The wild raspberries are ripe! We found them first at Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park and then in the woods, across the street from my daughter’s house in Sandy Spring! I couldn’t resist. I do not like picking berries in the fields — too many relapses of childhood memories growing up working…
Cool Cucumber Soup Recipe This is a cool, refreshing soup for a hot day. Cucumber Soup is a Mediterranean favorite! I’ve updated my recipe to be less spicy and more healthful. A lot of other recipes call for olive oil, avocados, buttermilk, hot cayenne powder, etc. With this recipe,…
Roast Garlic Why should you roast garlic? Because it’s easy and it’s delicious and it makes your house smell good. Roasted Garlic is a very different animal from fresh garlic. Roast garlic is caramelized and sweet and buttery. It’s not at all the acrid, sharp veg that is fresh garlic….
Here is a recipe for lard peanut butter cookies that is simple to do and skips the overused, cliche-ed, sugared fork step. It also uses lard instead of shortening. Shortening is evil. It’s the hydrogenation process basically changes the cottonseed oil into something more akin to plastic. Why do you think Crisco…
Time for a Kombucha Reload. I’ve got a pretty good routine for keeping myself in kombucha. I managed to generate a gallon-sized SCOBY and I’ve worked up to a good mash to make to feed the SCOBY. Here’s my recipe for kombucha. 1 gallon water 1 cup cane sugar 8…
Tasting my cured fish, I longed for some homemade cream cheese. I don’t know why I haven’t tried this before. I make everything else. I want cream cheese, though. I don’t want labneh. That’s greek yogurt that’s been left to hang too long and most of the whey has been…
Protein Why do I keep hearing commercials for and seeing new products containing increased protein? Is this the latest food fad? Why is the food industry intent on feeding us more and more processed sugar and high fructose corn syrup? Now they’ve resorted to hiding it behind high protein products?…
I hate to say that I found this recipe for Citrus Cured Salmon on the Martha Stewart website. Usually, I shun the place, but when Michael Ruhlman shows up, I pay attention. In my defense, I was googling “rulhman cured salmon” and this popped up. This is a very cool,…
All packed for work! A peanut butter on homemade rye sandwich for lunch and granola for breakfast. I practice what I preach. Here is the yogurt I’ve been making. Here is the granola recipe. I guess I’m getting old and set in my ways. Is it the worst thing…
Binder! Actually a salami binder failure. I left out the binder in my salami recipe! My salamis are not perfect, yet. They’re curing nicely–they have a nice taste and aroma. I’ve gotten the salt levels in check by switching over to a couple of grams of #2 cure instead of…