Soap Making with Argan Pulp One of the more interesting ingredients I have used in soap making is argan pulp. A few months ago I was fortunate to meet a woman who sold argan oil at an event. She told me her husband’s family grew argan trees in Morocco and processed the oil themselves. She had argan pulp (what remained after the oil was …
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Herbal Alchemy Perfuming Class
Herbal Alchemy Perfuming Class I had planned to drive, but with the snowstorm they said was coming I opted for mass transit. Two trains and two subways later, I was on the doorstep of Herbal Alchemy in Brooklyn, to take the second part of Julianne Zaleta's Natural Perfuming class. I met Julianne when I was her assistant for …
DYI Bran Muffins
Do It Yourself Bran Muffins One of my customers, Sue, called me the other day. She needed soap and wanted to stop by. I told her I'd be home all day because it was a cooking day. I try once a week to cook as many things as I can and freeze meals for days when I'm busy. When Sue stopped by I had just taken bran muffins out of the oven so I …
Paul Andersen Lessons of a Lifetime
This past Monday I had the incredible good fortune to meet Paul Andersen. Paul has been teaching high school science for 19 years and started the BozemanScience website 3 years ago. His videos have become immensely popular on YouTube with both students and teachers. (My personal favorite video is A Tour of the Cell). He …
Collaboration, Women supporting Women and the Feminist in Me
Collaboration, Women supporting other Women, and the Feminist in Me I don't exactly remember when I met Diane Bard of Peace Soap. I think it was about four years ago at the Huntington Fall Festival where we were both vendors. I do remember when I first heard about her. One of the students in the high school where I work (Joey) told …
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