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Beer from bread that never became a sandwich

A Brussels brewery is making beer out of stale bread to reduce waste

A small Brussels-based brewery has embarked on a project to make beer from leftover bread, harking back to antiquity, when bread, rather than barley, was the main ingredient. The idea for brewing with bread came when 31-year-old Frenchman Sebastien Morvan talked to a friend about food waste, specifically the bread thrown away because supermarkets, eager

Thanks For The Cookbooks

RECIPE SWAP When we put out a call for community cookbooks this winter, we were confident we’d hear from some of you – and you delivered! Health centres, church groups, festival organizers, community park stewards, 4-H clubs, women’s groups, homecoming committees, dance groups and ag societies – cookbooks came from all of these and more.


Sandy Lake Dance Club’s Cookbook Features Ukrainian Fare

The Shevchenko Dance Ensemble’s cookbook was a 30th anniversary project for this dance club for children and youth In 1977, parents in the small village of Sandy Lake were looking for ways to keep awareness of Ukrainian culture strong in their kids. They organized a dance club, which today is known as the Shevchenko Dance

Recipe Swap – for Jan. 14, 2010

RECIPE SWAP One of the best things about community cookbooks is all the names they contain. It’s one of the things Yvonne Jansen cherishes most about the cookbook she and three other local women created in Cypress River in 1995. “You know the people in it,” she says. “It makes you think of home.” 1995


Saving Dough On Bake Day

With 52 years’ experience as a homemaker, I have come across several ways to cut costs in the kitchen. Granted, when it comes to saving money, the time it takes always has to be weighed against the amount you save, but there is the added bonus of homemade goodness as well as the assurance of

New bacteria could make cheaper ethanol

Genetically engineered bacteria could make cellulosic ethanol cheaper to manufacture, researchers reported Sept. 8, in a finding that may unlock more energy from the waste products of farming and forestry. Ethanol from cellulose, the kind of sugar in the likes of cornstalks and sawdust, is being promoted as an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels,