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Carrots: Buttered & Jammed

  So I'm there with my 5 lb. bag of carrots thumbing though a myriad of canning books looking for something to get excited about...

Taking & Making Stock

gap Maybe it's my utilitarian bent, but there's something I find exhilarating about 'cleaning up the garden' right around the break of fall. On a good...

Roast the Toast: Jam Pudding

One of the things I love about having these two little blogs o' mine is that I get to share my secrets. I mean...

Carrot Spears with Chervil

Let me start by saying these are refrigerator pickles, otherwise known as quick pickles, which means there is no canning or water boiling involved....

Strawberry Ice cream

If you happened to be following what I've dubbed 'the butter chronicles' over here, then you know that there's a lotta bright and deep...

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. Rhubarb is something I am never in...

Kimchi Primer

If you were hanging around here last weekend, then you may know that I harvested a lot of Napa cabbage, for what has become...

Plum Noir Jam

Plum Noir Jam Yield: approximately 4 pints 4 lbs. dark plums 3 bay leaves 10 black peppercorns 4 green cardamom pods 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds 1/2 cup water juice of one lemon 5...

Spring Things

It's springing around here! The coyotes are howling at night. The garlic is popping; the rhubarb...forgettaboutit! The blueberry frame's shoulder is broken. The wicked winter...

Preserved Lemons of the Maghreb

By now most of you that have spent anytime around here at all know I have a thing for Indian lemon pickle. Those fine specimens...