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LFN: Blue Rooster Farm
A Look at Our Local Food Network A few weeks back we had the pleasure of visiting with Roy and Julie at Blue Rooster Farm. They are a grass-based farm, devoted to ecologically friendly practices. Blue Rooster supplies meat and mushrooms to the CSA operated by Village Acres, a vegetable farm run by Roy’s extended […]
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The Sausage Files
February 26, 2012
The Kit: Landers, Frary & Clark # 2 Universal Food Grinder. My mother sent me this grinder just before the holidays. (She had inherited from an older generation.) I haven’t been able to date it, precisely, but the history of the company and the grinder’s basic design is pretty interesting. The company made a wide […]
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Springwatch 2012
February 20, 2012
Behold, spring. We are precisely a month ahead of the vernal equinox, but today a significant event marked the advent of spring. The first crocus arrived and opened, which shouldn’t be too much of a surprise considering how warm and mild the winter was. You’ll recall that last year they were blasted by a March […]
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Pickled Peppers
February 12, 2012
We’re just now cracking open our go at these pickled peppers. Luckily, we actually wrote down where we got the recipe ’cause these are fantastic. They’ve got just the right balance of heat, garlic, and savory. We played around with pepper types and spices in ours. So far, all the variations are great – from […]
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Better Basics: Baked Potato
February 5, 2012
Growing up, I lived with my grandparents. This led to some interesting moments that are likely uncommon for people my age. I recall clearly the day they got their first telephone, for instance. We watched the Olympics on an older television in the upstairs room, black and white of course, that had a remote control […]
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Better Basics: Extracts
January 29, 2012
Over the holidays, Dustin’s grandma sent us some of her recipes, including an old-school anise candy recipe that I’ve been curious about for a while now. We had anise seed and star anise around the house from previous cooking ventures, but none of the anise extract that we’d need for candy making. Being us, this […]
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Too Many Cooks: Vinegar, part II
January 22, 2012
And things were going so well! For a good while there, our vinegar was puttering away. All signs pointing to Mother-hood. A distinctive, somewhat sweet vinegary smell. Then-BAM! Mold City. Ugh. People seem to be skimming the mold off and trying again, so I’m giving it a go (as in skimming it out, adding wine, […]
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March 28, 2012
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