The good, the bad, the ugly, the amazing, the laughable. Kitchen highlights, lowlights, disasters and award-winning triumphs. For our December Episode of the FSC Podcast, Christine & I are producing a very special episode, Holiday Stories from your Kitchen, filled with the ups, downs, the sweat, the tears and panic with holiday home cooking. Come…
{the honeybee saga} Of Honey & Hope
As I write this I’m certain one of my hives has hive beetles and there’s a hurricane that might hit us early this week (Editor’s Update: 10/30/12 Hurricane Sandy did not hit us as expected in Upstate New York, but others in CT, NJ, PA, and of course NYC & the 5 boroughs where not so…
{home wheat production} Crackers From Scratch
We have been wandering in the desert of home wheat production for three years now. We could see the mountaintop, but were not sure we could get there. Although it is not that hard to grow wheat, harvesting, threshing and milling all present real technical problems to overcome for home growers. We learned how to scythe, then…
{giveaway follow-up} Eat Your Books Winner Is…
The winner of the lifetime membership to EYB goes to……. Clare October 7, 2012 at 5:15 am “I have been an Eat Your Books member almost since the beginning and adore it- EYB allows me to recoup the investment I make in cookbooks by ensuring I actually use them. Perhaps my fav thing is that it makes me try…
{recipe recap} S is for Squash
Before we get our Squash-on, I wanted to announce a fun event tonight. During the monthly city-wide event: Troy Night Out, I and many of the FSC Academy teachers will be hanging out in The Art Center of the Capital Region’s kitchen from 5:30-8:30 hosting demos and chatting about our classes we teach at the…
{recipe} Calabaza en Tacha (Candied Pumpkin)
Editor’s Note: Swapper Becky H wowed us with her piece on The Simplicity of Coconut Butter and now she’s back as a regular monthly contributor! I’m excited to have Becky join the team because she will bring something new, as a native of The Rio Grande Valley, she will be featuring recipes & stories influenced by…
{recipe} Gluten-Free Crispy Treat Pops
Hi Folks! I’m thrilled Christina asked me to contribute to the FSC blog. For my first entry, I thought I’d share a bit of a culinary confession. Ready? I don’t like…cake pops. It’s not that I don’t think they’re adorable, I do! It’s just that I find the interior of the pops, usually a mixture…
{recipe} Apple Spice Whoopie Pies with Cider Frosting
Growing up in New Hampshire, I was fortunate to experience the beauty of the autumn leaves year after year. The changing colors, decorating the sky and then blanketing the ground, still amaze me with their brilliance, even all these years later. Although I do not live in NH any longer, as I moved to New…
{fsc book club} Assignment 2 Recap: Canned Things, Condiments, Spices & Spreads
The FSC Book Club is rocking! We’ve got 92 members signed up on Goodreads and are diving into homemade cookery and pantry staples as an awesome virtual group. For this assignment, we looked at Chapter 3 (Canned Fruits, Vegetables & Beans) and Chapter 4 (Condiment, Spices & Spreads) of The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can…
{fsc housekeeping} FSC Academy Holiday-Themed Classes!
First things first. I got a surprise on on Saturday morning when visitor after visitor to the FSC booth at the Troy Farmers Market, explained they visited due to an article in morning’s The Daily Gazette. Whhhaaaaat?! Although I’ve know for quiet awhile the piece was coming out, I didn’t know it would be today. Surprise! So…
{recipe recap} D.I.Y. Halloween Candy
Halloween is right around the corner, why not get creative in the kitchen with your chocolate skills or your sugar skills! The FSC Time Machine starts us out with the Becky Show with all of her fabulous posts from last October from her D.I.Y. Halloween Candy Series, then we move into other sugary items that…
{diy projects} Quince Jelly & Membrillo
Quince is an interesting fruit – too tart and hard to eat raw, the fruit turns from green to golden yellow fruit when ripe and grows on small thorned trees. Quince is part of the pear, apple, and rose family, and the ripe fruit smell floral and fragrant. I am lucky to have a neighbor…
{recipe} Apple Cranberry Stuffed Pork Chop
Editor’s Note: I am pleased to announce yet another fabulous ‘Community Voices’ Contributor to the FSC Roster! Swapper Jeni B, aka Pirate Jeni, is a popular food personality here in the Capital Region sharing her thoughts on her Blog, Twitter and Faceboook.. Her Tagline: Like Laura Ingalls…. with an attitude and an android device. PERFECTION! We…
{diy project} On Community & Kimchi
Editor’s Note: Gina of Modschooler & Albany Kid is back with yet another informative post, this time she discusses her love for the FSC Book Club, The Homemade Pantry & Kimchi. Gina’s other pieces include: Slow Cooker Dulce de Leche, Vegetable Bouillon, Slow Cooker Beans, Empire Boardwalk & Downton Abbey- Inspired Drinks, Homemade Grenadine, and Serious…
{recipe recap} Apples R Us
This post will *hopefully* be the start of a new bi-weekly or weekly post all about recipes! One that will use the FSC Time Machine to dredge up oldies but goodie seasonal recipes while also scoring the interwebs for some current food-blog-link-love. Its mid-ish October (seriously where is the time going?) and there are apples…
