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Bacon Fat Gingersnaps [and Honey Cream Cheese Dip]
Thanksgiving is synonymous with turkey and mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and (shudder) green bean casserole, but in my household, it always means the annual appearance...
Herbal Hot Toddy [with Mint-Infused Bourbon]
A traditional Hot Toddy only takes a few ingredients: whiskey, honey, water, and lemon. It is simple, but it's good to have a simple recipe...
Garlic Infused Honey
So, why in the world would you want to infuse honey with garlic? At first, the combination sounds odd when you contrast the pungent odor...
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...
Wild Greens Pesto
There is a bounty of wild and cultivated green goodies just waiting to be enjoyed - all you have to do is to learn to...
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...
Make your own Fire Vinegar (aka Fire Cider)
The weather in western North Carolina can be a tease. We had our first freeze in early October and since then the temperatures have been...
Let’s Talk About Tinctures, Elixirs, and Cordials
My apothecary is packed tight with jars and those jars are full of strange floating herbal bits in colored liquid, waiting for their time to...
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...
Blackberry Mead: A One-Gallon Recipe
I can tell that it is truly summertime when I can gather large handfuls of blackberries from the wild brambles that surround the edges of...