A homemade thermostat attachment for a crock pot (or other electric heating device). It can be used to precisely control the temperature of the crock pot for things like yogurt fermentation. How The crock pot is attached to a relay that can switch it on or off. The relay is toggled by a microcontroller based ...
A list of resources Cheese A Day Cheese A Day is about making, well, a cheese a day, as well as slow food, art, photography, and travel.
Hunter:Gather:Cook Nick Weston’s adventures and experiments in sustainable, low-impact self-reliant living. Here he talks about making his own beer and using hops in particular. Homebrew: Hops
Building a clay oven – the basics A clay oven is any hollow, dome-shaped structure constructed out of clay, clay and sand or clay and straw, used for the purpose of baking and roasting food. It has a brick floor and usually a chimney. read more The 1-hour Brick Oven This is the brick oven ...
Quite Possibly The Best Homemade Crusty Bread Ever We make our own bread using a breadmakerbread-maker (Panasonic). This recipe and method, via Serene Journey, sounds easy and simple to make by hand, not using a bread-maker, which I think I’d like to try some time. Quite Possibly The Best Homemade Crusty Bread Ever (allegedly). Real ...
CooKit DIY Solar Cooker
We’ve been making our own yoghurt for a few weeks and it’s been mostly successful however we’re still learning and have not yet perfected our process – this latest batch didn’t ferment as, I suspect, I allowed it to cool too quickly. Here are a few resources that are helpful if you wish to make ...