Cultivate (verb):  try to acquire or develop a quality or skill; try to improve or develop

Community (noun):  the condition of sharing or having certain attitudes or interests in common.

- Oxford Dictionary

Cultivating Community focuses on ways you can build community aro...

I've been experimenting with sourdough breads lately.  A beautiful Steiner Kindy teacher gave me her gluten-free bread recipe and brown-rice starter; I have to say this is the perfect bread for a family - it's wheat- and gluten-free, makes a large loaf that keeps well...

My daughter loves to make bread and she created this special fig and walnut loaf using a buckwheat and sorghum starter.  The molasses gives this bread beautiful colour and adds extra minerals to it, including iron.

To make the leaven:

Leftover buckwheat & sorghum starter

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This recipe was given to me by a beautiful Israeli woman whom I adore!  It make the absolute best falafel I have ever tasted.  My kids love to help fry the batter (and taste test it too).  Make these falafel when there is extra coriander in the garden threatening to bo...

Verdurette is the original soup flavouring, but unlike its cousins of today – ultra-processed bouillon cubes or powder – it is made with wholefoods. 

Basically, it’s a formula or template to follow and you can create different flavours based on what’s in season and in...

I've been making and using digestive bitters for several years now and I love them! 

Digestive bitters have been around for centuries, used to aid digestion by stimulating digestive enzymes, stomach acid and bile, as well as stimulating the liver.  Bitters can also cal...