It seems like Christmas is a time to wear ugly sweaters, celebrate the white elephant, and cook things you’ve never attempted before. I have done all of the above in the last week. In this episode of, “It might be totally gross,” I decided to bake a pie, against my better judgment. I am notContinue reading “Honey-poached quince & apple pie”
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What my freezer looks like with 12 days to go
While most people are baking sugar cookies and singing the Twelve Days of Christmas, I am now facing the unbelievable reality that we are only twelve days away from the end of this indescribable year. Twelve. Less than two weeks to go. The thought of it is surreal. I can only wrap my mind aroundContinue reading “What my freezer looks like with 12 days to go”
Farm to Table Harvest Feast: A Benefit for Mendocino County School Gardens
We are delighted to bring the Farm to Table Dinner experience to our inland community this fall, to help keep school gardens open throughout the county. Eat Mendocino Presents a Farm to Table Harvest Feast Hosted at Black Oak Coffee Roasters (476 N. State Street, Ukiah) Saturday November 9th, 2013 Join us for a 100%Continue reading “Farm to Table Harvest Feast: A Benefit for Mendocino County School Gardens”
Corn Harvest this Past Weekend
Originally posted on Mendocino Meats:
Many thanks to everyone who helped us harvest the Oaxacan Green dent corn in Potter Valley on Saturday! We had 15 wonderful people from all over the county join us on a beautiful fall afternoon. Everyone was extremely helpful and we harvested about half of the Oaxacan Green corn. The…
A recipe for vulnerability
We are in the final stretch of the year and when people ask how it’s going right now, my response is that these last three months may be the hardest yet, and on some levels I’m totally over it. It’s harvest season and, yes, food is abundantly available and we’ve gotten really good at sustainingContinue reading “A recipe for vulnerability”
Getting it done: world’s easiest tomato sauce
Originally posted on My Ukiah:
When I research recipes for preserving food, I find so many refined options. And by refined, I mean complicated. They call for a long list of ingredients and a zillion steps. While I appreciate that these exist, and that people exist who like to make them (people that I wish…
Preserving Food, Part II: How to can everything
The second installment by sisterwife Elizabeth, pictured here with me at the Mendocino County Fair this weekend. Because sometimes we are not in the kitchen and also, you are never too old to get your face/body painted. Preserving Food, Part II: Can It! Canning is not as hard as people think it is. ItContinue reading “Preserving Food, Part II: How to can everything”
Preserving food, Part 1: How to make refrigerator pickles (no canning necessary)
The recipe below was graciously provided by my canning mentor and sisterwife Elizabeth, also author of the My Ukiah blog. I have been making another version of this recipe which involves lacto-fermenting the pickles before putting them in the refrigerator. Will share that soon. But for now, let’s start with the most basic of theContinue reading “Preserving food, Part 1: How to make refrigerator pickles (no canning necessary)”
Birthday Dinner at the Mendo Bistro
How August did fly! Summer’s trials are the inverse of winter’s; instead of putting all of our energy into searching for food, you must deal with the overwhelming abundance of fruit, cucumbers, squash and tomatoes. I learned how to do a bunch of new things, out of middle-of-the-night fear that anything would rot in myContinue reading “Birthday Dinner at the Mendo Bistro”
Roadside foraging: finding food in the most unexpected places
Truly, I have missed all of you. I needed a little break after July’s blog-a-thon so I spent a couple days alternatively doing a deep clean of my apartment and watching the entire season of Firefly. And now I feel so behind; it’s amazing how much can happen in just a couple of days inContinue reading “Roadside foraging: finding food in the most unexpected places”
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