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Wood for Ore?
Hiking a few weeks back, we got into a speculative debate about low-impact lifestyles that rely on woodburning (vs coal, oil). What’s the equivalency between using ‘standard’ utilities and wood? How much wood would I burn through to run a laptop for, say, a morning? Catan aside, how would this trade really work out? Well, […]
Pub Gougères with Anchovy and Cayenne
July 8, 2012
Add a notch to the spatula. Our recipe for “Pub Gougères with Anchovy and Cayenne” has been selected as a community pick on Food52 as part of their “meat as a flavoring” contest. Anchovies give this riff on traditional cheese gougères a bistro-pub feel and a bold taste. Salty, spicy and savory, these are best […]
Now Entering District 12
April 11, 2012
Like many people, I’ve just cottoned on to the greatness of The Hunger Games. It is a world where districts are dominated by their isolation from one another, where the only information that passes is what can be gleaned from the censored broadcasts of the games. This rolls two forms of oppression into one, combining […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Withinseason Reboot!
January 18, 2012
Hello Again! The last post was in September? That means it is time for a reboot. We’ve been busy on the food front even if it has been quiet around here… September was a flurry of canning and preserving. Our second year has been mega-bonus-awesome: the peas just keep rolling out of the freezer with […]
Better Basics: Red Wine Vinegar!
September 10, 2011
In the latest series of crazy projects, we’re making vinegar. We just inherited a vinegar crock and after realizing that a local brew supply shop had Mothers of Vinegar in stock, we’ve decided to just go for it. We’ll be posting updates of our go at this so you can see what a mother looks […]
Marinading… with Milk?
August 3, 2011
Since starting a recurring weekly order from our local raw dairy, we’ve loved it, haven’t looked back, and I am still surprised it took so long to get used to the raw milk idea. Which is all great. But then, Tuesday, aka Doomsday (kidding. sort of), rolls around and again, here we are, scouring the […]
August 23, 2012
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