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Taking & Making Stock
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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...
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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...
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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
Nigel’s Gooseberry Pie
There’s really only one reason in my book (blog?) to grow gooseberries. Sure, jam is nice, but the reason I brought my three little...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...