September - 2016

Oct 6, 2016

Poor mans capers & dolmas: lacto-fermented nasturtium seeds & leaves

Sep 29, 2016

How to cook for yourself when you have no time or inclination

Sep 28, 2016

Wild mushroom & sausage soup

Sep 16, 2016

The lazy way to preserve tomatoes

Sep 15, 2016

The un-diet.

Sep 1, 2016

Pickled wild chanterelles & huckleberries

Aug 24, 2016

Blubs gone wild: why you should eat as many wild blueberries as you possible can.

Aug 22, 2016

Healthier Ingredient Substitutions

Aug 20, 2016

Was this chilled morel soup with charred ramps and a fiddlehead foam ethically harvested?

Aug 18, 2016

Food Elimination & Reintroduction Challenge for Detecting Food Sensitivities

Sep 29, 2016

How to cook for yourself when you have no time or inclination

One reason for not cooking at home that I consistently hear is that they don’t have enough time. I have been there myself, and what I realized was that I actually did have the time, but that I was so exhausted/stressed/hangry that I didn’t actually want to cook, that it was easier to just go out or eat whatever I could find in the cupboards. The times that I actually bucked up and did make my way into the kitchen to cook a meal, I almost always found myself feeling better- es

Sep 28, 2016

Wild mushroom & sausage soup

<<<<Let me start with a disclaimer here: although very yummy, it was kind of hard to take a photo that made this soup look appetizing. Mushrooms and sausage are kinda weird looking. Also, this soup tastes better the following day. >>>> Perhaps you do most of your foraging for wild mushrooms in the woods, or maybe you do most of your foraging at your local grocery store or farmers market. No matter, as long as you are able to get some wild mushroom- this herbaceous, hearty

Sep 16, 2016

The lazy way to preserve tomatoes

I would not typically describe myself as a lazy person, but as someone obsessed with efficiency. To spend hours canning a meager amount of anything is always so disheartening. Back in the good ole' days community members would meet at the local grange hall (like a rural folks community center) or go from farm to farm and everyone would pitch in and put up (ie can) their harvest together. It was a social event and also a way to preserve food for the coming winter. Now I ha

Sep 15, 2016

The un-diet.

Following a specific diet invented by someone else, if you didn't realize, is a popular thing to do. I attempted various diets when I was in college when I actually didn't need to lose any weight. I was being encouraged to do a diet and I ended up eating a lot of weird processed vegetarian "meats". I grew up around in a chronic dieting mentality so I have a bit of experience in this realm, in addition to taking courses in grad school based on psychology of eating and approa

Sep 1, 2016

Pickled wild chanterelles & huckleberries

“Not only this same fungus [the chanterelle] never did any harm, but it might even restore the dead.” —L. Trattinnick, Essenbarre Schwamme (nineteenth century). Chanterelles are up among my favorite mushrooms to harvest and eat. The are dense and firm when they are smaller and make them perfect for pickling whole. I have a spot that is on timber company land and is covered in chanterelles so I don't feel too bad picking them in this smaller stage. I also think they have a