Preserving Food

Buttermilk Ricotta

I bet you thought you heard the last of my year's supply of butter-making didn't you? Yup, you thought I went through all that...

Gingery Lime Pickle

I know, I know, another one. Look, I'm not trying to hide the fact that during January and February I'm a citrus pickle making...

Hot Damn Chile Pickle!

My tomatoes might have been a little worse for wear after my 3 week absence, most of them took a suicide leap that ended...

Pumpkin Marmalade

Can I just tell you? It’s 7:30am on a gorgeous Sunday morning in October and I've been up for a while… Believe it or not...

Straight Up Greengage Jam

Finally! Whew! I didn't think I would be gone this long. But on Labor Day weekend, I had a few friends over to a...

Tigress Can Jam: A Food Blog Challenge!

Gap This past few months we’ve talked about the trend of canning, witnessed the beginning of the canvolution and a rise in bloggers who, like...

Curried Green Zebras

The tomatoes! And while I'm on the subject of tomatoes...oh how I loved him (R.I.P). He was so beautiful, inside and out. Ahem. Ok, so...

Sweet Butter

8 gallons of cream (plus 2 gallons of buttermilk) You may know that I drove to Vermont early this past Friday to pick up 8...

Homemade Feta

Some of you may remember my trip to Turkey last summer. I fell in love with the country, its people and their way of...

Gooseberry Chutney With Bengali Spice

I am going to start by saying this is not your typical English ‘bottled’ chutney. You’ll find no onions or garlic here. Standard English...