Category: food

Planting Garlic Is My Most Potent Annual Prayer

Lisa Richardson October 23, 2020

How the annual fall ritual of planting garlic becomes the talisman I'll hang around my neck as we head into an uncertain winter.

Nature’s Gifts – Chanterelles

nurture1nnature October 7, 2020

October might have caught you by the surprise. Embrace it, by going mushroom hunting. Kristina Bland effuses over the joy of chanterelle season.

Farming for Change: introducing writer-farmer John Alpaugh

alpaughjohn October 6, 2020

What better place to wait out a global pandemic than working on an organic farm in Pemberton? John Alpaugh reflects on how he landed here.

Bring your own bubbles: how to make a ginger bug (wild fermented soda) ie your own healthy pop

Lisa Richardson October 5, 2020

I didn't want to buy Soda Stream cartridges, so I made my own bubbles. It still makes me ridiculously happy. And it's easy, too.

Rainy August Day in Pemberton – Make These Cookies!

Erica Osburn August 21, 2020

Torrential rain here in Pemberton today. A good day for baking. These cookies I adapted from a John Bishop recipe from his cookbook At Home. They are great for road trips. I have not had luck with PB cookies lately …

Picklepalooza: preserving high summer for my Future Self (and friends)

Lisa Richardson August 15, 2020

It's not really cost-effective, this pickling and preserving business, I realize, as I empty another $20 bottle of Bragg's apple cider vinegar into a pot. My husband keeps checking in, nervously asking "Are you having fun?" because these evenings are …

Chic’weed: A weed so chic you will love it like a flower.

Leala Selina July 4, 2020

With the botanical name of 'Myosoton aquaticum' it becomes clear that there is more than meets the eye when acquainting oneself with the perennial weed known as 'Chickweed'. These triumphant little wonders that grow in nitrogen rich soil pack a …