I’ve been drinking Kombucha with my lunch lately. I buy it at the local cafe for $3.95 a 12oz bottle. Just today I realized I was breaking my own rules! This crap is expensive and mine would most likely taste better, be better for me, and fun to make! SO,…
This is a top round roast. Generally, a somewhat bland, lean, boring piece of beef. I thought it would be a good candidate for bresaola. Bresaola is a delicious salumi. No, I’m not spelling it wrong. It’s not salami. Salami is to hamburger what salumi is to a roast. Whole…
In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements—fire, water, air, and earth— to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink. Apprenticing himself to a succession of culinary masters, Pollan…
I wanted to make Pico de Gallo, but all my tomatoes rotted on the vines. So, I decided to pickle the pepper crop instead. Sort through your peppers. Use only the best, most beautiful peppers. Peppers that have mold spots, rots, cracks, and brown areas are just going to get…
Recipes for Making and Cooking with Fermented Foods by Mary Karlin Please don’t buy this book or at least don’t follow the guidance in this book. This is great for a coffee table book with lots of big pretty pictures. If you want to buy a book about how to…
To dry your freshly harvested herbs from your garden, don’t turn on the oven or invest in an expensive food dehydrator – use your microwave! Drying takes just a couple of minutes, if you’re careful. I found this method when I was at my parent’s farm house where there’s no…
This is an oatmeal bread recipe that I found on the King Arthur Flour website. I’ve tinkered with the ingredients because that’s what I do AND because we weigh everything that gets baked in our house. It’s more efficient and it’s more accurate. I just put the mixing bowl on…
Welsh Cookies or Welshcakes or pice ar y maen are raisin scones from the United Kingdom. They’re popular at tea time or as a portable snack. Traditionally, they were packed for lunch by miners and slate cutters. Welsh cookies reappeared here in the States as a testament to their versatility as…
Here’s a recipe for a nice, cool, refreshing Watermelon Gazpacho. I’ve updated the recipe and left out the tomatoes and the oil. Watermelon Gazpacho is delicious on a hot night as a refreshing drink, in shot glasses with a bit of crab meat, or as a side to some grilled…
Wild Fermentation Book Review Bread. Cheese. Wine. Beer. Coffee. Chocolate. Most people consume fermented foods and drinks every day. For thousands of years, humans have enjoyed the distinctive flavors and nutrition resulting from the transformative power of microscopic bacteria and fungi. Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture…