Turkey Giblet Gravy Recipe

    Turkey Giblet Gravy

    This turkey giblet gravy recipe is a simple way to use a turkey neck to make a delicious gravy when you’re grilling, smoking, or roasting a turkey.

    Summer strawberries for canning don't need to be picture perfect

    Canning Nostalgia One Strawberry at a Time

    Canning strawberries in the summer always makes me feel nostalgic for the generations of my family who canned before me and for how this summer’s strawberries will help us weather the cold winter nights ahead.

    Hot Apple Cider with Bourbon

    Hot Apple Cider with Bourbon

    This Hot Apple Cider with Bourbon recipe is one of our favorite pick me ups for cool fall days. All it takes to make this recipe is some fresh pressed apple cider, a touch of cinnamon, and a good shot of bourbon.
    Greek Farmers Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes

    Greek Farmers Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes

    Loaded with bright red tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, feta, and really good olives this Greek farmers salad recipe helped me learn that fresh ingredients don’t need a lot of dressing up to be delicious.
    It takes thirty gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup

    From Tree to Pancake – Let’s go Maple Sugaring

    Some good friends invited me to help them make maple syrup. Seeing how real maple syrup is boiled down from sap is an eye-opening experience.

    Maple Toddy

    Maple Toddy

    This Maple Toddy recipe is a delicious early spring treat that uses the sap from sugar maples to make a slightly sweet version of a hot toddy.
    Grilled cheese going headlong into tomato soup

    Tomato Soup

    This is a simple, quick tomato soup recipe full of fresh vegetables that brings interesting flavors and textures together to create a hearty tomato soup. This tomato soup pairs perfectly with chilly days and plates full of grilled cheese.
    Teacher eats lunch with students

    Review: The Food of A Younger Land

    If you’re looking for stories on how to make ash cakes, the right way to skin a possum, or how to celebrate rivers filled with Pacific salmon take a read through Mark Kurlansky’s The Food of a Younger Land.