When Dianna told me she tapped her own syrup I almost knelt down and bowed to her urban homesteading greatness right there and then. When Dianna sent in her post on syruping hows to’s I knew I needed to watch it in action. I was lucky enough to catch Michael tapping the last two buckets…
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{soup swap} Chickpea Miso Soup
Editor’s Note: This is a post contains TWO recipes: how to make dashi, traditional Japanese Sea Broth and non-traditional miso soup. I must admit this post was hard to write with all the different processes happening; poaching chicken, making dashi, adding miso. I’m not a professional recipe writer. So if you have a question or…
{weekend reading} NATIONAL edition
Busy week in food-related news…I say this every week. It still amazes me, now that I concentrate my news topics to “food” how many stories there are in one week. Before I get to the linking bonanza there are two pieces of housekeeping to attend to: 1) One of my favorite cooking blogs, the kitchn,…
{Dark Days & GIVEAWAY} Week 6
Editor’s Note: This is our fourth installment of a 4 1/2 month challenge, Dark Days, taken up by 88 blogs spanning the country, to eat one meal a week as local, sustainable, ethical and organic as possible. I’m talking gluten-free sweet potato gnocchi, my very own quart of canned tomatoes and some sautéed broccoli rabe….
{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…
