food – Seeking Continual Flavor

Dehydration — Long-Term Storage

Completing the initial series on dehydration, a look at two options for extended storage.

Hot Sauce Remixed

Fermentation adds flavor with a few simple ingredients. With the right methods, I was able to make a tongue-tingling hot sauce with fermented peppers in one week!

Recipe in Verse: Springtime Risotto

Don’t ask me why, because I don’t know what to tell you. It’s a new recipe, but in verse. Each step in a different poetic format. Yes, I’m crazy, but at least I’m having fun! 😀

Pantry Stocking: Basics

After a nice hiatus to get organized and set myself up for 2022 success, I have returned. Tonight, I discuss what basics I have to have on hand in my kitchen to make it through the week.

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!

Reflection: Five-months of Blogging and Fooding

How has it been five months since the blog began? A moment of looking back to see how it’s affected and changed me thus far.

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”