If anyone reading this blog was in April McGregor’s A Jar of Summer: Preserving the Bounty of the Harvest class at A Southern Season yesterday, I was the lady in the front row trying to figure out a way to properly identify botulism toxins in jars of canned tomatoes. Ms. McGregor, the proprietress of The [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Preservation Notes – Part 2 (Canning)
Posted in Experiments, Preservation, tagged A Southern Season, bison, bison recipes, botulism, canning, canning tomatoes, chile rellenos, Durham, Durham Farmer's Market, sofrito recipe, tomatoes on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Cheese Stands Alone (because no one will eat it).
Posted in Experiments, Snacks, Utter Failure, tagged cheese, home made cheese, home made mozzarella, how not to make tasty cheese, mozzarealla cheese, mozzarella, Snacks on August 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have been in love with the notion of making my own cheese for years. And that love was strengthened when Ms. Kingsolver mentioned that it was – gasp! – super easy and so tasty in her book “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.” Could I…? Me? Really? I hesitated. What if it wasn’t good? (I mean, I [...]
One Month Later….
Posted in Breakfast, Dessert, Snacks on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One Month Later…. It’s been a over a month since my last post – I would like to say that I’ve been so busy putting away food that I haven’t had time to write. But, I’ve been busy at work – and have been eating too much junk food along the way because I’m either [...]