Preserving Food
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....
Dessert
Rhubarb Krack
Yes I did think twice about calling this monster, and hence this post, rhubarb krack. In fact, at first type I had the old-fashioned...
Preserving Food
Homemade Yogurt
For the past two weeks I can't say I haven't thought about you. I have been eating a lot. Turkey, hell, probably the entire...
Preserving Food
Preserving Herbs: Favorite Books
For those of you following along with the great can jam, you know that the food in focus for this month is herbs.
You know what...
Preserving Food
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...
Preserving Food
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...
Preserving Food
Chewy Spicy (Dried Fruit) Chutney
I remember a more innocent time when I said I didn't like garlic with fruit. And then another time when I confessed I wasn't a...
Preserving Food
Lemon Basil Nectarine Preserves
Whoa! It's been a whirlwind of a month! I've been busier than I've ever been. I won't go into details but if a picture...
Preserving Food
5 Spice Kumquat Chutney
Kumquats always make me think of places far, far, east – places I've never been. Chinese 5 spice powder, or some variation of it,...
Dessert
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...