Recipe

Season of Soup: Chicken, Mushroom & Wild Rice

Once in awhile I browse Pinterest for recipes. (Follow us here!) I’ve found some tasty dishes. This is one of them from Closet Cooking: Chicken, Mushroom, and Wild Rice Soup. [Read more…] about Season of Soup: Chicken, Mushroom & Wild Rice

Counter ‘Kraut!

Preserving Food, Recipe

I started making sauerkraut a few years ago, and I love doing it. This post will give you some info on making your own sauerkraut, but also makes a point to mention this as a very low effort, high reward activity. I like those kind.

Fermenting is fun, nutritious, and best of all, [Read more…] about Counter ‘Kraut!

When Life Does NOT Hand You Oranges (or, When You Use Cloves Instead)

Recipe, Stories

Oh, I could have come up with many different post titles to hint at what I did / did not do.

First, let me start by saying you still might have enough time to make 44 – if you can get your hands on organic oranges ASAP. [Read more…] about When Life Does NOT Hand You Oranges (or, When You Use Cloves Instead)

Can I Make NYC Bagels?

Kitchen Tip, Recipe

I’ve baked a lot of bread, but bagels always seemed so intimidating to me. So, I never attempted them before three weeks ago. This is the story of my third batch, and I think these bagels came out exactly as I was hoping for. Tracy seems pleased!

I started my research with the undisputed world’s best bagels in mind: [Read more…] about Can I Make NYC Bagels?