Preserving Food

My Favorite Preserved Lemons

I can't possibly go through a citrus season without making a batch of these. And you shouldn't either. I know everybody does the kind with...

North Indian Lime Pickle

During citrus season i become a pickle making machine. i know marmalade is the flavor of the month for most, but my year’s meals...

Turkish fermented cabbage

Remember that heatwave we were having a couple of weeks ago? 95 degrees in new england. uh huh. of course my early cabbage decided...

Sweet preserved kumquats

Sun pods koon inspirations. (i'm absolutely sure of it) Shape like an oversized grape, taste like a very sweet lemon that can be eaten whole,...

Sweet tomato ketchup

Remember this? after two long weeks in LIC i got back to my little plot of heaven up in the berkshires only to find an onslaught of these: the way...

Lime on lime shred marmalade

These crinkly little critters are not the loveliest things i've ever set eyes on. infact they never were quite ready for their close up. that...

Roast the toast: rhubarb & apple butter pandowdy

Perhaps you've noticed by now that i have a thing for old-fashioned fruit desserts? yeah, i kinda do. here's how this one came about: the...

Quick Kohlrabi Pickles

Just when i felt the need to confess my lack of jar filling over the past few weeks over here i had an epiphany in...

Chatelaine Revival!

Originating in the 18th century, the term chatelaine meant a chain or clasp which held all manner of useful objects, most importantly the keys...

Salt & pepper preserved Kumquats

This is so simply a play on the ubiquitous preserved lemons. those same preserved lemons that i rinse, chop, and throw on everything with...