It was a winter afternoon eleven years ago and I was sitting in a chair, wondering how in the world I got to this place in my life. My life was filled with sickness and disease and Read More →
How to Make Real Cream Cheese
November 8, 2012 | by | 48 Comments
There's something uniquely special about homemade cheeses - like the making of bone broth, it's often relatively easy but it leads to a deep feeling of accomplishment. I made Read More →
Spicy Mustard Green Pesto
October 16, 2012 | by | 14 Comments
Mustard green pesto - spicy, hot and deeply refreshing - quickly eclipsed basil pesto this autumn as my favorite style. I love that its heat is potent, quick and sharp much Read More →
Preserving the Harvest: Super Green Veggie Powder
August 20, 2012 | by | 78 Comments
Super green veggie powder is my secret weapon for powering through the mountain of greens that pile into our kitchen from our farmers market, CSA and garden. They arrive in huge Read More →
Moroccan Preserved Lemons
May 15, 2012 | by | 114 Comments
Preserved lemons enhance the cooking of North Africa with their pronounced saltiness and a sourness that is oddly mellowed, rather than enhanced, through fermentation. Even with Read More →
The First Salsa of the Season: Radish & Green Tomato
April 16, 2012 | by | 24 Comments
This recipe and post are contributed to Nourished Kitchen by Megan and Rose of Fig and Fauna. If you are interested in contributing to Nourished Kitchen, please read these Read More →
Hot, Salty & Sour: My Kimchi Recipe
April 4, 2012 | by | 93 Comments
I love kimchi, and I make kimchi at home a few times a year, usually in the autumn when Napa cabbage, hefty daikon radishes, carrots, garlic and chili peppers can all be found at Read More →
Salted & Smoked Salmon Roe
January 9, 2012 | by | 17 Comments
Salmon roe is one of my favorite foods (and my husband and son share my love of those beautiful translucent little orange balls of briny goodness). And every time I post to Read More →
Every Apple Has Its Star & a Recipe for Apple-pear Sauce
October 5, 2011 | by | 5 Comments
I love the fruits of autumn - pears and quince, yes, but it is the apples I love most of all. Indeed, eighty-five pounds of pomaceous fruit lurk in stacked cardboard boxes in my Read More →
The Garden Remedy that Survived the Bubonic Plague: Four Thieves Vinegar
July 19, 2011 | by | 12 Comments
Four Thieves Vinegar can cure the plague, at least, that’s what French folklore teaches us. And while I can’t comment on the veracity of this statement (and, no, it hasn’t Read More →
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