This post is part of the 2009 series – The Traditional Foods Primer which addresses a different aspect of the traditional foods movement each month. January’s focus is on sweeteners: modern sweeteners and their accompanying problems, natural and traditional alternatives and how to transition from the modern to the traditional. Before you can [...]
Cranberry Sauce with Agave Nectar
November 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Cranberry sauce is, perhaps, my favorite holiday treat. I love its sourness. I also really like the way the berries pop under the heat of cooking. We’ve relegated white sugar to no man’s land in our kitchen “except for brewing kombuchaa” so I’m always looking for a good sweetener for those rare times we [...]



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