became available to use as a leavening agent. Bread soda made it possible to work with the “soft” wheat grown in Ireland’s climate. “Hard” wheat flour, the main kind used in the US today, needs yeast to rise properly. “Soft” wheat flour doesn’t work well with yeast but is...
Free moving boxes are kind of like four-leaf clovers: they’re out there, but it takes a lot of looking and a little bit of luck to find them. There are plenty of places tobuymoving boxes, but anyone who has moved before knows that A) they don’t come cheap, and B) you’ll al...
So, in this post, I’ll be showing you what it’s like to visit the world famous Christmas markets of Cologne, along with practical tips about where to find the city’s many markets, what to eat, what to buy and other fun festive things to do in Cologne during the winter time. …...
When I grew up, I didn’t think that I knew anyone that was Jewish. I was sheltered. My Irish Catholic mother was too busy training me to be the next Pope. It wasn’t until I went away to college at 17 that I really discovered the Jewish religion. Many of my college friends were...