Tomatoes Review: 21 varieties for 2023
Tomatoes Review: 21 varieties for 2023 This year I began with 19 types of seeds, both those I purchased and gifts from seed collecting friends.… Read More »Tomatoes Review: 21 varieties for 2023
November
Easy dry salt-cured olives and olive salt
Dry cured olives for entertaining and family dinners My favourite olives both to make and to eat are dry cured. These are so easy to… Read More »Easy dry salt-cured olives and olive salt
Frozen & preserved food & power outages
The first power outage of the season hit us during a windstorm on Friday night when the transformer across the road exploded. There’s nothing worse… Read More »Frozen & preserved food & power outages
Brine Curing Black Olives
Additional heading Olives are so simple to prepare and home-cured olives are so superior to commercial ones that it’s surprising that more people don’t line… Read More »Brine Curing Black Olives
Trapping Wild Sourdough Yeast
Trapping a wild yeast culture is the first step in making true sourdough bread and easy as could be. Please note that these instructions call… Read More »Trapping Wild Sourdough Yeast
Enoteca Sociale – Bella Cucina
Review and photographs by Gayle Hurmuses Enoteca Sociale is one of my favourite restaurants. I’ve been there a handful of times…the food is invariably excellent,… Read More »Enoteca Sociale – Bella Cucina
Phyllis’ Bread from Deaf Smith Cookbook
A great recipe from an outstanding book Photos by Gayle Hurmuses and Gisela McKay This recipe comes from the Deaf Smith Country Cookbook, by Marjorie… Read More »Phyllis’ Bread from Deaf Smith Cookbook
Warm Bread for Cold Days: Purity Flour Cookbook White Bread
There is nothing better than a fresh slice of bread with butter melting into it. I made my first pies at the age of 8… Read More »Warm Bread for Cold Days: Purity Flour Cookbook White Bread