Slow Food Zoo

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Slow Food is an international movement founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986. Promoted as an alternative to fast food, it strives to preserve traditional and regional cuisine and encourages farming of plants, seeds and livestock characteristic of the local ecosystem. It was the first established part of the broader Slow Movement. The movement has since expanded globally to over 100,000 members in 150 countries.[1] Its goals of sustainable foods and promotion of local small businesses are paralleled by a political agenda directed against globalization of agricultural products." From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Food


Note: Many of us like eating veggie diets. You can *always* follow a recipe here and leave out the meat!

The recipes here are inspired by love. Please post your favorites.

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Bread Machine Magic

by Michael Levin

Dec 17, 2013

I'm pretty addicted to shopping at thrift stores. Don't you see a lot of bread machines when you look around the housewares section? They're not cheap. Not if you buy them in department stores. But, consistently they are about $10. in thrift shops. I had to try em out. Especially after a trip to Two Tarts Bakery in Texas...but that's another story.

I picked this one up at the local thrift shop in Gainesville, FL - The Haven Hospice Thrift Store, arguably the best thrift store I've ever been to.

Here's what I found. It's incredibly easy to make bread with a bread machine! I Googled "Bread Machine Recipes" and found the best one at http://allrecipes.com/recipe/best-bread-machine-bread/

Here's the scoop:

I'm sure AllRecipes won't mind the little snapshop. I always go back to their website to remind me of the simple steps.

Step one: add yeast, sugar and warm water. Wait for it to bubble for about 10 minutes.

Step two: add flour, oil and salt and press start. Easy!

There's the finished product! Looks happy.

Once you've mastered the basic recipe, you can start experimenting. Here's the next creation I did.

Cinnamon Raisin bread, with organic stone ground, whole wheat & olive oil from Ward's (http://www.wardsgainesville.com/)

Strong recommendation - get yourself a bread machine and go for it!