Fried Rice has become a staple in our house. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before – my husband is half Korean, born in Seoul, who grew up all over Europe then ended up in Watertown, NY. (wow) Anyways, he grew up with his mother’s cooking, which is amazing, so various Asian flavors; sesame,…
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Finding her true calling, connecting people to their local foodshed, Christina is the Editor & Founder of From Scratch Club. At the homestead, she is the Chef de Cuisine, Master Baker & Head Food Preservationist. Always a supporter of local, sustainable, humane, whole foods and fair labor practices.
{THEME WEEK} Meals in Busytown
Since its the holidays and for many of us, the craziest time of the year, we decided to focus our attention on easy meals for busy times. Each of us will feature a “go to” home cooked meal when life is hectic. I am NOT going to say that we’ve put a cooking-time limit on…
{weekend reading} NATIONAL EDITION
FOOD NEWS Let’s start with the “Advertisement Seen Around the World This Week” category. If you haven’t seen Duncan Hines’ “Hip Hop” Cupcake commercial you have missed something special. Like too close to black-face-special. Watch the commercial on Eater, with a little editorial piece. Then head over to Mother Jones for an article on the…
{photo diary} the making of granola
I took A LOT of pictures for my “{edible gifts} breakfast in a basket” post. Overkill. That said, I want to share the play-by-play of the granola making…. – Christina
{giveaway} FSC Edible Gifts Collection
Our Edible Week is finished (well almost…I have a few more recipes up my sleeve..I can’t stop!) and we are now giving you, our readers, a chance to win the entire collection! Up for grabs is: Leslie’s Quick Bread in a Jar AND Pancakes in a Jar Alexis’ Apple Chutney (shown here is Chris’ Apple…
{weekend reading} LOCAL EDITION
Maybe its me, but its been hard to find events this time of year…I’m sure there are weekly breakfasts with Santa and Festival of Trees and craft fairssomewhere, but I can’t get my hands on many food-related events. I will focus the last third of the post on Slow Food SCCC’s all-day celebration of Terra…
{Know Your Farmer} Holiday Specials @ Saratoga Farmer’s Market
Editor’s Note: I will be writing these types of posts throughout the month for different regions of the Capital Region. If you are a local farmer or purveyor, please email me your holiday specials (free advertising peeps!) at fromscratchclub (at) gmail (dot) com. This listing comes from Mary Pratt, of Elihu Farm, my CSA Egg…
{edible gifts} breakfast in a basket
I like to “theme” my edible gift presentation. “Lunch in Paris”…”Cooking 101″… “Cookie Carnival”… This year {and last} is breakfast in a basket…or more appropriately “breakfast in a reusable shopping bag”. If I’m not shipping the gift, I try to always give my gifts in a stylish non-logo-ed reusable shopping bags. I can usually grab…
{edible gifts} THEME WEEK!
We are gearing up for another theme week, Edible Gifts. Y-U-M. I don’t really have to say much because Leslie, who’s first up, has said it for me in the first paragraph of her post. But I will add that, the From Scratch Club, are striving to introduce you to or expand upon your repertoire…
{photo diary} Holland Hill Trees
Two years ago, when we moved to Ballston Spa, we would always drive past this beautiful hand-painted sign for “Holland Hill”. For a brief period in Los Angeles, I studied Graphic Design at UCLA’s awesome evening program, so I am a sucker for delish type and design. When our first Christmas in Ballston Spa came…
{weekend reading} NATIONAL EDITION
Wow. Where to start… This week has been FULL of food-related news that I don’t know if I can pack it all into one post. I’ll try. As a disclaimer I will suggest going to any of the “Resource Websites” on the right column of the blog for further information, especially on S.510 and Healthy,…
{weekend reading} LOCAL EDITION
PLEASE NOTE: There are THREE local-crafter holiday sales this weekend, Women’s Building in Albany, Victorian Stroll Craft Fair at The Atrium and NYS Museum’s Chocolate Expo, read the details below and don’t miss out! – Christina WINTER MARKETS: SATURDAYS, 9am-1pm unless otherwise noted. Delmar Farmers Market: Bethlehem Middle School, 332 Kenwood Avenue. (through December 18th)…
{Giveaway} The Start of Something Special…
Happy Holidays! Here at the blog we have got quite a month of giveaways lined up for our readers. They’ll be both on the blog AND on our Facebook page. Why not start with a {BANG} THE ESSENTIAL NEW YORK TIMES COOKBOOK: RECIPES FOR A NEW CENTURY by Amanda Hesser ($40 value) What! What! What!…
Thanksgiving Gratitude, an Update.
Note: This is my follow-up post to my plea for recipe help in our ongoing series, {Desperately Seeking} Reader Advice. -Christina Last week I asked for help with two issues based on the fact that my husband & I lost our Thanksgiving turkey because an illness had infected the flock at a local farm. I…
