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How to Make Irish Potato Bread

I'm a bit of a food experimenter—when I stumble across a recipe I'm curious about, I make sure I try ...

How to Make Jalapeño Cheddar Sourdough Bread (or with Other Hot Peppers)

A few months ago I got myself going with a sourdough starter. A sourdough starter is basically fermented flour, and ...

How to Ferment Blueberries Using Salt

I try to buy food in smaller quantities because we hate food waste and we also don't like having to ...

How to Pressure Can Potatoes

Every year my husband grows far too many potatoes. We give some away and we attempt to eat as many ...

How to Make Grapefruit Soju

When I hang out with my friend group, we like to try to pair food or drinks to what we're ...

How to Make Orange Soju

Soju is a Korean spirit that I liken to a lighter vodka—it has little to no taste and usually comes ...

How to Make Chili in the Pressure Canner

I’m the literal worst at packing a lunch for work. It’s not unusual for me to show up at work ...

Canning 101

I’m relatively new to canning—the process of putting food into jars and making them shelf-stable so they can sit in ...

What Urban Homesteading Means to Me

In my self-education quest of learning how to preserve our massive garden harvest, I latched on to the homesteading subculture ...