DIY Food Projects



Moroccan Salt Preserved Citrus: Blood Oranges and Meyer Lemons

March 6th, 2008  |  by  |  published in All, DIY Food Projects, Fantastic Fruits, Lemon, Most Popular, Orange, Preserves and Pickles, Weekend Projects

Moroccan Salt Preserved Citrus: Blood Oranges and Meyer Lemons

Yaarrrr! It be citrus bounty week here in Los Altos Hills, CA… I gathered m’self about 10 schhwarly pounds of home-grown blood oranges and meyer lemons (from a co-worker and a neighbor, respectively). Ahh…





Georgia Boiled Peanuts

January 27th, 2008  |  by  |  published in DIY Food Projects, Legumes, Veritable Vegetables, Weekend Projects

Georgia Boiled Peanuts

Perhaps if I’d grown up in the South I would have heard of boiled peanuts sooner than my 27th year of existence. But alas, I grew up in the Pacific Northwest where the boiled peanut seldom …





Simple Basil Buttermilk Salad Dressing

January 17th, 2008  |  by  |  published in All, Basil, Delectable Dairy, DIY Food Projects, Honorable Herbs, Lettuce, Veritable Vegetables

Simple Basil Buttermilk Salad Dressing

My thumb is ever-so-slightly more green today! Why? Because I just harvested the first lettuce plants from my winter garden! I started a mixture of heirloom red and green…





Persimmon Applesauce

January 6th, 2008  |  by  |  published in All, Apple, DIY Food Projects, Fantastic Fruits, Persimmon, Weekend Projects

Persimmon Applesauce

Applesauce, in my eyes, is a food that has gone and come again. Tainted by years of finding plastic applesauce tubs in my grade school lunch box (when what I really wanted was soft-baked chocolate…





Three Infused Vodkas: Persimmon, Lemon, and Pear/Ginger

December 14th, 2007  |  by  |  published in All, DIY Food Projects, Fantastic Fruits, Ginger, Lemon, Most Popular, Pear, Persimmon, Succulent Spices, Weekend Projects

Three Infused Vodkas: Persimmon, Lemon, and Pear/Ginger

Lazy Sundays can’t be beat. There have been times in my life when the day of the week didn’t matter too much and time was a very fluid thing–for good or bad though, now is not one of those times, and I savor my lazy Sundays…





Chocolate Milk in the Raw

November 23rd, 2007  |  by  |  published in All, Delectable Dairy, DIY Food Projects, Weekend Projects

Chocolate Milk in the Raw

Have you ever tried raw milk? Before a couple weeks ago, I never had. Raw milk cheese, yes, but plain raw whole milk? I don’t believe…




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