Editor’s Note: Gina Martin of Modschooler & Albany Kid Family Travel is back with an easy way to create Dulce de Leche in your crockpot. She brought it to yesterday’s Troy Food Swap and boy, was it a hit. If you want to read more by Gina, she has already written about DIY Veggie Bouillion,…
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{drink it up} Elderberry Cordial
A few times a year, I try to do a complete walk around the perimeter of my farm. It’s nice to take inventory of how the farm has changed with the seasons (or, more generally the case, what needs fixing). A few weeks ago I stumbled upon four rather large black elderberry trees. After harnessing…
A Change of Seasons: My Mother’s Apple Strudel
This is the week before Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. As in most celebrations, there is food associated with the holiday. Apples and honey are the traditional fare of the New Year, so it is de rigueur to eat honey cake, a heavy quick bread that can be eaten with a meat meal since…
{summer bounty recipe} Chilli Time
Editor’s Note: Welcome back Wendy of the local blog Wendalicious, to FSC as one of our monthly ‘Community Voices’ Contributors! Wendy brings us a summer bounty recipe for those ‘fall is in the air‘ evening meals and perfect for a packed lunch for the work week that is inspired by diner chilli. For real. It…
{pulling back the curtain} What Jillian Really Eats
I can honestly say that our household diet wouldn’t be as healthy if my child didn’t have food allergies. I like to cook and I enjoy making things at home because I enjoy the creative process and the outcome (the flavor!) is usually much better than foods that are not made from scratch. However I…
{pulling back the curtain} What Alexis Really Eats
I cook primarily because I like to eat, but I also cook to keep myself entertained and feeling competent. Long before I had a family to cook for I cooked dinner regularly so that I would have a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day. Now that my house is a tornado of two…
{pulling back the curtain} What Erika Really Eats
Recently I was asked by someone how she, with multiple kids and several part time jobs, could fit more from scratch cooking into her life. She said she’d love to do it, but just wasn’t sure how she could fit it all in. Since I’d been meaning to write on this for some time now,…
{community voices} Serious Business Chocolate Gelato
Editor’s Note: While the FSC Crew recover from yesterday’s amazing ‘Food In Jars’ Day with blogger & author Marisa McClellan, Guest Contributor Gina Martin has a treat for you chocolate lovers out there. If you missed her the first few go-arounds, she has written about drinks inspired by Downton Abby & Boardwalk Empire and Veggie…
{summer garden bounty recipe} Eggplant Curry
For the first time ever, my garden is overflowing with eggplant! Sure, it’s also overflowing with weeds and a LOT of green beans that never got picked but despite that I am pretty excited about the eggplant. I’ve gardened at our current home for the last five summers and each year I plant eggplant hopefully….
{weekend project} Making Tofu From Scratch
When I was in Brooklyn earlier this summer I had fresh silken tofu made by a Japanese restaurant. It was creamy and delicious and I thought, “You can make tofu?” It had never occurred to me. I had to try it. I poked around on the web and found a couple of different recipes for…
{recipe} Blueberry Salsa
BLUEBERRY PICKING SEASON I have a deep love for blueberries and celebrate each year when the first berries have ripened on the bush. Some people have a hard time resisting chocolate brownies or sweets, and I can commiserate with them. But, for me, the real struggle is blueberries. Laugh if you must, I understand it…
{drink week} Summer Thyme Cocktail
For a recent anniversary celebration, my love surprised me after work with this cocktail. While I would like to take credit for it, I really didn’t do much other than ooh and ahh and slurp it down appreciatively. Mint seems to get all of the glory when it comes to muddled herbs for cocktails, but…
{drink week & a half} Emperor’s Blush Rose Sangria
Editor’s Note: Drink week has turned into Drink Week and a Half! Woo Hoo! Not only do we have our first sangria recipe on FSC (how is this possible?) but we also eagerly welcome another new guest contributor, longtime Food Swapper and voice of the Capital Region Dining Blog, Emily Lemieux-Welcome! -Christina +++++ Sangria is…
{drink week} Homemade Grenadine
Editor’s Note: This edition of drink week continues with Gina’s cocktails-of-the-past-journey, where she shows us how to make the non-alcoholic Grenadine from scratch, for both alcoholic & non-alcoholic drink creations! Gina kicks-in a Black Currant Syrup variation (YES!). Thanks Gina, I have thoroughly enjoyed your trip down cocktail history! -Christina +++ When I was testing…
{drink week} I’m in a Downton State of Mind
Editor’s Note: Drink Week rolls on with Veggie Bouillion star (see Sean’s Three Things Thursday on Punk Domestics!) Gina. She has a two-part piece on drinks, first up, liquor & drinks inspired by Downton Abbey & Boardway Empire. Tomorrow Gina will treat us to a non-corn syrup homemade grenedine & black current syrup for all…
