Category: Cooking & Canning

What vegetable gardening taught me this year

We’ve reached that time in the season — the point where we bid goodnight to our garden beds and reflect…

October 18, 2019 4:10 pm

Apples are in season and there are so many ways to use them

Apples, apples everywhere! That’s how I’ve been feeling over the last week. My kids brought home two heavy bags from…

October 10, 2019 5:19 pm

I have a bumper crop of cherry tomatoes. Here’s how I’m using them.

Photo by Sarah Walker Caron Was it only a week ago that my fingers dug into the wet, warm soil,…

October 4, 2019 3:12 pm

How to store produce so it stays fresh longer

Basket of produce. | Photo by Pixabay Whenever you bring fruits and vegetables home, whether they are from the farmers…

September 27, 2019 1:14 pm

I tried to make almond milk from scratch. Here’s how it went.

I have more experience with plant-based milks than your average non-vegan consumer. During my six-month fellowship at the California-based “Sierra…

September 25, 2019 9:00 am

These jars aren’t for canning

Photo by Sarah Walker Caron My mother texted me earlier this week with an urgency: could the flat lids from…

September 20, 2019 9:30 am

Canning tomatoes like your grandmother did isn’t a good idea

When the fresh tomatoes from our garden started to pile up in the kitchen recently — brilliant reds and lemony…

September 13, 2019 10:06 am

New research shows reducing food waste at home starts in your refrigerator

Image by Pexels from Pixabay When you go grocery shopping, you probably don’t expect to throw out half of the…

September 10, 2019 10:28 am

Welcome to Farm to Kitchen Table

Photo by Gabor Degre It was a small rectangular plot, cut from my lawn and sort-of tilled by hand —…

September 6, 2019 1:00 pm

What to make with sheep milk

Sheep are mostly valued for their wool and meat in the United States -- but what about their milk? More…

August 2, 2019 4:35 pm

If you want to enjoy bitter vegetables, science says eat more of them

Photo by Gabor Degre Even the thought of eating broccoli, kale and arugula makes many people pucker, but if you…

July 31, 2019 12:49 pm

10 Food hacks for easy summer dinners

Photo by Sam Schipani Summer is a delicious season, filled with grilling, shopping at farmers markets filled with fresh vegetables…

July 29, 2019 3:20 pm