Last week I was on the hunt for some fresh cream when I wandered into a recently opened organic dairy shop in my hood. They didn’t have any cream, but I was sold half a dozen farm fresh eggs that I didn’t really need and a liter of buffalo milk. I have never drank buffalo …
Month: September 2018
Homemade Kefir Cultured Butter
I was recently gifted some kefir grains and have been experimenting with what to do with them beyond simply making kefir. Kefir is a cultured fermented drink most commonly made with cow’s milk, although goat, buffalo, rice and coconut milk are also options. It is a tart and tangy drink that is nutrient dense and …
No Waste Vegetable Scrap Chicken Stock -Slow Cooker Version
If you are like me the idea of food waste probably makes you a bit anxious. Living in the middle of a huge city I don’t have the option to compost my food waste. But one simple thing I do is save my vegetable scraps in a freezer bag. Every time I peel a carrot, …
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Nixtamalized Corn Tortillas
It is an ongoing disappointment in my life that Istanbul has a very limited and mediocre international culinary presence. But that is a rant for another day. As a person who loves Mexican food, tacos in particular, this leaves a taco shaped hole in my heart. In the past year or so a handful of …
Roasted Peach Popsicles
At the end of August I made the trek back to my Indiana hometown to catch the last days of summer with my family. My older sister is a talented baker with seemingly limitless creativity and energy; her two girls are fruit fiends and popsicle addicts. Rather than have them eat processed grocery store popsicles …
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