Buttermilk makes biscuits fluffier and cornbread less crumbly. It is essential for a true ranch dressing. Buttermilk also enhances the richness of cakes, and takes rice pudding to a whole new level. Sometimes you need a single cup of buttermilk for a recipe, and you […]
Infuse vinegar. Infuse flavor. Maybe infuse health. Infuse newness into old. You can infuse so many things! Infuse some cash into your life? Sure that could happen too. Making new flavors to enjoy can reduce the urge to go out to eat (or order delivery) […]
I wish to dispel a lemon myth made popular back in the Sixties by the band called Peter, Paul, and Mary. “Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flowers are sweet, but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.” This stanza was […]
As Summer Solstice nears, I wish to remind everyone that summer can be brutal in the Southwest. We want you to be safe out there while you are foraging your mesquite pods, or barrel cactus fruits, or palo verde beans – or any of the […]
Have concerns about canning? Here at the end of “Canuary” we have a guest post from a fellow who has been canning and eating canned food most of his life. James Rancourt is now retired and lives in Massachusetts, and this is what he has […]
