Ketchup, For The Good Times {Recipe}
Some preserves are easy, some are drastically cheaper than store-bought, and some are tastier than anything you can buy. Alas, homemade ketchup is none of these things. So I can’t exactly explain why...
View ArticleFast Flavor: Herb-Infused Oil
Often the simplest things can make the biggest differences in a recipe. A dash of cocoa powder in mole sauce or a clove of garlic in mashed potatoes elevate the dish from everyday to gourmet. Such is...
View ArticleGingerbread: House for the Kids,Crisp Cookies for Adults {Recipe}
A few days ago, I shared some of our holiday crafts. I told you that my pastry-chef sister Heather baked gingerbread house pieces for Lil to decorate. Our kitchen remains sticky from the amount of...
View ArticleChewy, Soft, Honey-Sweetened Butter Caramels With NO Corn Syrup
Maybe you are snowed in with a little extra cream from holiday baking. Or you want to master the art of candy making. Perhaps you want to impress someone with the most delightful sweet bite at the end...
View ArticleLoving Lard – How To Make And Use Rendered Pork Fat
Oh, lard. Mention the word and some people turn up their noses, remembering days of eating cookies that tasted like pork. Others are curious, having never eaten lard to their knowledge. And then there...
View ArticleFood = Love Indian Paneer Cheese {Recipe Guest Post}
I am pleased to share an authentic Indian paneer cheese recipe today from Susan Saldanha. She is a Columbus cook originally hailing from India who teaches custom cooking classes about Indian culinary...
View ArticleProbiotic Ranch Dressing Recipe with Food Bloggers Against Hunger
Have you ever been hungry? Really hungry like the 16.2 million kids in America who are food-insecure living in families without the means to regularly put nutritious food on the table? I’m hangry when...
View ArticleHomemade Celery Powder {Recipe}
Swainway Urban Farm grew beautiful, strong celery this year. The stalks were dense in flavor and texture and sold with the abundant tops. This variety isn’t well suited to eating as a veggie stick but...
View ArticleAlex’s Baked Chicken Wings
We like chicken wings. Who doesn’t? But chicken wings at restaurants are often disappointing and almost never from locally sourced meat. Alex has been honing his homemade version for years. His...
View ArticleHomegrown Home-canned Salsa {Recipe}
Home-canned salsa. It sounds so simple and yet many people struggle to make something that’s “just right”. The first recipe I tried was too watery. The next was too bland and the third had a...
View ArticleCare & Feeding of Sourdough Culture
Winter is a great time to add a new pet to the family. No, this isn’t another post about Annabel. And I’m not referring to the bee checking out this jar either. I’m talking a pet of the culinary...
View ArticleHomesteading Hair Care – Baking Soda & Vinegar Hair Rinses
Over the last couple years, we’ve slowly simplified our bath and body routines and made the switch from “all-natural” manufactured toiletries to homemade concoctions from food ingredients. I discovered...
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