of other readily available sources. But, since I’m addicted to reading books about food and I was in need of a week’s [...]

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Book Review: Flour Power

Posted in baking, books, bread, foodosophy, milling on January 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »

In preparation for buying a new grain mill, I order a new book, Flour Power.
As far as I can tell, this book has no competition. There are no other books out there covering this topic. It is loaded with information about how commercial flour is milled, what get’s destroyed, etc. It also tells you about [...]

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Body for Life

Posted in books, exercise on January 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Well, this doesn’t have anything to do with cooking, but as part of an overall healthy lifestyle exercise is important, and thus appropriate for this blog.
I recently listened to Bill Phillips’ book Body for Life (the audio book version).
Body for Life seems to be a pretty popular book right now so I thought I would [...]

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