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Most people think that curing your own meats is a quick way to waste meat, or worse, end up in the hospital (or even worse: dead). While there is some risk involved, it can be minimized. People have been curing meats for…
Posted by: Cliff Hammerschmidt on Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: charcuterie, cooking techniques, pork | 1 Comment »
I was recently up at the Howe Sound Inn and Brewery taking in some of British Columbia’s awesome scenery and imbibing way too much. If you get the chance, I recommend stopping in for their pulled pork pizza and a…
Posted by: Cliff Hammerschmidt on Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: beer, breweries, Squamish | 1 Comment »
I was recently invited to a special event involving Russ and Wendy Kwan Photography, and wanting to increase the likelihood of being invited again in the future I decided to bring along a dessert to share with our hosts.…
Posted by: Cliff Hammerschmidt on Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | | 1 Comment »
There are two major steps involved in making chocolates. The first step is preparation: buying chocolate, cream, flavourings, and base ingredients; making various flavours of fillings; tempering chocolate; making shells…
Posted by: Cliff Hammerschmidt on Friday, November 26th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | | 1 Comment »
I like scotch. I like chocolate. But the idea of mixing the smokey, peaty and sometimes rough flavours of scotch with the silky, sweet, luscious, and sometimes bitter flavours of chocolate seems almost criminal. That was…
Posted by: Cliff Hammerschmidt on Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | | 4 Comments »
After reading an article about pretzels (Laugenbrezeln) I got to thinking it would be fun to play with scary hazardous chemicals while making food. Okay, lye shouldn’t be that scary, but when you find out they charge…
Posted by: Cliff Hammerschmidt on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | | 9 Comments »