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It’s a Book!

Posted on September 30, 2020August 30, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau

I’ve been working on this for a while! My book is now available.

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  • Sourdough

Workshop: Start a Sourdough Starter and Keep It Alive!

Posted on June 3, 2025June 3, 2025by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A flip-top jar of bubbly sourdough starter sits on a black table

All you need to start and nurture a lively sourdough starter culture are flour, water, time and a bit of know-how. In this Zoom class, I’ll show you how to start a starter culture—and how to keep it alive. Bring your questions and I’ll answer them after the demo. Class takes place on Tuesday, June […]

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  • Making

How to Patch Sad Ripped Pant Legs

Posted on March 27, 2025March 27, 2025by Anne-Marie Bonneau
The right pant leg of a beige pair of pants mended with a white patch in the interior. Dark blue thread has been stitched back and forth across the leg around the knee.

Spring has sprung and so have holes in my gardening pants. So I patched them, well, quite visibly. My family asked me if I would wear them in public. I said, why not? Regardless of how they look, my mended pants will last for at least one more season in the yard, I kept stuff […]

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  • Zero-Waste Basics

How to Sew Produce Bags with Simple Tie Closures

Posted on November 14, 2024November 14, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A filled white cloth produce bag is closed at the top with a blue tie. It sits on a dark wooden background.

These produce bags with simple tie closures are easy to sew, put a dent in your scrap fabric pile and keep plastic out of landfill.

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How to Make Concentrated Vegetable Base for Broth

Posted on September 11, 2024December 17, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A stainless steel bowl of vegetable broth made from concentrated vegetables base. In the background are tablespoons of vegetable base on a silver cookie sheet.

Transform vegetables, especially those past their prime, into a concentrated base to use in place of store-bought broth or bouillon cubes.

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  • Garden

Out With the Concrete Pavers, In With the Plants

Posted on September 5, 2024September 5, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Even a small planting of natives can provide habitat for wildlife in crisis. Where concrete pavers once sat in our yard, flowers now bloom.

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  • Wasted Food

How to Revive Sad Vegetables Through Braising

Posted on August 27, 2024August 27, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
Braised cabbage cooking in a large, deep-sided, stainless steel skillet

Braising vegetables past their prime prevents not only vegetables from going to waste but also cooking liquids and whatever fat you have.

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  • Making

Easy Reusable Cloth Lunch Bag with a Flap Closure

Posted on August 15, 2024August 15, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A homemade flat bottom lunch bag is packed for lunch

When you pack a lunch, you eat more food from home and waste less of it. Sew this reusable lunch bag from fabric scraps and rescue those too.

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How to Organize a Sewing Bee to Reduce Plastic Produce Bags

Posted on August 6, 2024August 6, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Would you like to reduce plastic pollution in your community? Are you crafty? Consider organizing a sewing bee to sew cloth produce bags.

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How to Make Three-Ingredient Lemonade

Posted on July 16, 2024July 16, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A large glass jar of lemonade with ice, lemon slices and mint. The jar sits on a wooden tabletop next to two fresh lemons..

Lemonade takes less time to make than schlepping to the store to buy it and tastes better than anything you’ll find there on the shelves.

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