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I’m still working through the What do you want to know comments, and they’re generating a ton of new ideas for posts I can write for the blog. This is a great way to let me know what interests you and what recipes I can create for the new year. So far I’ve written a series...
I’m getting ready to write a week of Newbie Tuesday posts to go with my whole “it’s Christmas, so here’s how you make things” and I wanted to incorporate some of the things you want to know into the series. One of the really fun things about teaching is learning from participants what they want...
PLEASE DON’T ALTER THE pH IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE EQUIPMENTThere’s this sudden increase in people wanting to alter the pH of their products, and what I can tell you is that if you don’t have a good pH meter – not the strips, not a guess – then don’t. The recipes I write are...
I thought I’d share a few awesome science posts I’ve found over the last few days… An enthusiast’s primer on study types. Curious what is means when something is a cohort study or what a good before and after study should be? Take a look at this post on Skeptoid! This is a great analysis...
Thank you to my you, my lovely readers, for your comments. The work has been removed, but I’m still not happy with what the company had to say about why it happened. I think the explanation is that they were really busy and couldn’t contact me because they didn’t have my contact information? I’m still...