Shibori using a natural dye
I’ve been crazy about shibori, a resist dye technique, since I bought a piece of fabric in 1996 with the small tie dye geometric patterning. My romanticized idea of the process was that the cloth was tied around pieces of rice then submerged in a dye bath. It was only later I found out what the technique was called and how it worked (and I haven’t seen any substantiation for this idea I had earlier). I’ve since brought several other […]
Lovin’ from the Oven Schedule
FALL 2012 BREADMAKING WORKSHOPS In the spirit of “free,” my kitchen is open to you on one of the nights listed below, to learn about my take on no-knead bread baking, and have dinner around my kitchen table. The workshops are mostly demonstrations, so you won’t get covered in flour, but you’ll witness all of the stages of making the bread, and even get to take some home with you! I can accommodate four to five people per workshop in […]