Preserving Food

Shizzles with picklz: shallot pie

The holiday season is in full swing and i've been feeling kinda generous. (have you noticed?) i mean, perfect pie crust over there, fried...

Spring Rampage Pickles

Yes i know everyone is doing ramp pickles right now. But this is less about pickled ramps and more of a study in spring...

Kimchi

Most of you have probably heard the saying “when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” If you’ve ever really thought about it – it...

Can jam February round-up: Carrot

And then i felt a lot of you look at us like this: Did you sez carrots!? ...happily even the skeptics have come around it seems...

Homemade feta

First things first: chosen by that trusty random number generator, the winner of the lost art of real cooking is melissa - who commented on...

Ghee

There have been a few inquiries about my ghee making procedure, so here goes... but first i have to say that even i cannot believe...

Can jam october round up: chile peppers

Photo well preserved oooh, this month was on fire! (kaela, our little scheme worked!) chileheads, my peeps, this one is for you... photo knit & knosh pickles, salsas...

Spicy pickled green beans

I know, i know. everyone’s doing it. dilly beans, dilly beans, dilly beans…who can complain about these garden stalwarts? look, it’s a massacre over here. late...

Can jam December round-up: Dried fruit

First i want to send a big wet furry tigress kiss (ewwww!) to everyone that participated in the great can jam of 2010! whether...

Ramp Greens Kimchi

Perhaps you jumped on the spring rampage with me and pickled a whole lotta ramp bottoms a few days ago. which means you gotz a...