canning
Earl Grey Pear Butter [Small Batch Recipe]
Every year, I'm lucky enough to glean a grocery bag or two of pears from a friend's old trees, so pear recipes have become a...
Pear Butter Recipe – small batch from windfall fruit
Last fall, when I picked pears, I was dutiful and busy and made pear cordial, pear vinegar, and pear butter! I cannot tell a lie...
Lemon Cucumber Brined Pickles Recipe
Have you ever grown or used lemon cucumbers? These lovely yellow globes were new to me until I visited a friend whose garden was more...
Putting down roots, dusting out the corners.
What makes a home your own? pulling weeds and planting your own flowers around the yard sucking up cobwebs and dust, sweeping out old dead...
Damson Plum & Muscadine Butter
There's a lovely little spot downtown that I quite enjoy walking past as I head into work. It's an office in an old converted Victorian...
Hedgerow Jelly: a recipe from the wild places
What is a hedgerow? In the cultured, organized sense, it is meant to be a barrier of trees and shrubs planted to mark boundary lines...
Strawberry Mango Mojito Jam Recipe (small batch)
You might remember that earlier this month I had a Strawberry Jam Session after getting a big bucket of fresh berries at the Asheville Herb...
Strawberry Jam Session
I spent a few hours at the Asheville Herb Festival last Saturday and ended up coming home with a big old basket full of ripe,...
How to Can Tomatoes
July and August are prime tomato time here in Western North Carolina! The farm markets are crowing about the lovely boxes of heirloom tomatoes available for purchase,...
Putting away 2012 – Tomatoes and Cherries
A Busy Kitchen, by Amber ShehanCandle-making, honey jars, tincture jars, tomatoes, drying herbs, and more! Phew...it is hard to find time...
Apple Picking & Processing 2011
I live in an incredibly beautiful and bountiful area. Western North Carolina has so much to offer in the way of local, healthy food that...
Recipe Box: Peach Butter
Ah, an experiment that worked! I love it when that happens. My household accomplished a small kitchen project in just one afternoon. We had a few...
Recipe Box: Queen Anne’s Lace Flower Jelly
As I've discussed before, sometimes I think my neighbors must hate me for harboring a yard of unwanted pests and dingy weeds. We encourage our...