Preserving Food

Tigress’ canned tomatoes: sauced

Ok, ok, you twisted my paw. this post is about my favorite way to can tomatoes. there, you got me! yes, i used to...

Plum Hot Jelly!

this weekend went by very fast! up here in the southern berkshires we had our first frost the leaves have been whipping around and...

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 eastern mediterranean...

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...

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...

Can jam November round-up: Pomes

photo the cosmic cowgirl Apples, and quince and pears, oh my! apples and quince and pears! C'mon, i know i'm not the only one that thought...

Can jam may round-up: Rhubarb

photo local kitchen It's here peeps! the canning season is officially on! it's a party! I for one am overjoyed at the hella lotta rhubarb recipes...

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...

Ramp ‘n ricotta gnudi

If you’ve never taken a shovel to the forest floor and pulled out dinner, the heady scent of deep and rich forest dirt flooding...

Jam on it: Plum hot jelly & almond butter

Attention: this is a public service announcement You may remember this Plum hot jelly look, I know plum season seems like forever ago and forever...