Preserving Food

Carrot Pickle

Carrot Pickles Adapted from Savoring India by Julie Sahni 1 1/2 lb. carrots 2 tablespoons yellow mustard seeds, crushed coarsely in coffee/spice grinder or with pestle 4-6 green...

Carrot & Coconut Mutney

It's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it. I can't help it. When the days get shorter, and colder, I become a...

An Interview with Linda Ziedrich

Interview with Linda Ziedrich Tigress: Hi Linda! As you know, tigress' can jam is a year long canning challenge in which a very large group of...

Ancho Apple Butter

I couldn't help myself. It's fall and the apples are fallin' everywhere around here. This tree was here long before I even knew what a...

Sri Lankan Mustard

Sri Lankan Mustard Adapted from At Home with Madhur Jaffrey 6 tablespoons yellow mustard seeds 4 cloves garlic, diced 1 & 1/2 inch slice ginger, peeled and diced 1...

Can Jam July Round Up: Cucurbits

All you can jammers in the house jumped headfirst into the pickling process and for that I'm proud! Family recipes & memories, experienced canners...

Can Jam Round-Up: Asparagus

I was in a real pickle about where to post all these amazing asparagus recipes this month. I think I made the right choice. Pickles, Pickles...

Walnut Sage Pesto

It has been a real treat tricking around the blogoshpere of late and seeing all my fellow foodies and homesteaders waxing poetic about this...

Lime on Lime Shred Marmalade

These crinkly little critters are not the loveliest things I've ever set eyes on. In fact, they never were quite ready for their close up....

Shell-stocked (Shellfish Stock)

Yes, I said I eat (shell) fish occasionally! So occasionally in fact at this point in my life that I've had exactly one lobster...