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About Alice

I've milled and baked with whole grains for many years, because whole grains are delicious, and white flour is missing the nutrition that protects you from cancer, stroke, heart disease, diabetes and many other diseases. Plus it's a good emergency food.

Wrangel-St. Elias Iceberg Lake 2009

I feel privileged to be one of the few people on earth to have been to this most spectacular place, a world wonder with many glaciers spilling into the valley, each a tourist destination if they could be driven to, … Continue reading

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Wrangell-St. Elias Tebay Lakes 2009

We camped several nights on a mattress of lichen two feet thick, never slept better. Here are some pictures from our trip. We’ve spent about 6 months of vacation time in Alaska, yet have seldom seen beavers.  But this area … Continue reading

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Backpacking in Katmai National Park 2001

By end of the first day, my husband Jeffery and I were calling the backpack trek “The Trip We Hope Nobody Dies On”.  We didn’t realize the first day would be the easiest day of the trip, or that we’d be … Continue reading

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Backpack Tahoe National Forest

Jeffery and I couldn’t figure out a safer way to travel and avoid covid-19 than backpacking.  I was sure after our last backpack trip in Alaska a year ago my backpacking days were over, after all, we’re both senior citizens.  … Continue reading

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Which Grain Mill Is Best?

Coffee & Spice Mills I mention these first because you can buy one for as little as $15 on sale and they’re a good way to find out if you like whole grain, lentil, and bean flour enough to invest … Continue reading

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Dietary supplements can be spiked with hazardous drugs

Jennifer Couzin-Frankel. August 21, 2015. The Supplement sleuth. Some dietary supplements are spiked with drugs. Pieter cohen is out to expose the hazards. Science 349:780-783  Pieter Cohen’s brush with death came at a most inconvenient time: just as he was … Continue reading

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Video: How To Make Custom Crackers From Your Favorite Ingredients

What’s the ultimate cracker?  The one that you make with your own favorite ingredients! In this video, I’ll show you how to invent a cracker from your choice of whole grain, lentil, or nut flours, and favorite spices.   You can … Continue reading

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Video: DIY whole grain mix for homemade crackers and chips

This video shows how to make your own custom whole grain mix, a key ingredient in the cracker and chip recipes in my book, “Crunch! Whole Grain Artisan Chips and Crackers.”   The mix of grains left whole has a one-year … Continue reading

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Book review of Humboldt Life on America’s marijuana frontier

Emily Brady. 2013. Humboldt. Life on America’s marijuana frontier. The tales I hear from my friends in Mendocino and Humboldt counties fascinate me.  There are stories of mayors and sheriffs on opposite sides of the drug war plotting revenge against … Continue reading

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Video: How to make your own whole grain crackers — Easy, healthy, and delicious

This video walks you through the quick, easy steps on how to make your own whole grain crackers.  After you watch the video, you’ll be able to make these crackers yourself.  The unique technique that I demonstrate is from my … Continue reading

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