This year we decided to try cooking on our temporary outdoor fireplace while we boiled our sap into maple syrup. Cast iron is perfect for cooking on coals. Being pack rats, we just happen to have a vintage cast iron twelve-inch three-legged Dutch oven that someone gave us a couple of years ago because he…
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{Grain Brains Challenge} Sprouting Grains
Grain Brains Challenge A recipe challenge to help you get whole grains into your mouth, not just your kitchen. Early in March, I met a baker who hates flour. Michael Perakovich makes sprouted wheat breads at Columbia County Bread and Granola and his hatred comes from what flour does to people’s bodies. He’s spent two years perfecting…
{gf recipe} Chocolate Chip Cookies, Two Ways
…(Or a how to make perfect chocolate chip cookies) Chocolate chip cookies are great conversation starters. People are passionate about them. Some folks like ‘em crispy, others chewy, then there’s the whole “with nuts or without” debate. And don’t even get people started on their feelings about raisins in chocolate chip cookies. (I’m firmly…
{drink it up} Carrot Ginger Mimosa
April is a transitional month in my neck of the woods. At the start of the month, cold winds still blow and snowflakes dot the air. By the end of the month, the tulips and daffodils are in full blossom, and everything appears a bit hazy from the delicate buds that start to pop open…
{brown baggin’ it} Freezer Friendly
I love living on a budget. And perhaps if I keep telling myself that, one day I might even believe it. Being on a tight budget for the last six months (living alone is really not as cheap as it sounds) has taught me how to keep things simple, and look for ways to stretch…
{recipe} Sweet and Spicy Chocolate Black Bean Dip
Yes you read that title right- Sweet and Spicy Chocolate Black Bean Dip. I feel like you need to understand my inspiration for this recipe before I go on… So a few years back during one of my many health kick phases, a.k.a. damn my ass got big I need to do something about it, I…
{FSC TIME MACHINE} Backyard Chickens Part 2
We’re spending this weekend talking chicken… …backyard chickens! Yesterday we had part one of the two-part series, with links to incubating & candling chick eggs, hatching chicks, sexing chicks and general ‘how to’ get started. Today, Liz shares her experience, tips & tricks all about the after-chick stage… Liz talks chicken coops Why bother…
{FSC Time Machine} Backyard Chickens Part 1
Its ‘spring’ (although I have a foot of snow on my lawn) and its time to start thinking about finally making that jump into Backyard Chicken Land! Whether you hatch them yourself or buy from a local farmer you trust, we have insights from two contributors that have lots of experience: Liz and Jillian. We…
{FSC Book Club} Meeting 3 Recap- Oats & Farro
We read, we cook, we chat. That is the FSC Book Club. Oats, oats, oats. Such a popular grain with so much interesting potential too. I eat oatmeal at least a few times a week, but I confess that beyond the occasional chocolate chip oatmeal cookie, I don’t do much else with it. And farro? I…
{diy project} Homemade Maple Cream
Editor’s Note: Please welcome our newest contributor, Ellie Markovitch, an artist, educator for the Agricultural Stewardship Association (among other organizations) , multimedia storyteller, member of Chefs Consortium. -Christina It is Maple season in New York and a few weekends ago I joined the Agricultural Stewardship Association tour of Peggy and Matt Cannon’s Maple and Milk farm. I captured…
{reflection on food} Improving My Culinary Options
One of the reasons I think people read and write for this blog is because they want to challenge themselves to cook and eat thoughtfully. I love the challenge of eating well but not the challenge of finding the ingredients to do so. I moved to this area several years ago and was immediately aware…
{grains brains challenge} A Scone of One’s Own
Grain Brains Challenge: A recipe challenge to help you get whole grains into your mouth, not just your kitchen. I never had a scone until I was in college. First week of school the Dean of Students sent out hand-written invitations to the freshmen class, instructing us, in groups of 25 or so, to attend an afternoon…
{diy project} Homemade Corn Tortillas & Chips
Raised on the Texas and Mexico border, I grew up eating fresh homemade tortillas regularly. I have never ventured to make them myself since really well made fresh tortillas were always readily available; from the store, any number of restaurants, from friends, la abuelita down the street, ect, ect. If I needed a fix, some…
{FSC Time Machine} St. Patrick’s Day Inspiration
St. Patrick’s Day 2013 is this Sunday. For those who celebrate, here’s a few FSC recipes to inspire your holiday fare. BOXY on the Griddle by Dianna. Boxty on the griddle, boxty on the pan, If you can’t bake boxty sure you’ll never get a man. Irish children’s rhyme +++ Way back in 2011, Erika…
{recipe} Stobhach Gaelach
Stobhach Gaelach.. sounds fancy doesn’t it? It’s not. In fact it’s one of the most common of peasant foods. Stobhach Gaelach is quite simply “Irish Stew” in Gaelic. My ethnic heritage is Irish, French and German with a touch of Dutch and Welsh, but if you were to ask my fraternal grandmother, I’m IRISH… end…
