Category Archives: south florida

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Stalking The Wild Yeast – Day 4

Even though it’s Yom Kippur and I’m not eating or drinking, that doesn’t mean that we don’t feed and water our pets – including our local wild yeast sourdough starter. Last night, I fed Yeastie 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. unbleached all purpose flour and 3 Tbs. warm water. After about 2 hours, it looked [...]

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Friday, October 7, 2011

Stalking The Wild Yeast – Day 3

Today is Day 3 in my quest to create a wild yeast sourdough starter unique to my neighborhood. Last night, at the 36 hour mark, I stirred down my starter mixture and added 3 Tbs. unbleached all purpose flour plus 2 Tbs. warm water. This morning, now a full 48 hours into the process, it [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 6 Comments
Thursday, October 6, 2011

Stalking The Wild Yeast – Day 2

Yesterday I began my quest to capture South Miami wild yeast in an effort to create a viable sourdough starter that is truly unique to my neighborhood. The goal: The ultimate in local and sustainable – a bread (or rolls or biscuits, etc.) that could only have been made right here, in my house, in [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 5 Comments
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Recap: National Food Bloggers Great American Bake Sale – Miami 2010

It finally came off! After weeks of rejection by every commercial venue down here you can think of, and acceptance with open arms by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the Miami leg of the National Food Bloggers Great American Bake Sale to benefit Share Our Strength, happened this past Saturday! That is, with a lot of [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 4 Comments
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Miami’s Great American Bake Sale – This Weekend!

Rumors to the contrary, I have not disappeared off the face of the Earth! For the last couple of weeks, I have been immersed in baking and jamming in preparation for the National Food Bloggers Great American Bake Sale to benefit Share Our Strength. After a few episodes of tearing my hair out to find [...]

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Saturday, January 30, 2010

PhotoHunt: Spotted

The PhotoHunt theme this week is “Spotted” When I saw the PhotoHunt theme this week is “Spotted”, the first thing that crossed my mind was the Spot-Breasted Oriole. These birds are native to Mexico and Central America, but because of their vivid plumage, many were caught and brought to the U.S. to be caged birds [...]

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Friday, January 22, 2010

Can Jam 1: Citrus

For me, the main reason to live in South Florida is the ability go out in the winter and early spring to the local U-Pick fields to do our produce shopping. The downside to that is, it never fails that our eyes are bigger than our plans and we wind up picking too much. After [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 10 Comments
Thursday, January 7, 2010

Crimes Against Fashion: Winter 2

It’s 49 degrees with a windchill. Tourist.

By RJ Flamingo ~ 1 Comment
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Nature Notes: Fall. Finally.

Please don’t hate me because I’m warm. Because I’m not warm. I’m freaking HOT. And not in a good way. While I realize that many of you didn’t have much of a summer and that you’re probably freezing your keisters off prematurely, we here in Florida have been roasting in 90º heat way past its [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 8 Comments
Monday, June 15, 2009

Crimes Against Fashion II

What is it with you people?!? No! No! No! No! No! Unless of course you’re on your way to “work”…

By RJ Flamingo ~ 2 Comments

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