Author interviews, food, natural history, poetry, and more from "The Write Question", "The Food Guys", "Field Notes", "Home Ground Radio", "Front Row Center", and "Reflections West".
Recipe: Johnny Di Francesca's Neopolitan Pizza Dough
Food Guy Greg Patent writes: "I’ve been pizza crazy lately, and I want to share with you a terrific, authentic recipe for Neapolitan Pizza dough, created by Johnny (Gianni) Di Francesco. I happened across a YouTube video of him, and he has so much to say and demonstrate, you just must have a look. But before we do, I want to tell you about this terrific pizza dough."
Whether Lichens Conceal Or Reveal Depends On What You're Looking For
Lichens are a combination of fungi and algae living together in a symbiotic relationship. In this symbiosis, the fungi and algae benefit from each other. This evolutionary adaptation allows lichens to grow in some incredibly harsh environments: in deserts and in the Arctic, on barren tundra and on bare rock. Lichens grow in such rugged environments that some early naturalists thought they existed on nothing but air and sunlight.
Recipe: 'Busy Skillet' Strata Of Spinach, Mushrooms, Ham And Macaroni
“It’s just that we still have so much of it," said Dorothy Patent about the leafy bunches of spinach filling the fridge a week after Greg's most recent farmers market foray. So Greg got busy with spinach, ham, mustard, macaroni - and one skillet. The results are below.
StoryCorps Montana Tour: Joshua Slotnik And Philip Burgess
This excerpt is from the StoryCorps Montana Virtual Tour. It was recorded in June of 2020.
Joshua Slotnik asks his friend Philip Burgess about his experience growing up on a farm in rural Montana. Philip talks about joining the military during the Vietnam War in pursuit of freedom.
StoryCorps Montana Tour: Samuel Keith Harworth And Valerie Joyce Kurth
This excerpt is from the StoryCorps Montana Virtual Tour. It was recorded in June of 2020.
Spouses Samuel Keith Harworth and Valerie Joyce Kurth talk about meeting each other and moving to Helena, Montana together. They share thoughts and memories so far of experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic together, and talk about where they currently are in the process of adopting their daughter, Weiwei, from China.
StoryCorps Montana Tour: Sarah McMillan and Hannah Vinje
This excerpt is from the StoryCorps Montana Virtual Tour. It was recorded in June of 2020.
Sarah McMillan and her mother, Hannah Vinje center their conversation around the concept of home as they explore the different places they have lived as a family, ways they have both fought for conservation of the environment, and how they have cultivated home in their physical and mental spaces.
Thirty-plus years ago when I was studying wildlife management at Oregon State University, we learned that Ceanothus was a highly preferred forage plant for deer and elk during the winter. I knew that Ceanothus was the genus name of a large group of western shrubs and I even knew enough to recognize a few of the individual species back then.
Food Guys Jon and Greg take Karen Oberlin's recording of the Renee Rosnes & David Hadju song "I Like Pie" as their jumping-off point to discuss huckleberry pie and under what limited circumstances Greg allows ice cream to be served anywhere near his. To make huckleberry pie, he thickens 1.75 pounds of fresh or frozen huckleberries with crystal tapioca inside this pie crust.
Can Do: How Businesses Can Adapt To Unpredictable Times
How does a business adapt to stay afloat in these unpredictable times? What are the steps you should be taking right now? Where can you turn for help? On today’s episode of Can Do, we’re asking our guests these questions and more.
'Field Notes' Explains How Wildfires Impact Deer And Elk
How devastating are wildfires to deer and elk? Can most of them outrun or outflank a rapidly spreading fire? And what about the survivors when they return to a burned forest? Isn’t their habitat destroyed?
