Recent Recipes
Farmhouse Beef and Bacon Stew
In the last few weeks, my family has been traveling. We packed one backpack each, left our little home in the mountains, and headed off on a 6-week tour on the trail of real food - stopping first at a dairy farm nestled against the rolling green Read More →
How to Make Simple Farm-style Cheese at Home
Each week, from April through November, we pick up 4 gallons of fresh, raw milk from our local dairy. We like to visit the farm that houses our milk cows - all doe-eyed guernseys and jerseys with their pale tan-colored coats and their soft muzzles. Read More →
Vanilla Bean and Fresh Mint Ice Cream
Real Vanilla Mint Ice Cream tastes of spring with lingering grassy notes that speak of fresh herbs, newly sprouted from the earth. As winter recedes and light begins to return to the mountains, the hens and cows who've ceased production all winter Read More →
How to Make Ginger Bug for Homemade Sodas
A little jar of ginger bug, a slurry of ginger and sugar, sits on my countertop next to my sourdough starter, where, fed daily, it bubbles and foams. I remove a little bit at a time, no more than 1/4 cup, to make old-fashioned sodas like homemade Read More →
Carrot and Leek Soup with Toasted Mustard Seeds
Carrot and Leek Soup is not my vision; rather, it belongs to my little boy who also loves to cook. Much like my husband and I love food, our little boy also loves food. He prepares breakfasts on Sunday mornings, and takes great care in the way he Read More →
My Super-simple, Never-fail Dinner: Hamburger Salads
There are many days, particularly in spring and summer when we're so preoccupied with our work on the farmers market, that I have no time to plan a menu, or prepare an elaborate dinner. We're hungry. We're tired. We want something immediately. Read More →
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