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Honeyed Rhubarb Jam

June 5, 2013

Dang, it’s been awhile. What can I say? I’ve been up to my ears in work (at the farm, at the other farm, at the restaurant, at home), and there is no such thing as a day off around here, right now, at least. But according to my observation of the most accomplished and seemingly-fulfilled […]

Honeyed Mandarin Orange Marmalade

February 1, 2013

My first 2013 canned preserve will likely be my last at my current residence. Bittersweet, I know… just like this beauty of a fruit spread. The lower-sugar mandarin orange marmalade utilizes the whole fruit for its hidden pectin, incredible flavor, and bright hue. Honeyed Mandarin Orange Marmalade Yields about 7 half-pints Ingredients: about 4 lbs mandarin […]

Pre-plan Can Plan

January 20, 2013

2013 brought about some unsavory circumstances around these here parts. First my monthly student loan debt payment doubled (bye, bye grace period). Then I had the pleasure of dealing with credit card fraud for the first time. And then I found out the house I live in had been sold, without any prior notice to […]

Small Batch Apple Butter

January 17, 2013

Oh, hey you. I know it’s been several weeks since I’ve written out a recipe. Picking up my food pantry coordinator job is partially to blame (in the BEST of ways) for this, but the bigger reason is that… I’ve got nothing. Right now, at least. All food growing and preservation has come to a […]

Onward We Go

December 27, 2012

Well, we made it to the end of 2012, folks. No zombies or other apocalyptic beings to be tamed, just copious amounts of buttery cookies, smoked and slow-cooked meats, stinky cheeses, red wine… and the widening waistlines that follow. I can deal with those things. With pleasure. The end of the year has brought about […]

Pumpkin Pie Butter

November 9, 2012

If you walked along my street today (and also happened to live under a rock), you’d have no idea that our first snowy nor’eastah had hit us just a day and a half prior. And I’m not complaining. The first snow is always usually fun, and the sight of ANY snow at all is exciting […]

Vanilla and Star Anise Applesauce

November 5, 2012

Who knew making pumpkin butter would lead me to another canning recipe for applesauce? I certainly didn’t. But when I had the chef at the restaurant I work at try out the pumpkin butter I made last week, I took his suggestion of adding some star anise to my butter recipe and instead tried it […]

Cranberry Sauce

October 29, 2012

What better than a stormy Monday morning to bust out a blog post. Sometime between late Sunday evening and early this morning, Sandy’s wind and rain arrived in Massachusetts. I’m wondering what all the hullabaloo up here is about, though, as she doesn’t seem to be as harsh as the weather reports have led me […]

Apple Mincemeat

October 19, 2012

Change is in the air, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. About a week ago, we experienced our first frost in eastern MA, leaving any of the garden’s remaining summer-worn plants a floppy mess. The chard is slumped over, the pole bean plants are already beginning to brown and blacken, and the […]

Cranberry Applesauce

October 12, 2012

Okay, it’s official: the space heaters are OUT in my 100+ year-old apartment. And the harvest is slowing down. Like, a LOT. At least in the garden I tend at Walthams Fields. With a group of volunteers a few days back, any remnants of summer were ripped out of the ground and thrown into the […]