Fermented Food
Pear Vinegar Recipe – made with fruit scraps
Last year I came into an abundance of pears from a dear friend with a few grand trees at the edge of her yard. Among...
Misozuke: Miso Fermented Vegetables Recipe
I have a dear friend who has been an inspiration to me and to my culinary and herbal pursuits for many years now. When I...
Lacto-Fermented Garlic Recipe
If you ever find yourself with a spare clove or two of garlic, consider trying a super-simple method of preserving it by fermenting it in salt...
Fermented Foods Workshop
A few weeks ago, I was the facilitator for a fermented foods workshop at a private festival in beautiful Eastern Tennessee! The Harvest Celebration focused...
Kudzu Flower & Muscadine Wine
I went foraging in downtown Asheville, right smack dab in the middle of the city. Normally, urban foraging isn't my favorite way to gather edible...
Honeysuckle Wine: One Gallon Recipe
Honeysuckle has been one of my favorite flower friends since I was but a wee pixie. There was a special bush, an old-growth clump of...
Vanilla Bean Chamomile Mead – One Gallon Recipe
When I began making infused honey, the first and favorite of my herbal honey blends was Vanilla Bean Chamomile Honey. It was only natural that...
Recipe Box: Lacto-fermented Watermelon Radish & Citrus Pickle
The fermenting bug got me again! It starts when I realize that I have a wide-mouthed jar that isn't being put to use, and...
Apple Daikon Radish Sauerkraut Recipe
Sauerkraut. The very word used to make my nose wrinkle and my jaw clamp shut, lips sealed, and my little curly head shake an adamant...
Recipe Box: Pickling Spice Blend
Spice blends...from your grocery store shelves to a bulk herb market, there's a nearly endless variation of piquant, pungent, salty, savory, or sweet blends out...
Small Batch Lacto-Fermentation is easy!
I experimented on my own before I learned the best practices of lacto-fermentation, and while my first batch of sauerkraut worked out well, a few...
Lacto-fermented Cranberry Apple Butternut Relish
Cranberries are delicious! Their tart, sometimes bitter flavor can enhance almost any meal, and they blend so well with both cinnamon and something sweet. I...
Fermentation on Wheels!
Fermentation on Wheels Are they coming to your neighborhood? They'll be in mine, soon! What is Fermentation on Wheels? Fermentation on...
A Poltergeist in my Booze Cabinet!
just a portion of the selection... I just don't know what happened, y'all... One minute, the booze cabinet was all happy...
Recipe Box: Strawberry Pineapple Wine – 1 Gallon
Strawberry-Pineapple Wine I had an intense craving for fresh fruit and veggies the other day. Since that is one of those food desires that is...