Preserving Food
Fermenting Chiles
These may look innocent enough to you
But that's because your eyes aren't watering from the heat. If you're a chile head like me, or...
Preserving Food
Walnut Sage Pesto
It has been a real treat tricking around the blogoshpere of late and seeing all my fellow foodies and homesteaders waxing poetic about this...
Preserving Food
Lime on Lime Shred Marmalade
These crinkly little critters are not the loveliest things I've ever set eyes on.
In fact, they never were quite ready for their close up....
Preserving Food
Cultured Butter (and Créme Fraîche)
I am happy to report that sore shoulders (me) churner's elbow (M) and one broken lehman's best butter churn later, M and I have...
Preserving Food
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...
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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 got...
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Rhubarb Lavender Shrub
Ok, I swear I think this is going to be the last of the rhubarb posts for this year. That isn’t to say that...
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Marjoram Pesto
You know how I feel about herbs this time of year in the northeast?
Get 'em while they're hot! In the quest to clean up...
Preserving Food
Sweet Preserved Kumquats
Sun pods
Shaped like an oversized grape, tastes like a very sweet lemon that can be eaten whole, peel and all, even when plucked directly...
Preserving Food
White Radish Pickle
If you really are committed to eating locally, and/or growing your own food then I think you've caught on by now that in most...