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You voted and the winner for a new weekly series in the fall will be cold process emulsifiers! Woo hoo! My plan is to start in mid-September and choose one a month to create a few different formulas with different emollients and different viscosities, sharing a post once a week. I’ll post a shopping list … Read more

The new e-book is here! At 161 pages and over 50,000 words, this is my longest monthly e-book yet! This month it’s all about viscosity and the impact it has on the sensory characteristics of our ingredients and final products. We’re taking a closer look at how the triglyceride profile of an oil or butter makes … Read more

Happy July 2023! It’s Canada Day today, so we’re staying away from the crowds by hiding indoors and finishing up last month’s e-book. Click here for the update I shared a few days ago… If you were a $10 subscriber in the month of June 2023, there’s a coupon for the e-book of the month, … Read more

Hello, everyone! How is it the second-to-last day of June already? Hope you’re all staying cool and aren’t being too annoyed by wildfires and smoke in your regions. The e-book is going to be late by a few days this month, but it’s still part of your June 2023 subscription. The short version is this: … Read more

Wow, is it June already? Holy cow, it feels like I’m still waiting for March so we can ride BIKES! We’ve already had our heat wave where temperatures reached 36˚C (96.8˚F) in May, so I can only imagine what fresh hell the actual start of summer holds. At least it’s warm enough on our shady … Read more