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When I started baking breads, years ago, I was looking for recipes thinking this is the most important part. As I started kneading, proofing and baking (and making mistakes) I realized that the recipe has almost no meaning, in the sense that all breads are the same: flour (various kinds), salt & water. Even if […]

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Firstly If you would like to read a beginner’s guide to fermentation click here. And without going in to all the science behind fermentation, here is fermented pepper sauce recipe. it’s very simple: What I like about fermented sauce is that it’s a live product, unlike posturized sauce you’ll buy on the store, which is […]

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The other day I was making a Yemen pepper paste (“Zhug”) and the garlic I used left my hands smelling awful. The odur gets stuck and water and soap didn’t really help. I found out that rubbing my hands thoroughly with a tablespoon of salt and some lemon juice, completely deodorized my hands. And to […]

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The Bialetti Venus stainless steel espresso maker is an old fashioned home alternative to coffee machines, nonetheless, the way it’s built assures buildup of pressure of about 1.5 bar.The bialetti maker is made from 3 main parts: The Bialetti is a stainless steel, stove top espresso maker , that produces 4 cups of rich, authentic […]

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Ceramic knives are a good alternative to premium priced knives. These knives are made of extremely hard ceramic material , and their main advantages are being: Ceramic knives can come in various colors, off white, black, etc. Just to be fair, the disadvantages of this knife is it being fragile compared to steel. If you […]

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This is a review I made of the KitchenAid mixer. It’s a 475 watt nice machine with plenty of motor power. I’ve made a comparison of the smaller 300W KitchenAid, VS big brother the HD (which I work on in this video) VS the Cuisinart . The KitchenAid HD , which in my opinion, is […]

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I love making pizza and bake in general. You can make doughs by hand, its not really that complicated, although with a mixer it’s much easy, and you can use the mixer for other stuff as well, for ex.: grinding vegetables or making minced meat. The KitchenAid gets a lot of good reviews by people, […]

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