A quick update on the ongoing cold brew coffee trials. Still in search of the perfect cup!
Category Archives: Food Preparation
Challenge Accepted: Upping the Coffee Game, Reducing the Cost
It’s easy to just walk into a coffeeshop to purchase your morning dose of wakey-wakey, but the bill adds up before you know it. To help save money, I’m working on an affordable, make-at-home version of one of my favorites.
The Humble Fungus: A Class on All Things Mycological
After cultivating a growing obsession with culinary mushrooms, I finally took a class to learn more about them! Find highlights and a link to my highly-recommended mycology supply here.
“Not-Crab Cakes” Recipe
Crab cakes made entirely *without* crab! You won’t notice the difference!
Instant Pot Yogurt: *NOT* A Single-Day Undertaking!
Making yogurt is deceptively easy — it’s the time you really have to invest to make it all work!
Adventures in Bread Baking — Soda Bread Sorta… Success?!
If at first you don’t succeed, bake and bake and bake some more! Adventures with Irish soda bread recipes using leftover whey from cheesemaking!
Baking is Black Magic, and Other Suppositions at Altitude
Musings in the world of baking. Is it a world I dare step into, or are the skills and rewards alike beyond my current reach?
Fun Farmer’s Market Finds — Apriums
Sometimes, cross-pollination yields incredible outcomes. As I discovered in the last week, plums and apricots are genetically compatible for the creation of hybrids — the first of which are called “apriums.” Described by Morton’s Organic Orchards in Palisade as “2/3 apricot, 1/3 plum, and 3/3 yum,” these palm-sized delights look the shape of a plum,Continue reading “Fun Farmer’s Market Finds — Apriums”
Radish Chips: A Tiny Story, Part 1/2
Ongoing adventures with fresh farmer’s market finds. In today’s episode, I attempt to transform them into a healthy alternative to the humble potato chip.
Weekly Food Adventures
As I write the start of this post, I’m sitting at the dentist’s office at… yup, around 8 PM. It’s a long story why I’m here, and I’ll not bore you with details, but it won’t stop me from sharing a couple of culinary highlights from the week. Radish Butter If I’ve tried radishes before,Continue reading “Weekly Food Adventures”
Seeking Continual Flavor 